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The university of minnesota school of dentistry. it was inspired by her husband's descent from abusing prescription pills to using heroin. and dr. thomas andrew. his firsthand experience deal with the breadth of this epidemic inspired him to pursue a career as a minister. okay. now you know the players. here is some of their eye-opening conversation. >> meeting doctors prescribing medication to patients in pain. how do we help fuel this opioid epidemsnick what happened there? >> surgery is a gateway to opioid addiction. about 1 in 10 people who gets a surgery in this country will go on to beco...

Priority and authorize funds for federal agencies and for states that are fighting this opioid academic and could bolster resources and provide more treatment option for opioid users. joining me is dr. drummond. doctor, first, the cdc said that opioid overdose deaths have quadrupled, 91 people a day. how does it get to this pointsoo quickly? >> this didn't happen overnight. this is a perfect storm of many things that came together including in the late 1990s to treat pain as a fifth vital sign. there were the advent of oxycontin and aggressive marketing campaigns and physicians being graded in...

Facility, you're waiting three or four weeks before you can get in. so that involves policy and log jams where there are not enough beds or facilities. that's the kind of stuff that they want to see changed. >> and speaking of doctors, dr. john torres, you sat down with a panel of them who drove home just how broad this crisis is. i want to play some of your discussion. >> how do well-meaning doctors that are prescribing patients that are in pain, how did we fuel this epidemic? >> about one in ten people who gets a surgery in this country will go on to become a continual opioid user. that does...