Chuck

Everybody's just doing fentanyl.

Yeah, I think the first two waves were driven by larger numbers, increases in people using prescription opioids and then heroin. So that accounted for it.

Yeah, I think the first two waves were driven by larger numbers, increases in people using prescription opioids and then heroin. So that accounted for it.

Yeah, I think the first two waves were driven by larger numbers, increases in people using prescription opioids and then heroin. So that accounted for it.

But when fentanyl came on the scene, yeah, people stopped using it as much, but their deaths just increased, which if you look at it from just an outside perspective, like it's just because it's so potent and it was rolled out or introduced to the drug supply and In a really horrific way, as we'll see.

But when fentanyl came on the scene, yeah, people stopped using it as much, but their deaths just increased, which if you look at it from just an outside perspective, like it's just because it's so potent and it was rolled out or introduced to the drug supply and In a really horrific way, as we'll see.

But when fentanyl came on the scene, yeah, people stopped using it as much, but their deaths just increased, which if you look at it from just an outside perspective, like it's just because it's so potent and it was rolled out or introduced to the drug supply and In a really horrific way, as we'll see.

Yes. So social capital is basically the size of your local Kiwanis chapter.

Yes. So social capital is basically the size of your local Kiwanis chapter.

Yes. So social capital is basically the size of your local Kiwanis chapter.

So, yeah, this is I mean, like this whole thing kind of rose in lockstep. Opioid overdose deaths rose in lockstep with these financial crises that the U.S. found itself in over and over again since 2008. Job loss, loss of manufacturing jobs, just all of the hardship that the United States has gone through since then.

So, yeah, this is I mean, like this whole thing kind of rose in lockstep. Opioid overdose deaths rose in lockstep with these financial crises that the U.S. found itself in over and over again since 2008. Job loss, loss of manufacturing jobs, just all of the hardship that the United States has gone through since then.

So, yeah, this is I mean, like this whole thing kind of rose in lockstep. Opioid overdose deaths rose in lockstep with these financial crises that the U.S. found itself in over and over again since 2008. Job loss, loss of manufacturing jobs, just all of the hardship that the United States has gone through since then.

Opioid deaths kind of tracked with it, especially at first, especially with people, basically more people turning to that kind of thing as a disease of despair, which is just sad. It's just nuts that you can kind of connect those two things.

Opioid deaths kind of tracked with it, especially at first, especially with people, basically more people turning to that kind of thing as a disease of despair, which is just sad. It's just nuts that you can kind of connect those two things.

Opioid deaths kind of tracked with it, especially at first, especially with people, basically more people turning to that kind of thing as a disease of despair, which is just sad. It's just nuts that you can kind of connect those two things.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah, and not only more potent, but the fact that it's more potent means that less of it can generate just as much cash, which also means it's easier to smuggle, too. And like you said, fentanyl tracks exactly the same way. It's really easy to make. I mean, apparently, you just basically, if you have the precursor chemicals, you're just making a stew in a pot that you're stirring.