Brian Mann

And I want to introduce you to Scout Gilson. She actually works now as a harm reduction person in Philadelphia, but she was on the street. She was a fentanyl user. She talks about what it was like before the Biden team made naloxone really readily available.

And I want to introduce you to Scout Gilson. She actually works now as a harm reduction person in Philadelphia, but she was on the street. She was a fentanyl user. She talks about what it was like before the Biden team made naloxone really readily available.

Wow. That kind of calculation, Scott, was happening every day on every street in America. People were thinking, do I help that person survive or do I save it for myself? And now, That's not what it's like. Everybody has Narcan.

Wow. That kind of calculation, Scott, was happening every day on every street in America. People were thinking, do I help that person survive or do I save it for myself? And now, That's not what it's like. Everybody has Narcan.

Wow. That kind of calculation, Scott, was happening every day on every street in America. People were thinking, do I help that person survive or do I save it for myself? And now, That's not what it's like. Everybody has Narcan.

There's also a whole range of other things, much of it funded by the expansion of Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act that made insurance coverage really widely available for people who need addiction treatment. They also made it really easy comparatively to get buprenorphine and methadone. These are medications that help people avoid relapses into fentanyl use.

There's also a whole range of other things, much of it funded by the expansion of Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act that made insurance coverage really widely available for people who need addiction treatment. They also made it really easy comparatively to get buprenorphine and methadone. These are medications that help people avoid relapses into fentanyl use.

There's also a whole range of other things, much of it funded by the expansion of Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act that made insurance coverage really widely available for people who need addiction treatment. They also made it really easy comparatively to get buprenorphine and methadone. These are medications that help people avoid relapses into fentanyl use.

All of those things hitting the field at the same time, the Biden team inherits a 30% increase in drug deaths. As they left the White House, drug deaths were dropping by about 25%. So that's the arc that they managed to pull off in four years.

All of those things hitting the field at the same time, the Biden team inherits a 30% increase in drug deaths. As they left the White House, drug deaths were dropping by about 25%. So that's the arc that they managed to pull off in four years.

All of those things hitting the field at the same time, the Biden team inherits a 30% increase in drug deaths. As they left the White House, drug deaths were dropping by about 25%. So that's the arc that they managed to pull off in four years.

It was really powerful to watch as a journalist. On the one hand, Scott, day after day, I was seeing this data solidify, showing this public health victory, this policy victory. And then what I would do is turn on the radio and I would hear Kamala Harris, the vice president and the candidate talking about fentanyl as if it's sort of a problem that they can't really deal with.

It was really powerful to watch as a journalist. On the one hand, Scott, day after day, I was seeing this data solidify, showing this public health victory, this policy victory. And then what I would do is turn on the radio and I would hear Kamala Harris, the vice president and the candidate talking about fentanyl as if it's sort of a problem that they can't really deal with.

It was really powerful to watch as a journalist. On the one hand, Scott, day after day, I was seeing this data solidify, showing this public health victory, this policy victory. And then what I would do is turn on the radio and I would hear Kamala Harris, the vice president and the candidate talking about fentanyl as if it's sort of a problem that they can't really deal with.

At one point in the debate with Trump, she referenced the fact that he and his political allies had torpedoed an effort to increase security, including drug security, on the southern border. Here she is.

At one point in the debate with Trump, she referenced the fact that he and his political allies had torpedoed an effort to increase security, including drug security, on the southern border. Here she is.

At one point in the debate with Trump, she referenced the fact that he and his political allies had torpedoed an effort to increase security, including drug security, on the southern border. Here she is.

Meanwhile, let me let me pivot and give you a taste of how then candidate Trump was talking about this. Here he is out on the campaign trail.

Meanwhile, let me let me pivot and give you a taste of how then candidate Trump was talking about this. Here he is out on the campaign trail.

Meanwhile, let me let me pivot and give you a taste of how then candidate Trump was talking about this. Here he is out on the campaign trail.