Brian Mann

Yeah, and I think the data here is really strong, that we have seen one of the most effective public policy responses to a health crisis in U.S. history, right? So what the Biden administration did, they came in after a year when drug deaths had spiked 30%. That's what happened in the last year of the Trump administration.

They inherit a raging, burning crisis of death across the country, and they immediately begin implementing policies really significant changes. First of all, they work to get naloxone, that medication that reverses overdoses. They really push to get that out on the street, get it everywhere. They just flooded the field with naloxone and Narcan. And I find it now everywhere.

They inherit a raging, burning crisis of death across the country, and they immediately begin implementing policies really significant changes. First of all, they work to get naloxone, that medication that reverses overdoses. They really push to get that out on the street, get it everywhere. They just flooded the field with naloxone and Narcan. And I find it now everywhere.

They inherit a raging, burning crisis of death across the country, and they immediately begin implementing policies really significant changes. First of all, they work to get naloxone, that medication that reverses overdoses. They really push to get that out on the street, get it everywhere. They just flooded the field with naloxone and Narcan. And I find it now everywhere.

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.

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.