Chuck

So, yeah. So that third wave, the fentanyl opioid death wave or fentanyl driven wave, that vastly outstrips the death rate from the first two waves. Yeah. So I think in 1999, so this is when people are starting to take opioid prescriptions, there were two opioid overdose deaths per 100,000 people in the United States. Yeah. That was 1999. Yeah. 2013, the second wave is going on.

So, yeah. So that third wave, the fentanyl opioid death wave or fentanyl driven wave, that vastly outstrips the death rate from the first two waves. Yeah. So I think in 1999, so this is when people are starting to take opioid prescriptions, there were two opioid overdose deaths per 100,000 people in the United States. Yeah. That was 1999. Yeah. 2013, the second wave is going on.

So, yeah. So that third wave, the fentanyl opioid death wave or fentanyl driven wave, that vastly outstrips the death rate from the first two waves. Yeah. So I think in 1999, so this is when people are starting to take opioid prescriptions, there were two opioid overdose deaths per 100,000 people in the United States. Yeah. That was 1999. Yeah. 2013, the second wave is going on.

That was up to eight. By 2022, when the third wave is in full swing, it was 25 people per 100,000 people in the United States that were dying of overdose deaths from fentanyl.

That was up to eight. By 2022, when the third wave is in full swing, it was 25 people per 100,000 people in the United States that were dying of overdose deaths from fentanyl.

That was up to eight. By 2022, when the third wave is in full swing, it was 25 people per 100,000 people in the United States that were dying of overdose deaths from fentanyl.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah.

For sure. And apparently I was like, well, what else is anybody ODing on? And it seems that meth has created a new epidemic of overdose deaths that everybody's like, what the hell's going on?

For sure. And apparently I was like, well, what else is anybody ODing on? And it seems that meth has created a new epidemic of overdose deaths that everybody's like, what the hell's going on?

For sure. And apparently I was like, well, what else is anybody ODing on? And it seems that meth has created a new epidemic of overdose deaths that everybody's like, what the hell's going on?

Yes.

Yes.

Yes.

That's just not how it has worked unless the United States is at war, essentially. And, you know, we're talking a lot about the U.S., but the U.K. and Europe – sorry, U.K. – tracks – Fairly closely, although the numbers are lower, it seems to be following like a similar pattern. Although I think in some countries, I think Estonia is one of them, like you can't even get heroin anymore.

That's just not how it has worked unless the United States is at war, essentially. And, you know, we're talking a lot about the U.S., but the U.K. and Europe – sorry, U.K. – tracks – Fairly closely, although the numbers are lower, it seems to be following like a similar pattern. Although I think in some countries, I think Estonia is one of them, like you can't even get heroin anymore.

That's just not how it has worked unless the United States is at war, essentially. And, you know, we're talking a lot about the U.S., but the U.K. and Europe – sorry, U.K. – tracks – Fairly closely, although the numbers are lower, it seems to be following like a similar pattern. Although I think in some countries, I think Estonia is one of them, like you can't even get heroin anymore.

Everybody's just doing fentanyl.

Everybody's just doing fentanyl.