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We're going to have this problem and we're here. washington did not do what it needs to do? >> for sure this is a failure of washington. these products that right now cost so much have been on the market, 20, 25 years. everybody agrees that your period where you get to charge high prices is much shorter than that. five years maybe, 10, 12. we've known this was coming for a long time, as we push for and more insurance obligation on to people, this was entirely predictable. it's maddening that this is now affecting patients. this really is a life saving drug. there's no two words about it. >> da...

The help they need from an opioid or heroin addiction because they're trying to self medicate what is often a mental health crisis. we need a governor who understands that atlanta is not all of georgia. i'm not running to be governor of atlanta. i'm running to be governor of all georgia. i understand the connection, because when you live in atlanta or other counties, all of us are connected and if we do the right thing, all of us are lipfted up. >> oprah has come down, president obama, eric holder, chris tucker, everyone was there. john lewis obviously has been campaigning for you. is that par...

A market where people are encouraged to buy and self medicate and this market is created. and this is and this is not real information so it's really instead i would call it advertising cleverly mixed in with a little information source pseudo information to create a market to create. doctors play an important role in this it's little wonder the pharmaceutical industry tries to carry their favor. and of course it starts with small gifts as a token of friendship and. so you may think a ballpoint pen is harmless. but there are dozens of studies that prove it actually has an effect that's why els...

>> anthony: leaving the fertile plains of the punjab behind, i'm headed out towards the himalayas. and getting there, at least the way i'm going, hasn't changed much in the last hundred years. all aboard! ♪ this is gonna be sub-optimal seating. yeah, i don't think this reclines. thank god they have relaxed attitudes towards prescription drugs. before you enter the gateway to the himalayas, you better self-medicate. meanwhile, i've been like 24 hours without a bite of food. i arrive, it's like, "oh, well there's snacks on the way!" great. i'll get a bag of peanuts. truth be told, i'm an angry...

Are everywhere. >> because you saw behavior that reminded you of what you had endured in a different school at a different age? >> absolutely, absolutely. >> how much were you able to talk about it before there was more in the headlines? >> i didn't talk about it. i buried it. i ran away from it. i took whatever i could take to self-medicate to make it go away. now we don't have to do that. now we get to come on cnn and talk to you and explain what really happens to us and why it is so important that our legislators come to the realization that this is happening everywhere, and they need to st...