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Meet the Press

July 2 — America’s fentanyl crisis

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🗓️ 2 July 2023

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

On a special edition of Meet the Press, Sens. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) and J.D. Vance (R-Ohio); and Drug Enforcement Administration head Anne Milgram discuss the urgency of the fentanyl crisis in America. Former Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot, Medical Director for Opioid Policy Research Collaborative Dr. Andrew Kolodny and former fire chief Jan Rader join the roundtable.

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0:00.0

This Sunday, America's fentanyl crisis.

0:04.0

The highly addictive synthetic opioid, 50 times more potent than heroin,

0:08.0

is at the center of the deadliest drug epidemic in American history.

0:12.0

Fentanyl is killing more than 70,000 Americans a year.

0:20.0

Texas law enforcement alone have seized enough deadly fentanyl to kill every man, woman, and child in the entire United States of America.

0:29.1

A new war on drugs emerging as a key 2024 campaign issue.

0:33.1

Joe Biden will never solve the drug overdose crisis because he is actively destroying our border.

0:39.3

This stuff just flooding in, it's affecting communities all across this country.

0:44.0

What will it take to stop the flow of drugs into the United States?

0:48.0

This is a red alert moment.

0:49.9

Is punishing the drug itself really effective?

0:53.2

What we need to do is solve this crisis in America and come together in a bipartisan way.

0:58.0

What is the best approach to the growing public health crisis?

1:01.0

My guest this morning, DEA administrator and Milgram, the entire Ohio U.S. Senate delegation,

1:07.0

Republican J.D. Vans, and Democrat Sherrod Brown.

1:10.0

And a panel of experts on the

1:12.5

front lines of this crisis, former Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot, former Huntington, West Virginia

1:17.7

fire chief, Jan Raider, and Dr. Andrew Kalladne, the director of the opioid policy research

1:23.0

collaborative at Brandeis University. Welcome to Sunday and a special edition of Meet the Press.

1:31.5

From NBC News in Washington, the longest running show in television history.

1:36.4

This is a special edition of Meet the Press with Chuck Todd.

1:41.1

In a good Sunday morning, it is 100 times more powerful than morphine and 50 times more potent than heroin.

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