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These cartels get empowered. right? the estimation, something like $150 billion in 2016 spent by americans on illegal drugs. now, because theyre illegal, they go directly into the pockets of criminals and they use them to buy gun, to buy officials, to buy judges and so forth. its very hard to win a war on drugs when its a demand problem more than a supply problem. >> dana: if you were the dea chief today, what specifically would you want to get done? maybe two things youd want to get done quickl...

Hartford, connecticut, . 192 million pills were sold in hartford, connecticut, during an eight year window. theres a pharmacy a half-mile from trinity college that sold 350,000 pills of opium in one year. so what my hope is is this is a great awakening. every community in the country needs toto understand this didnt happen in someone elses backyard. this happened in your backyard. >> tucker: so the point is, if the opposite of the lie that we are told by the libertarians, which is that this is a...

You went to trinity college in hartford, connecticut. 192 million pills were sold in hartford, connecticut, during an eight year window. there is a pharmacy and a half mile from trinity college that sold 350,000 pills of opioid in one year. what my hope is is that this is a great awakening. every community in the country needs to understand, this didnt happen in someone elses backyard. this happened in your backyard. >> tucker: still, the point is, its the opposite of the lie that we are told by...

That seems to be something that most people could agree on and i hope that congress will move in a quick fashion to do that. but we have a demand problem in this country. the united states, and its free market and its opportunity, is in high demand, while the rest of the americas, at least in latin america, central america, infrastructure is collapsing, security has collapsed. until we have a more dynamic effort to change the socioeconomic problems in the region as a whole, this shining light on...

Then they need to be clear that this is fake information thats communicating that there is something wrong with nancy pelosi. i sat across from nancy pelosi in one of these videos. she was far more coherent than the president of the united states. and i think that facebook has a responsibility, just like youtube did. youtube took the video down. facebook should follow suit. >> we should all. >> sitting there making judgment calls every day. look at this from the hill. artist banned from facebook...

Thats how people were producing meth in those two counties and they e ceased upon that demand problem in two counties and realized they could produce are it cheaper and ship it into our establish network and logistic network to make a higher profit selling it cheaper in those counties. >> how do they get in? >> across -- >> across the border and legal points of entry. it is placed in legitimate loads that are coming across, meth is generally from mexico diluted in some type of hydrocarbon diesel...

Responsibility for the demand for drugs. i mean, no one is shoving cocaine up anyones nose. people are looking for it. so, you know, you have to understand that theres an economic relation sthp between the money -- relationship between the money and the pull for the drugs as well as supply that comes in. >> dana: do you have a view, or people that you talk to, have a view about the idea of these physical structures? about a wall or the steel slats or whatever it is? is that the most effective wa...

Will bake donald trump look right. we have so many americans being sacrificed because politicians dont want to have a conversation about security at the border. >> tucker: every time i bring this up, the person im debating blames america. they say its a demand problem. >> thats right. it is not. its a big government problem. established by the government. americans our refusal to address a court but we could do and then deal with addiction which we have to do. deal with that core at the border. ...

Right. we have so many americans being sacrificed because politicians dont have a conversation about security at the border. >> tucker: every time i bring this up, its a demand problem. >> thats right. it is not. its a big government problem. established by the governments. her refusal to address a court but we could do and then deal with addiction which we have to do. deal with that core at the border. >> tucker: tammy bruce, thank you. time now for final exam. can you beat the experts at remem...

About drugs and the drug traffic something. >> the answer to the drugs and milton freedman said this many times, its a demand problem, not a supply problem. as long as you have people so eager to get the drugs, the businesses that will sell them find them. weve been at this war on drugs for 70 years. theres a pretty consistent demand for drugs in this country. >> dana: i think you have to admit that we play a role in this. everybody should follow mary. check her out at the "wall street journal."...