OPIOID EPIDEMICS, CHINA HAS
MOVED TO HELP US BY MAKING FOUR LETHAL HEROIN LIKE NARCOTICS
CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES.
THESE NARCOTICS ARE SIMILAR TO
FENTANYL, WHICH IS OUTLAWED IN
CHINA.
BUT THEY ARE SIMILAR TO FENTANYL.
LET ME STOP RIGHT
THERE.
WHAT WAS HAPPENING IS IN CHINA SINCE THESE WERE NOT
CONSIDERED CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES IT WAS EASY TO EXPORT THEM TO
COUNTRIES THAT HAVE AN OPIOID EPIDEMIC, LIKE HERE IN THE
UNITED STATES.
PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES PRESSURED DOCTORS TO
OVER PRESCRIBE, SO THEY STARTED
REGULATING THE DRUG.
AFTER THAT PEOPLE COULDN'T GET THEIR HANDS
ON THE DRUG THEY WERE ADDICTED TO SO THEY WENT TO THE BLACK
MARKET.
ONE OF THE THINGS THEY DID WAS RELY ON IMPORTS FROM
CHINA IN ORDER TO GET THEIR HIGH.
NOW CHINA IS DOING WHAT
THEY CAN TO HELP THE US.
THE DEA HAS BEEN WORKING CLOSELY WITH
THEM AND THEY HAD TO MAKE A
CASE.
AT FIRST CHINA WAS LIKE WE DON'T CARE.
BUT APPARENTLY THE
DEA DID A DECENT JOB IN CONVINCING CHINA TO DO SOMETHING
ABOUT THESE DRUGS.
>>NO MATTER WHAT YOUR OPINION IS ON LEGALIZING DRUGS, AT LEAST
THIS IS ABOUT ACTUAL DANGEROUS DRUGS AND WE ARE NOT WASTING HER
TIME ON DRUGS THAT ARE NOT NEARLY AS DANGEROUS LIKE
MARIJUANA.
THERE IS OPIUM COMING IN FROM CHINA THAT HAS A LONG
HISTORY.
IF YOU DIDN'T KNOW, OPIUM USED TO BE LEGAL HERE IN
AMERICA.
THE REASON WE MADE IT ILLEGAL WAS SO WE COULD
DISCRIMINATE AGAINST THE
CHINESE.
IT ALLOWED US TO START ARRESTING THEM BASED ON RACIAL
REASONS.
IT'S INTERESTING THAT CHINA AND AMERICA ARE NOW
WORKING TOGETHER.
BUT THIS THEY SHOULD BATTLE.
WHETHER IT IS
THROUGH LEGAL OR OTHER MEANS.
YOU ARE IN A BAD SPOT, YOU REALLY NEED SOMETHING THAT CAN
KNOCK OUT AN ELEPHANT?
>> A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK AS DRUG ADDICTS AND THE SUPER
NON-NUANCED WAY.
ANYWAY ñ I THINK WHAT USUALLY HAPPENS IS IF
SOMEONE HAS A PREDISPOSED ADDICTION THEY WILL GET
PRESCRIBED A PAINKILLER FOR
LEGITIMATE REASONS, NOT KNOWING THAT THEY ARE LIKELY TO GET
SUPER ADDICTED TO IT.
I HAVE
HEARD SO MANY STORIES OF PEOPLE WHO HAD THIS HAPPEN TO THEM.
ONCE YOU ARE ADDICTED IT IS
UNCONTROLLABLE.
THAT IS WHY IT IS SO IMPORTANT TO BE CAREFUL
WITH PAINKILLERS.
THERE ARE PEOPLE PRESCRIBED PAINKILLERS
THAT ARE NEVER ADDICTED.
I GOT PRESCRIBED PAINKILLERS WHEN I
HAD MY NOSE JOB.
WE NEED DOCTORS TO PRESCRIBE MARIJUANA.
IT CAN
CURE SO MANY THINGS.