Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
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And so that's why places like John Hopkins in Baltimore has a program with the Helping Up Mission, and they're working together. So you have a secular university and a faith-based Christian mission working together, and they're having phenomenal success. So we know how to do this, and we know how to do it right together. But it takes time.
You're not going to take somebody who's been addicted to drugs for 20 years and do it in a 28-day program or a 14-day program. You need multiple months.
You're not going to take somebody who's been addicted to drugs for 20 years and do it in a 28-day program or a 14-day program. You need multiple months.
You're not going to take somebody who's been addicted to drugs for 20 years and do it in a 28-day program or a 14-day program. You need multiple months.
But in the end, it's much more cost-effective to get success in real treatment and real recovery than the short-term expenses of Band-Aids that are the police department, the fire department, emergency room, emergency department, and the court systems.
But in the end, it's much more cost-effective to get success in real treatment and real recovery than the short-term expenses of Band-Aids that are the police department, the fire department, emergency room, emergency department, and the court systems.
But in the end, it's much more cost-effective to get success in real treatment and real recovery than the short-term expenses of Band-Aids that are the police department, the fire department, emergency room, emergency department, and the court systems.
There's a huge difference between medical grade fentanyl, like a cancer patch for stage three, stage four cancer patients, or the lollipop post-surgery, or candidly, medical fentanyl has made heart surgery possible. I mean, it's perfect because it slows your heart rate down, it slows your breathing down. So fentanyl for open heart surgery is critical.
There's a huge difference between medical grade fentanyl, like a cancer patch for stage three, stage four cancer patients, or the lollipop post-surgery, or candidly, medical fentanyl has made heart surgery possible. I mean, it's perfect because it slows your heart rate down, it slows your breathing down. So fentanyl for open heart surgery is critical.
There's a huge difference between medical grade fentanyl, like a cancer patch for stage three, stage four cancer patients, or the lollipop post-surgery, or candidly, medical fentanyl has made heart surgery possible. I mean, it's perfect because it slows your heart rate down, it slows your breathing down. So fentanyl for open heart surgery is critical.
But the difference is when you're in those situations, they're highly regulated, and the dosing is very, very precise and done with precision. And when you're in a medical situation, you have multiple people monitoring you. The problem with street-level fentanyl, illicit fentanyl that's on the streetβ There is no regulation, and so they make this batch not in a white-glove lab.
But the difference is when you're in those situations, they're highly regulated, and the dosing is very, very precise and done with precision. And when you're in a medical situation, you have multiple people monitoring you. The problem with street-level fentanyl, illicit fentanyl that's on the streetβ There is no regulation, and so they make this batch not in a white-glove lab.
But the difference is when you're in those situations, they're highly regulated, and the dosing is very, very precise and done with precision. And when you're in a medical situation, you have multiple people monitoring you. The problem with street-level fentanyl, illicit fentanyl that's on the streetβ There is no regulation, and so they make this batch not in a white-glove lab.
It's done in a jungle, a back alley, a burnout bus, and you don't know what you're getting. It's a mix. It's not equal at the same time. You might get part of the batch that has a lot of fentanyl, and the other part has none of it. And so street-level illicit fentanyl is totally different than the fentanyl you get in a hospital.
It's done in a jungle, a back alley, a burnout bus, and you don't know what you're getting. It's a mix. It's not equal at the same time. You might get part of the batch that has a lot of fentanyl, and the other part has none of it. And so street-level illicit fentanyl is totally different than the fentanyl you get in a hospital.
It's done in a jungle, a back alley, a burnout bus, and you don't know what you're getting. It's a mix. It's not equal at the same time. You might get part of the batch that has a lot of fentanyl, and the other part has none of it. And so street-level illicit fentanyl is totally different than the fentanyl you get in a hospital.
We have some people from Seattle in our documentary who address this. They say if you were to go on a bridge and say you're going to commit suicide and get ready to jump and somebody calls 911 or you get one of those bridge phones that they call, the police come, they don't just sit there and take you off the bridge and say, well, are you okay? You promised not to jump.
We have some people from Seattle in our documentary who address this. They say if you were to go on a bridge and say you're going to commit suicide and get ready to jump and somebody calls 911 or you get one of those bridge phones that they call, the police come, they don't just sit there and take you off the bridge and say, well, are you okay? You promised not to jump.
We have some people from Seattle in our documentary who address this. They say if you were to go on a bridge and say you're going to commit suicide and get ready to jump and somebody calls 911 or you get one of those bridge phones that they call, the police come, they don't just sit there and take you off the bridge and say, well, are you okay? You promised not to jump.
We'll leave you right there and then roll on. They take you there. Why is that not different with fentanyl? Because we know fentanyl is so deadly now. You will not meet somebody who is a fentanyl addict that's been on fentanyl for over 18 months. Most addicts die within eight or nine months. A few will make it out to 18 months. So why would we not treat you like a jumper?