Dax Shepard

You don't have to do anything.

You don't have to treat the person for addiction.

Just ask.

I would expect every doctor to ask that.

I feel so strongly about that, having seen so many nightmares.

I was really honored when you invited me on because I have listened to your episodes where you talk about opioids and pain.

And I teach the Addiction Medicine Fellows at Stanford, the next generation of MDs, because they don't learn very much about pain.

And pain and addiction in America are best friends.

Our mutual friend Anna Lemke runs like a pain and addiction organization.

Well, this is really great.

It's in the book.

We are, I think, 4.5% of the world population, and this country consumes 80% of the opioids on planet Earth.

I mean, that number's probably fallen in the last couple years, but still.

There was a point where 4% of the population was consuming 80% of the opioids.

And I think it was specifically, like, OxyContin.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

I think we could just do a better job.

Yeah.

I think we can all agree that we can just like do a better job, you know?