well, the so-called war on woke is heating up. arkansas governor may sign a bill that would impose restrictions on drag shows. that s according to the washington post. this proposal has to make its way through the statehouse and the governor s desk. but the spokesperson says the proposal is not about banning anything, but protecting kids from sexually explicit drag shows. cnn reached out for comment and are waiting to hear back. that s not all. in her first month in office, she issued an executive office to prohibit critical race theory in arkansas schools. and she banned the term latin x. it s not just her. across the country, more politicians are getting traction with rhetorical and legislative wars on so-called woke culture and language. i want to turn to nicholas kristof. he has a new piece out on these language wars and writes, in part, i fear that linguistic contortions, however well-meant, aren t addressing our country s desperate inequities or achieving progressive
conner sheets is a reporter for the times and joins me now. it s stunning to think about it. looking side-by-side, that dr. gupta pointed out. you and your colleague tested pills from pharmacies in three different cities. what did you find? we tested pills in cabo san lucas and in tijuana. we tested 17 pills that we bought at a number of small pharmacies. 71% of them tested positive for an illicit substance. in all of the cases we re talking about, opioid pills, such as vicodin, percocet, oxycodone. pills that were being sold, were coming up positive for fentanyl. and pills being sold forred a ral, 100 came up for meth also.