Fentanyl: The Drug that Kills One American Every Seven Minutes with Richard Taite
Sober Awkward
Victoria Vanstone
4.8 • 533 Ratings
🗓️ 27 April 2025
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
April 29th is National Fentanyl Awareness Day and the importance of this cannot be underestimated. We don't mean to frighten you but here are the facts...
Fentanyl is the leading cause of death for Americans ages 18 to 45 with one death occurring every 7 minutes because of it. If you think that this doesn't affect you, then you might be shocked to hear that 7 out of 10 powders and pills sold on the streets today contain fentanyl. It is 30 to 50 times more potent than heroin and 50 to 100 times more potent than morphine. In short it has entirely changed the drug (and rehab) landscape in the US and beyond.
In order to give this topic the attention it deserves, Hame invited addiction expert and the 'King of Rehab' Richard Taite in for a chat. Not only has Richard helped over 10,000 families through his rehab facilities but he is also at the forefront of the Fentanyl epidemic.
This conversation ranges from what needs to be done from a personal and political perspective to combat this to what elements make for a long standing and succesful sobriety. It is not just a conversation about fentanyl - it is a conversation about recovery, self-worth and hope.
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| 0:00.0 | I'm Richard Tate and this is the sober awkward podcast. |
| 0:04.0 | The cattle's boiled, Vic. |
| 0:06.0 | Great. Perfect timing. Just a dash of milk for me, please, mate. |
| 0:11.0 | Here you go. Should we get started then? |
| 0:19.0 | Have you ever woken up on a Sunday morning and said, I'm never drinking again, |
| 0:23.5 | and then found yourself waving 50 bucks at a barman by happy hour? |
| 0:27.2 | Are you wondering why everyone else can stop at one, |
| 0:29.9 | while you head to a dodgy after party with a weird bloke called Disco Dave? |
| 0:33.7 | If so, it might be time to take a deeper look at your relationship with your reliable social crutch, alcohol. |
| 0:40.2 | On each episode, we'll investigate our own dysfunctional dealings with booze |
| 0:44.2 | and find out if it's possible to stop this deeply ingrained habit before things get too messy. |
| 0:49.6 | Yep, we're going to open up a shame shed of humiliating drinking stories |
| 0:53.2 | to help you understand why waking up from a booze coma each weekend with a kebab sticking out of your top pocket might actually be negatively impacting your health. |
| 1:02.0 | Hamish and I are here to delve into what it's like being sober. |
| 1:05.8 | An unwanted warts and all look into why giving up those cheeky pints or putting down those mummy wines will make you |
| 1:12.1 | feel happier, help your anxiety in mental health and turn you into the most sparkly authentic |
| 1:17.3 | version of you. Won't that mean I become boring though, Vic? Well, Hamish, we'll just have to wait |
| 1:22.1 | and see. I'm Victoria Vanstone. I'm Hamish Adams Cairns. And this is Sober Awkward. |
| 1:31.5 | April 29th is National Fentanil Awareness Day. So we've invited Richard Tate, one of the |
| 1:36.5 | foremost experts on addiction in the US, onto our podcast. Richard has been described as the |
| 1:42.0 | King of Rehab. In 2005, he founded the groundbreaking luxury rehab facility at the Cliffside Malibu before selling it in 2018 and launching the Carrara Treatment and Wellness Spa a few years later. Over the years, Richard has helped roughly 10,000 families overcome addiction, but it's not just the rich and famous he's worked with. Richard is also deeply |
| 2:00.9 | invested in addressing the homelessness crisis and providing veterans, particularly those with PTSD, |
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