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Key point of discussion during the final debate between senate candidates, tim ryan, the democrat, and j.d. vance, the republican. ryan, using the opportunity to criticize advance for pulling out of a fund-raiser over the weekend, after it was reported that one of the hosts, dr. ravi, had been cited in a lawsuit against purdue pharma, a company accused of worsening the crisis, as well as other companies. take a listen. >> recently, a saturday, j.d. vance was doing a fund-raiser with a guy who is raising money with one of the top ten pill pushers doctors, in the entire country. and he just canc...

Family. >> we need to demand that the met museum to move and refuse donations from the -- and take down their name. >> the risks are scared -- >> we are back with keith and beth macy. the author of a brand-new book called raises thousands hope, justice in the future of the overdose crisis. both of them are authors and journalist about these crisis. patrick, you wrote the book about the family. the definitive book. in connection to the opioid crisis. explain why the settlement was significant. >> well, i think through a lot of people who have been pushing for accountability for the family for a...

You do, managed to get treatment in the last year. so, we've, sure, we've got to stop fentanyl at the border. but we also have to equally put efforts into stopping the demand for it, because we know that people who are addicted aren't doing it at the end of their journey just to get high, they are doing it to avoid being toxic. and until we start treating them as human beings with treatable metal medical conditions, we're gonna continue to have overdose deaths going up every year. >> patrick, the latest numbers from the cdc show the epidemic is getting worse, as beth just mentioned, one heard ...

We have in this nation, which is 87%. that means only 13% of people with opioid use disorder manage to get treatment within the last year. sure, we've got to stop fentanyl at the border, but we also have to equally put our efforts into stopping the demand for it because we know that people who are addicted aren't doing it at the end of their journey just to get high. they're doing it to avoid being dopesick. and until we start to treat them as human beings with treatable medical conditions, we're going to continue to have overdose deaths going up every year. >> patrick, the latest numbers from...

Rejected the settlement, and is contemplating a ruling on appeal, the movement against the billionaire dynasty, known for their philanthropic -- continues to snowball. the new documentary, all the beauty and bloodshed, looks at the life of activist nan golden who has made it her mission to convince museums to part ways with a sackler family. >> we need to demand that the met museum to refuse donations from the sacklers and take down their name. >> the rich people are scared, and we are gonna dig into the evil money. >> and we are back with patrick radden keith, and beth macy. macy is the autho...