And that's why we're here talking today about the Drug Take Back Day effort, because it's making a huge difference. We know. We know that 80% of the people who use heroin got started by becoming addicted to prescription painkillers. So if we can address the availability of prescription painkillers, we could reduce a huge part of the heroin problem. (04:32–04:41)
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