REPORTER JIM MADALINSKY EXPLAINS THE MESSAGE BEHIND PRESS PLAY. >> DRUG OVERDOSE DEATHS IN WESTMORELAND COUNTY WERE UP LAST YEAR, THE FIRST TIME THAT HAS HAPPENED IN THREE YEARS. IT IS A SIGN THERE ARE STILL A LOT OF PEOPLE OUT THERE STRUGGLING WITH ADDICTION. THE ACTING U.S. ATTORNEY WAS REHE IN GREENSBURG LETTING PEOPLE KNOW HELP IS OUT THERE. FOR DEMETRIUS, IT WAS A DRUG ARREST IN 2018 THAT STARTED HIS ROAD TO RECOVERY. >> I WAS N DOTOING ANYTHGIN WITH MYSELF. I GOT TIRED. I HIT ROCK BOTTOM. I FELT LIKE ENOUGH WAS ENOUGH. >> BROWN SAYS THE RIGHT PEOPLE AT THE RIGHT TIME VEGA HIM A SECOND CHANCE. >> PEOPLE DID NOT GIVE UP ON ME. THAT ISHE T MOST IMPORTANT THING IN RECEROVY. >> IT IS A SRYTO JEFF IS ALL-TOO-FAMILIAR WITH. >> I DID NOT GET CLEAN AND SOBER UNTIL I WAS 57 YEARS OLD. >> THEY WORKED THEIR WAY THROUGH WESTMOLANDRE COUNTY’S DRUG COURT. THERE ARE TWO PHASES OF THE CAMPAIGN TO HELP OTHERS STRUGGLING WITH ADDICTION. STEPHEN KAUFMAN ANNOUNCING THE PRESSLA PY PA CAMPAIGN TODAY. EVERYTHING FROM VIDEOS ON SOCIAL MEDIA TO BILLBOARDS ON LOCAL HIGHWAYS AND BUS SHELTERS LETTING PEOPLE KNOW HELP IS OUT THERE. >> LAW-ENFORCEMENT ALONES I NOT THE ANSWER. WE ALSO NTWA TO REDUCE DRUG DEMAND AND MOST IMPORTANTLY HELP PELEOP THAT ARE SUFFERING FROM ADDICTION TO GET INTO RECOVERY. >> WESTMORELAND AND ALLEGHENY COUNTY SAW SIGNIFICANT INCREASES IN OVERDOSE DEATHS LTAS YEAR. BROWN SAYSIS H RECOVERY HAS ALLOWED HIM TO FOCUSN OBEING A BETTER DAD TO HIS THREE CHILDREN. HE HOPESHI TS PROGRAM WILL GIVE OTHER PEOPLEHE T PUSH TO SEEK HELP. >> I SEE A LOT OF PEOPLE ON THE OTHERS THAT WERE NOT FORTUNATE TO MEET PEOPLE LIKE I DID. JUST TO SEE THEM EVERY DAY GOING THROUGH THE SAME THINGS I USED TO GO THROUGH IS HEARTBREAKING. >> THE PROGRAM IS BEING FUNDED. THROUGH HIGH INTENSITY DRUG TRAFFICKING AREAS BY THE U.S. ATTORNEY’S OFFICE. WE HAVE POSTED A LINK TO PRESS YPA