The struggles and triumphs of an addict

                                  America: Addiction by the numbers 1. 21.5 million: The amount of people aged 12 or older in 2014 had a substance use disorder in the past year. 2. 1 in 5: The amount of young adults in 2014 who were users of illicit drugs. 3. 7,800:The daily number of people 12 and over who tried an illicit drug for the first time. 4. Marijuana: The drug most new illicit drug users begin with. Followed by prescription pain relievers and then inhalants. 5. 700 Billion: The amount the abuse of tobacco, alcohol, and illicit drugs costs to our Nation annually in costs related to crime, lost work productivity and health care. 6. 3x: The amount the business of recovery has increased in the last 25 years. 7. 14,000: The amount of addiction treatment facilities. 8. 35 billion: The an...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says America is in the middle of an opioid addiction and Alabama is no exception. Experts say overdoses are spiking in part because dealers are cutting or mixing heroin with Fentanyl, a drug that's about 100 times stronger than heroin. Now while that's bad a new drug called W-18 is also being used to cut heroin and many say it's an instant death sentence "We're hearing that the heroin and Fentanyl overdoses are 200 times as much this year already," George King said. He is the director of Royal Pines, a men's rehabilitation center in Alabama. King says a lot of the guys who come through the center are getting a second chance. But with the news of a deadly new drug out there being used to cut Heroin. King says there won't be any second chances to give if you put it in your veins. "To the common man that does simple math, that's almost certain death," King said. The drug is called W-18...