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🗓️ 1 June 2023
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Former drug czar and president of Hudson Institute John Walters joined Rep. Crenshaw to give a comprehensive overview of the origins of the fentanyl epidemic. Walters explains how the Obama Administration’s policies made America’s drug crisis exponentially worse and he debunks pervasive myths among leftists and libertarians about President Bush’s “War on Drugs.” Rep. Crenshaw and Walters dive into the root causes of the fentanyl crisis and what policies we can implement to stop this deadly epidemic.
John Walters was director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) and a cabinet member during the Bush administration. As the nation’s “drug czar,” Mr. Walters guided all aspects of federal drug policy and programs—supporting efforts that drove down teen drug use 25 percent, increased substance abuse treatment and screening in the healthcare system, and dramatically dropped the availability of cocaine and methamphetamine in the US. He is now the president and CEO of Hudson Institute and director of Hudson’s Center for Substance Abuse Research Policy. Follow him on Twitter at @@john_walters_
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0:00.0 | We hold these truths to be self-evident. |
0:02.0 | That all men are created. |
0:04.0 | There's a number of Congress I get to have a lot of really interesting people in the office. |
0:07.0 | Experts on what they're talking about. |
0:09.0 | This is the podcast for insights into the issues. |
0:11.0 | China, bioterrorism, Medicare for all, in-depth discussions. |
0:16.0 | Breaking it down into simple terms. |
0:18.0 | We hold these truths with Dan Crenshaw. |
0:24.0 | So since 2014 the United States has been dealing with a killer that's only gotten worse |
0:28.0 | in 2021 killing 70,000 Americans. |
0:31.0 | It's the leading cause of death for Americans 18 to 45 years old. |
0:36.0 | It's deadly. |
0:37.0 | We can't stop it and we're not stopping it. |
0:39.0 | We know who makes it. |
0:40.0 | We know where it comes from. |
0:41.0 | We know how it gets here. |
0:42.0 | But still, it continues to poison Americans every single day. |
0:45.0 | And it's not suicides, not guns. |
0:47.0 | It's not vehicle accidents. |
0:49.0 | It's fentanyl. |
0:50.0 | And today we're very lucky to have my friend John Walters here joining us. |
0:54.0 | Former drugs are under President W. Bush from 2001 to 2009. |
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