White House and The GOP Agree…On Fighting Fentanyl

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🗓️ 24 May 2023

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

The Biden administration voiced public support for the HALT Fentanyl Act, first introduced by two GOP congressmen, which would permanently classify all fentanyl-related substances as Schedule I drugs and would prioritize giving law enforcement the tools to slow the trafficking of this lethal substance. In 2022, America saw over 100,000 overdoses, and 75,000 of those were estimated to be due to illegal fentanyl. Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA) was one of the lawmakers who first sponsored this bill, and he joins the podcast to explain how his legislation will confront the rampant fentanyl production that is costing U.S. lives, why classifying fentanyl as a Schedule I drug will give the government more authority to crack down on traffickers, and the underlying issues driving this synthetic opioid crisis. May is mental health awareness month, and the U.S. Surgeon General, Dr. Vivek Murthy, issued a warning on Tuesday, calling social media a ‘profound risk’ to America’s youth and responsible for recent years' rising rates of depression and anxiety. Some states are taking the initiative to place guardrails, like in Arkansas, where the state government passed the Social Media Safety Act, requiring social media platforms to verify users’ age and request parental permission. The minimum age listed to access many of these websites is thirteen; however, Dr. Murthy argues that is way too young. Licensed psychotherapist and the author of the new book, "Raising Healthy Teenagers," Tom Kersting, joins the podcast to talk about why social media is contributing to the youth mental health crisis in America, how legislation would address social media’s unhealthy impact, and what parents can do to prioritize their children’s mental health. Plus, commentary by columnist David Marcus. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	I'm Maria Barter-Rummo, I'm Greg Gutfeld, I'm Tammy Bruce, and this is the Fox News rundown.
0:09.2	Wednesday, May 24, 2023, I'm Jessica Rosenthal. As opioid-related overdose deaths
0:16.0	soar, a new effort to reclassify fentanyl as a more dangerous drug has bipartisan tailwinds
0:22.0	and may soon become law. House Republicans pushed it and the White House says they're on board.
0:27.1	It should be approved by the White House and signed into law and it'll make a big
0:31.5	difference over time to the overall trafficking issue. And then we have other things we need to do
0:37.7	to make sure we shut that door some more on the bad guys. This is step one.
0:42.3	I'm Dave Anthony. There is a new warning about the harm social media can do to kids. Just about
0:49.2	every teenager uses it every day. You know, the anxiety disorders do the pressure and the
0:55.0	suicide, the body dysmorphia and all these other things that were better to take in place.
0:59.2	When I call these phones, I refer to them as the modern day weapons of mass destruction.
1:03.9	And I'm David Marcus. I've got the final word on the Fox News rundown.
1:12.7	The latest statistics from the CDC estimate that for a 12-month period ending in December of 2022,
1:19.0	there were nearly 110,000 overdose deaths, most of those caused by opioids, including fentanyl.
1:25.9	The year before we experienced 107,000 overdose deaths. House Republicans who are also doctors
1:32.1	spoke out Tuesday, including North Carolina Congressman Greg Murphy.
1:35.5	I have known nine young men with whom my kids went to church, went to school,
1:41.6	went to did scouts who have died from an overdose. It is an absolute national tragedy.
1:47.6	The National Institutes of Health says the radio opioid-related deaths has skyrocketed over
1:51.5	the past decade from roughly 21,000 in 2010 to more than 80,000 in 2021. Earlier this year,
1:58.3	Michigan mother Rebecca Keesling told a House Homeland Security Committee hearing
2:02.1	she lost her two sons Caleb and Kyler to fentanyl after they took what they thought were pain pills.
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