They Thought It Was Just Xanax—Now They’re Dead | Richard Taite
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Turning Point USA
5 • 9.5K Ratings
🗓️ 17 October 2025
⏱️ 60 minutes
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What if the drug killing an entire generation is hiding in plain sight? 💊
I sit down with Richard Taite — world-renowned addiction recovery expert and founder of Carrara Wellness & Spa in Los Angeles — to unpack the fentanyl epidemic, the rise of ketamine therapy, and what President Trump is doing to fight back against this growing crisis.
We discuss why fentanyl is now the #1 killer of young adults, how celebrities and veterans are getting caught in addiction, and what actually helps when someone you love is spiraling — and why there’s still hope, even in the darkest moments.
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| 0:00.0 | If you're on pain medication for longer than five to seven days, it's got you. You don't have it. Doctors have one week of addiction, treatment, education, and medical school. Every fifth or sixth pill has a lethal dose of fentanyl in it. So it really is Russian roulette. What do you say to the mom who knows that her child is using but doesn't know how to help them? If you don't know how to help your child and you know he's using, then you're going to his funeral. |
| 0:24.6 | You better call for help. |
| 0:56.8 | You better call for help. Fentanyl is now the number one killer of Americans aged 18 to 45. Not cancer, not car crashes, not taking your own life. |
| 1:02.6 | One pill can take your child, your friend, your partner, and they might not even know what they took. Today we're tackling the growing popularity of ketamine therapy, the fentanyl crisis, |
| 1:08.1 | celebrity addiction, luxury rehab facilities, why veterans are falling |
| 1:12.5 | through the cracks and what President Trump is doing about all of this. Plus, what really works |
| 1:18.2 | when someone you love is spiraling with addiction. My guest is Richard Tate, a nationally recognized |
| 1:23.2 | addiction recovery expert, founder of the world-renowned, Cliffside Malibu, and now Carrera Treatment |
| 1:28.9 | Wellness and Spa. He's helped celebrities, veterans, and everyday families navigate the darkest |
| 1:33.9 | corners of addiction and find real recovery. This conversation is life-saving and fascinating, |
| 1:39.4 | and if you're a parent or you know someone who is struggling, you need to hear this. |
| 1:44.0 | I'd love if you could first |
| 1:45.3 | pause this episode, leave a five-star review on Spotify or Apple Podcasts. It takes literally five |
| 1:49.9 | seconds or less and greatly impacts the show. And my amazing team who works so hard behind |
| 1:55.1 | the scenes on it. Every episode is available to watch on YouTube by subscribing to real Alex |
| 1:59.1 | Clark or on the Culture Apothecary Spotify, which offers video. |
| 2:02.8 | Please welcome addiction specialist Richard Tate to Culture Apothecary. |
| 2:09.6 | CDC data found that between April of 2019 and April of 2021, fentanyl poisoning, was the leading cause of death for Americans 18 to 45. |
| 2:21.0 | It was not cancer. |
| 2:22.6 | It was not car accidents. |
| 2:24.4 | It was fentanyl. |
| 2:25.4 | But you've said that people who are overdosing and dying from fentanyl are typically just unlucky. |
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