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Executive branch. thats the drug czar along with the president and the omb director. you bring in that position everybody together, health and human services, the department of defense, the department of justice, to go after whatever the particular drug problem is and thats the long history of this. its important tomorrow to watch and listen carefully to the presidents announcement. the treatment issue has to be fully funded without quality treatment -- >> martha: he says making it a national em...

Authenticity. >> there isnt authenticity here. it was so hard to get to a position thats defensivable because the third and second instinct was to spin, degrade. social media had a field day with the word choice and all that. >> it was not well handled. i think that but when stock decline by $225 million, i think it went down by 1%. i think theres the reality has set in that they have to do something. i think they will do something. i think that the reaction today is that everyone has a camera a...

Combat drug abuse, to go after the pushers, to help with treatment, to deal with the prescriptions. right now, were writing -- well, in 2012, doctors prescribed 259 million pills. thats just too many. weve got to do something about this. weve got to support prescription drug monitoring programs. and then weve got to do some research into whats going on with substance abuse in this country. >> its interesting, though, to hear a lot of the rhetoric. i hear from republicans and from democrats, your...

>> dr. seiger, today hillary clinton to the gentlemans point, she gave her plan. she said if shes elected in 2016, shes going to close background check loopholes and allow victim toes sue gun manufacturers. do you think that will make a difference? >> no, i dont. im in agreement with the sheriff probably on only this point. its a mental health issue and a treatment issue. im going to make two points. we are putting together a movie about this issue. its called shattered families, the collapse of...