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This and listening to the people who, you know, actually have a stake in it. i would hope so. and, of course, there is something political in it for for anybody. anybody in any administration. anybody who would be in office right now. but i have to be honest with you. i mean just before i came in, and part of the reason like i'm scrambling, i didn't get to hear your thing and i'm trying to make up some time is because i actually moderated a panel for the hunter foundation which focuses on -- just before work here, which focuses on drug prevention and training and helping people, especially chi...

Who, you know, actually have a stake in it. i would hope so. and, of course, there is something political in it for anybody, any administration, anyone who would be in office right now. but i have to be honest. i actually moderated a panel for the hunter foundation, which focuses on, just before work here, which focuses on drug fre vention and training, and helping people, especially children, who become involved with drugs, whether it is k-2, whether it is heroin, whatever it is, but mostly they're focusing on k-2. you know wendy williams, the talk show host? it's wendy williams hunter. it's ...

Police have in cuss totd didtod person connected to this. this had to do with a synthetic drug. the dea is learning more and telling us more this morning. what was it? >> it was a chaotic situation yesterday. the dea has test results that they had been waiting on about the substance that led to so much yesterday. at this point, according to a local mayor's spokesperson, he can confirm the results have come back and show this was synthetic marijuana with no additi additives. there was reporting and concern because of what doctors were saying this was possibly some of the k2 or what's known as s...

Figures, authorities in new haven, connecticut, had their hands full with dozens of overdoses. this video i'm about to show you is disturbing. officials say at least 76 people have been sickened since tuesday night, many of them by i don't want to use this word, it's called synthetic marijuana but it's not really marijuana as all. it's also known as k2. it's a drug that is smoked by people. it may have been laced with a particularly powerful opioid. police say they arrested a man who might have been handing out free samples of the stuff. this is unbelievable. joining us now to have a closer lo...

Once somebody thinks that they are addicted where do they go? >> uh-huh. >> so how are you -- again, it is the hunter foundation. it is behere.org wendy wants you to go to. you have been so open about it. what prompted you to become that open about it? >> how could i not be? i have such a brilliant platform in terms of over 30 years in broadcast. i'm so transparent with what i do. you know, this is only natural. >> the big issue now, opiods, k2, why is it so attractive to some people? >> the packaging, the cheapness and, you know, in some cases no