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Study. it looks like heroin users had a marked reduction of craving and addiction, users were able to do cbd and have less cravings. heather: is there a danger and any negative aspect of being hooked on cbd or medical marijuana? >> i don't think so. i think cbd is safe. the question is what is its use? maybe we can give cbd to people hooked on opioids, heroin, heading down that road of overdose death, severe addiction, maybe we can lessen the symptoms with cbd. heather: do we know about long-term effects? it is relatively new in terms of what we are talking about. >> long-term effective cbd is...

Twice that. so that would be an enormous amount of fentanyl. it is a synthetic opioid. you're looking at legal fentanyl here, which has long been used in hospital settings and surgery patients and so forth. but illicit fentanyl is a white powder, and it's often sold to look like heroin. heroin users think that's what it is. it's 100 times more powerful than morphine. and that's why it's causing so many overdose deaths, about 28,000 overdose deaths in 2017 blamed on fentanyl, andrea. so this is a big break, a big arrest. and we hope to learn the details in a news conference by authorities comin...

>> sean: we are losing all these lives. 90% of the heroin users, human trafficking, drug trafficking, violence, i mean, saving american lives, if it's not a priority, why do we have government? what is their role? >> you're exactly right. i love your opening statement. the vast majority of the country understands this is a crisis. democrats get it, republicans get it, and dependence get it. the only people who don't get it or democrats in washington. that comes down to this issue. the democrats in washington are more concerned about stopping the president then they are in helping the country. ...

Done anything wrong, you don't have anything to worry about. naps not america. >> i got one last question which i think is a question that we probably have a lot in common on which is the question of opioids. one of my very close friends died of an opioid overdose and it's killing people all over the place. >> prince. >> i know it's a big problem in your state, and we just had a big bipartisan vote to do something about it. what more needs to be done to stop this epidemic of people and not just opioids, meth and everything else that's killing people. >> absolutely. i think one of the things th...

Wrong, is it a holy country? i'm saying that 95% of heroin users are in mexico. >> no, no, no. in mexico it's part of the problem but the united states is the one consuming the drugs. why is it so difficult for you? >> tucker: so if you are the parent of a 16-year-old o.d. victim, it's the kids' fault. >> i'm saying that in the united states of america we need to work on this problem. it's incredible how many millions of people are falling into the trap of these terrible drugs. but let me talk a little bit about mexico. yes, you have accused -- >> tucker: we are out of time and i certainly let...