And then in 2000, we had the oxycodone crisis because suddenly opiate pills were available, partly because of the agency capture at FDA that Marty is now dismantling. FDA's action abetted that crisis. When we have that availability, it turns into a national crisis. We're still losing 80,000 kids a year. Three years ago, we lost 106,000 kids to addiction. That's double the number of children that died of American kids who died during the 20 year Vietnam War. It's two Vietnam wars worth of casualties a year from this crisis. (04:57–05:05)
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