And the kid takes one pill and it is a counterfeit pill that has Fentanyl. And the child drops dead. And that is happening at a scale that is truly terrifying. In 2023, more than 100,000 Americans died of overdoses. 70% of those were fentanyl. And overdose is the wrong word for those. Those are poisonings. Because, you know, you think of an overdose, if you have a junkie on the street who's shooting up heroin, he shoots up a little bit too much heroin. (26:54–27:03)
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