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To screen people not unlike other chronic conditions. diabetes, cancer, addictions so when patients present for care, they are showing up in emergency rooms, pain clinics and primary care offices. they can get the proper assessment and receive a different course of treatment. ainsley: the president said last night in his speech, we are giving $6 billion towards the opioid problem. did you go into the hospital with a broken arm under a come out a drug addict. jesse, from an attorney's perspective, what does this mean for all the people who are suing this company. the company it was proven has l...

Epidemic. do you think that is going to change politically? >> i hope so, certainly, but one of the unfortunate realities we have seen over the last few years is that as people have realized this is a massive problem across our country, there has been this broader realization, but there's been not so much policy activity. in fact, a lot of people that are from the states most heavily affected, including the leadership, are very disappointed you have the leadership on capitol hill and in the white house saying, we're going to tackle this opioid problem, we're going to do concrete things and not...

Steve: that's right. that was back in the day. steve, now, these guys are much more advanced. and it's not even in some cases real drugs they are doing. they are shipping into this country counterfeit or fake drugs, fake fentanyl that is so super talks particular. super -- toxic. >> that's absolutely correct. if you look at the history of narcotics, once we get a really bad narcotic, whether it was methamphetamine at the time, there is always something else that comes along the way and the latest trend is fentanyl. it's horrible. there is an issue that most americans aren't aware of and that's...

The drug addiction in america will stop. 116 americans die from an opioid related overdose, defeating this epidemic will require the commitment of every state, local and federal agency. failure is not an option. >> julie: president trump very vocal about america's opioid problem. the surgeon general issued a national advisory, urging the public to carry a drug that stops overdoses. it's called nulixone. it can be used as an injection or nasal spray. it kicks into gear immediately. >> we have a person dying every 12.5 minutes from an he opioid overdose. what's shocking is over half of the overd...

The drug addiction in america will stop. 116 americans die from an opioid related overdose, defeating this epidemic will require the commitment of every state, local and federal agency. failure is not an option. >> julie: president trump very vocal about america's opioid problem. the surgeon general issued a national advisory, urging the public to carry a drug that stops overdoses. it's called nulixone. it can be used as an injection or nasal spray. it kicks into gear immediately. >> we have a person dying every 12.5 minutes from an he opioid overdose. what's shocking is over half of the overd...