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Historic speech yesterday. the things he did yesterday declaring national health emergency, saying he was going to get more funding for treatment and deal with more people who are addicted and significant upramp in our advertising to younger people as to why not to start with this stuff at all. going after the doctors in this country who are overprescribing. 85% of all the opiates in the world are consumed in the united states. steve: wow. 85%. it s outrageous. we are the most overmedicated country in the world. we are now paying the price for it. we are paying the price for it now. four out of every five new heroin addicts started on prescription opiates. so this epidemic started in doctor s offices and hospitals not on street corners. ainsley: it s in the media and shows now i don t know if you watch this is us, the actor in this shea, everyone loves that show. he is addicted to pain killers. these messages are being spread. ainsley, it s an enormous problem in this country, ....