Chuck

And you associate it with the drug and anybody who doesn't do that drug and loves first responders, doesn't like illegal immigrants and doesn't like homeless people is going to hate that drug from that point on.

And you associate it with the drug and anybody who doesn't do that drug and loves first responders, doesn't like illegal immigrants and doesn't like homeless people is going to hate that drug from that point on.

Yeah. Well, let's just say again, fentanyl is perfectly safe in like a medical setting in the hands of a trained professional. It's just outside of that. When cartels become involved, then it becomes a huge problem. Yeah. But I said at the outset, there is a silver lining or at least some hope because the use is – well, first of all, opioid deaths are declining.

Yeah. Well, let's just say again, fentanyl is perfectly safe in like a medical setting in the hands of a trained professional. It's just outside of that. When cartels become involved, then it becomes a huge problem. Yeah. But I said at the outset, there is a silver lining or at least some hope because the use is – well, first of all, opioid deaths are declining.

Yeah. Well, let's just say again, fentanyl is perfectly safe in like a medical setting in the hands of a trained professional. It's just outside of that. When cartels become involved, then it becomes a huge problem. Yeah. But I said at the outset, there is a silver lining or at least some hope because the use is – well, first of all, opioid deaths are declining.

I think they peaked in 2022 with 108,000 opioid overdose deaths in the United States. Jeez. And the numbers aren't in for 2024, but they think the estimate is that it's going to be anywhere between a 15 to a 20 percent drop in overdose deaths from fentanyl. And they say, OK, well, Chuck, why? Why? Why are these fentanyl deaths finally subsiding? What's the deal?

I think they peaked in 2022 with 108,000 opioid overdose deaths in the United States. Jeez. And the numbers aren't in for 2024, but they think the estimate is that it's going to be anywhere between a 15 to a 20 percent drop in overdose deaths from fentanyl. And they say, OK, well, Chuck, why? Why? Why are these fentanyl deaths finally subsiding? What's the deal?

I think they peaked in 2022 with 108,000 opioid overdose deaths in the United States. Jeez. And the numbers aren't in for 2024, but they think the estimate is that it's going to be anywhere between a 15 to a 20 percent drop in overdose deaths from fentanyl. And they say, OK, well, Chuck, why? Why? Why are these fentanyl deaths finally subsiding? What's the deal?

Yeah, you were saying that younger generations might have been scared away from it.

Yeah, you were saying that younger generations might have been scared away from it.

Yeah, you were saying that younger generations might have been scared away from it.

I thought you said that. So apparently Gen Z is unlikely or less likely to use drugs. I think like 67% of 12th graders said that they abstained from drugs, meaning that they hadn't taken any drugs in the last 30 days. And I was like, I wonder what that is compared to Gen X back when we were in high school.

I thought you said that. So apparently Gen Z is unlikely or less likely to use drugs. I think like 67% of 12th graders said that they abstained from drugs, meaning that they hadn't taken any drugs in the last 30 days. And I was like, I wonder what that is compared to Gen X back when we were in high school.

I thought you said that. So apparently Gen Z is unlikely or less likely to use drugs. I think like 67% of 12th graders said that they abstained from drugs, meaning that they hadn't taken any drugs in the last 30 days. And I was like, I wonder what that is compared to Gen X back when we were in high school.

And I was like, this is going to be crazy. It is crazy, but it's the opposite way you would think. I can't remember what U.S. agency conducts this every year, but in 1993, high school seniors said that 81.7% said that they had abstained from drugs in the last 30 days. So Gen Z is on way more drugs than Gen X was, which is very surprising to me.

And I was like, this is going to be crazy. It is crazy, but it's the opposite way you would think. I can't remember what U.S. agency conducts this every year, but in 1993, high school seniors said that 81.7% said that they had abstained from drugs in the last 30 days. So Gen Z is on way more drugs than Gen X was, which is very surprising to me.

And I was like, this is going to be crazy. It is crazy, but it's the opposite way you would think. I can't remember what U.S. agency conducts this every year, but in 1993, high school seniors said that 81.7% said that they had abstained from drugs in the last 30 days. So Gen Z is on way more drugs than Gen X was, which is very surprising to me.

That's entirely possible, too. Are you a narc, man?

That's entirely possible, too. Are you a narc, man?

That's entirely possible, too. Are you a narc, man?