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Grow, what needs to be done to help those struggling with addiction? here to weigh in his our panel, doctor nicole safire, democrat strategist and republican strategist dan palmer. lets bring up these statistics. they are really horrifying. 145% increase in drug-related deaths worldwide from 2011-2015, 71,000 overdose deaths in the us in 2017. i will begin with you. what do we need to do to stop this rise in deaths? >> complex question but multifaceted approach the way to combat it and part is i...

Jedediah, you did what what the rest of us dream about which is return to a state of clear thinking a smart phone at your side. >> im on my way back to sanity. its unbelievable. >> tucker: tell us what happened. >> this was my personal responsibility manifesto for the tech age.it and basically i found that i was completely addicted to my devices. i had what i coin as octd which is obsessive compulsive tech disorder. i went from someone who loved conversations face to face, who was engaged in rea...

Stuffedying behavioral psychology and behavioral science to get us addicted. and this is my call to arms for people who care about personal responsibility. just because something is designed to get you addicted does not mean you have to follow suit. you are still -- i follow a we the people philosophy. you are still able to decide what role you want these things to play in your life. thats what i did. i didnt throw away my phone or social media. the way im using these things doesnt make me feel ...

Cell phone, ipad, social media. i started to realize it was affecting my sleep. it was making me more anxious and i wanted to find out why is this happening? what is it doing to our kids? if you are a parent and you are concerned that your kids dont play outside enough or they are at a family event or holiday and you cant pull them away from your phone, you need to get this book because these companies in silicon valley are programming these devices to get us addicted. they are hoping that we fo...

State of clear thinking a smart phone at your side. >> im on my way back to sanity. its unbelievable. >> tucker: tell us what happened. >> this was my personal responsibility manifesto for the tech age. and basically i found that i was completely addicted to my devices. i had what i coin as octd which is obsessive compulsive tech disorder. i went from someone who loved conversations face to face who was engaged in real life moments to someone who was always staring down at a cell phone, ipad, so...

More freely to similar medications which are alternatives meant to help patients who are opioid addicted, away from illegal and dangerous narcotics. that is a huge issue in the therapeutic community and many suspect medication assisted therapy is the most effective so this bill provides that. heather: what about things the bill did not provide that should have been included? >> the house and senate bills as you pointed out have to be reconciled and one of the differences between the two has to d...

Marijuana because when addicted to someone it have to have it it is interfering with your ability to think, your behavior, your development in childhood and adolescence was people score worse on tests, your addicted, cant get off of it. >> a lot of viewers havent tried pot or if they did was in the 60s and 70s, this is not your parents we, this is genetically engineered marijuana being produced today, really potent. >> really potent and causes behavioral changes, people get paranoid, it alters t...

Saying, quoting them the core of the bill could worsen the situation in our federal prisons, the likes of cory booker -- >> ive known cory booker for 20 years. this thing divided republicans and democrats. democrats say it didnt go far enough. i agree it didnt go far enough. the problem is if you hold out for everything, sometimes you get nothing. under the obama administration, we held out for everything and we got nothing. the first step is just that, the first step. theres a lot of misinforma...

Pillow talk is about trump. >> i am a trump addict. i can admit that. all roads lead to jump right now. greg: hes addicted to trump but the first step to recovery is admitting you have a problem. [laughter] now there is a place to kick the habit. >> we have heard about it through the media. >> we have to acknowledge theres a much more happening in the world than donald trump. >> but the first step to healing is admitting it. >> i am a trump addict. >> before it is too late. >> my wife and i find...

Thats the easy way. im not going to run -- take the easy way. im going to do the hard thing because anything worth it is worth working for. and ive been sober before. ive had three years. and my daddy passed away, and i ran. and i was running, gunning strong ever since. so im going to do it again and stay that way because if my mom was to pass away while i was in prison, i would never forgive myself. and shes not -- shes not healthy. shes sick. so -- and i want to regain the respect of my oldest...