THE MARIJUANA INDUSTRY SURVIVED.
ASHLEY: PROBABLY TRUE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
LET'S GET BACK TO NORTH KOREA.
KELLYANNE CONWAY NOW SAYING THAT
THE JUNE SUMMIT BETWEEN
PRESIDENT TRUMP MAY HAPPEN AT A
LATER DATE.
JOINING US NOW ADAM KISSINGER,
REPUBLICAN FROM ILLINOIS.
THANKS FOR JOINING US.
>> YOU BET.
ASHLEY: THE ADMINISTRATION
SOUNDING OPTIMISTIC BUT YOU
VOICED SOME DOUBTS, THIS IS THE
GAME THAT NORTH KOREA PLAYS,
WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS?
>> I'M NOT OVERLY CONCERNED YET.
I'M TOTALLY EXPECTED FRANKLY,
KIM JONG UN HAS THIS HABIT OF,
YOU KNOW, BEING A SMILEY MCGEE
AND TURNING AROUND AND BEING
TOUGH AND SMILING AND TOUGH,
THIS IS PART OF THE GIVE AND
TAKE WHERE HE HAS TO SHOW
POPULATION THAT HE STILL HAS GOT
IT.
I THINK AVID FOX BUSINESS
WATCHER, I THINK IF HE'S
WATCHING, THE WORDS TO SAY,
LOOK, THIS IS YOUR MOMENT.
IF YOU FRANKLY PULL OUT OF THIS,
THERE'S NO HIGHER NEGOTIATIONS,
THE HIGHER NEGOTIATIONS THAT CAN
EVER EXIST IN NORTH KOREA, THE
ONLY POSSIBILITY AFTER THIS IS
MILITARY ACTION, SO WHILE I AM
CONCERNED I ALSO THINK, YOU
KNOW, IF CHINA AND KIM JONG UN
ARE SMART, THEY WILL STICK WITH
THE SUMMIT.
ASHLEY: WHAT IS THE LIKELIHOOD
THAT NORTH KOREA WILL
DENUCLEARIZE, TAKE THOSE WEAPONS
AWAY AND IF THAT'S NOT THE CASE,
THEN WHAT DO WE ACHIEVE?
>> I THINK IT HAS TO BE THE CASE
AND I THINK DENUCLEARIZATION FOR
BASICALLY INFINITY, FOREVER, YOU
KNOW, THAT'S GOING TO COME WITH
CARROTS.
FOX NEWS CORRESPONDENT NORTH
CAROLINA, THE CARROTS WILL BE
THEY'LL BE ECONOMIC
OPPORTUNITIES.
THE NORTH KOREA CARROT WILL BE
THEY'LL BE PROTECTION EITHER BY
CHINA OR GUARANTY BY US TO NOT
INVADE LIKE WE HAD WITH CUBA,
BUT A NUCLEAR NORTH KOREA I
THINK IS UNACCEPTABLE TO THIS
PRESIDENT WHO HAS MADE IT CLEAR
THAT THIS WAS LIKE KIND OF A
CHURCHILL MOMENT WHERE EVERYBODY
IS EAGER TO AVOID MILITARY
CONFLICT, I AM TOO BUT YOU
UNDERSTAND THAT THE DECISIONS WE
MAKE TODAY WILL HAVE AN IMPACT
FOR GENERATIONS TO COME AND
FRANKLY, I DON'T HAVE KIDS YET,
HOPEFULLY DO I SOME DAY BUT
GRANDKIDS LOOKING BACK, WHY DOES
EVERYBODY HAVE NUKES NOW BECAUSE
YOU GUYS DIDN'T DO WHAT YOU
NEEDED TO DO.
ASHLEY: HOPEFULLY NOT.
I WANT TO MOVER TO ANOTHER
ISSUE, OPIOID CRISIS, YOU'RE
COSPONSORING A BILL TO HELP
MEDICAID DO A BETTER JOB AT
FIGHTING THE CRISIS.
WHERE IS THE TEETH IN THE BILL?
>> THE OPIOID ADDICTION PLAN AND
BASICALLY WHAT IT DOES IS GETS
THE GOVERNMENT TO FIND OUT WHERE
THERE'S BARRIERS TO DEVELOPMENT
OF ALTERNATIVE PAIN SCENARIOS.
SO RIGHT NOW, THE MOST EFFECTIVE
PAIN SCENARIO FRANKLY IF YOU
HAVE BACK SURGERY IS USING
OPIOID, THAT COMES WITH HUGE
PROBLEMS, PEOPLE CAN BECOME
ADDICTED AND THEN ULTIMATELY
THEY'LL TURN TO HEROIN OR
ANYTHING LIKE THAT AND SO
THERE'S GOT TO BE ALTERNATIVE
WAYS TO TREAT PAIN, ARE THERE
BARRIERS IN THE GOVERNMENT THAT
ARE PREVENTING THAT RESEARCH.
WE WILL PASS 30 BILLS TODAY OUT
OF COMMITTEE, YOU KNOW, AN BILLS
ARE GOOD, FUND ASKING GOOD, WE
INCREASED FUNDING BY $6 BILLION
IN OMNIBUS, ULTIMATELY IS
COMMUNITIES THAT WILL HAVE TO
WRANGLE THIS PROBLEM, WHICH IS
YOUR KIDS ARE FRANKLY DOING
HEROIN AND MANY ARE OVERDOING
AND YOUR ADULTS AN PEOPLE FROM
ALL POPULATIONS, WE NEED TO
GREAT A GRIP ON IT.
ASHLEY: HOW MUCH RESPONSIBILITY
DO DOCTORS PLAY ON THIS, ONE OF
THE CRITICISMS INSTEAD OF GIVING
7-DAY COURSE OF OPIOIDS, THEY
WILL GIVE A 30-DAY COURSE AND
THAT'S A VERY DANGEROUS ROAD TO
GO DOWN?
>> SO THAT'S BEEN CHANGED NOW TO
WHERE THEY ARE GIVING SMALLER
COURSES ON IT BUT I THINK IN THE
PAST IT HAS BEEN A PROBLEM AND I
DON'T BLAME DOCTORS FOR IT
BECAUSE UNDER THE AFFORDABLE
CARE ACT THESE GUYS ARE JUDGED
BASICALLY ON PATIENT
COMFORTABILITY AND WHEN YOU COME
OUT OF THE HOSPITAL IF YOU SHOW
ANY SENSE OF PAIN, OF COURSE,
YOU WILL BE EAGER TO SAY, I
DON'T WANT YOU TO HAVE PAIN AT
ALL.
THEY WRITE THE BIG
PRESCRIPTIONS.
90% OF AMERICANS CAN TAKE THEM
AND BE FINE, IT'S THE 10% THAT
BASICALLY TAKE THEM WHEN THEY'RE
NOT SUPPOSED TO AND NOW
ADDICTED.
ASHLEY: BIG QUESTION IS HOW SOON
CAN WE COME UP WITH AN
ALTERNATIVE TO OPIOIDS?
>> I HOPE SOONER THAN LATER.
THERE'S RESEARCH, I KNOW, BUT
THIS NEEDS TO HAPPEN.
WE ARE SEEING POSITIVE SIGNS SO
FAR, THE PROBLEM IS -- I WAS AT
THE GYM JUST A MONTH AGO AND HAD
A GUY MY AGE THAT WAS OVERDOING
ON HEROIN NOON ON A SUNDAY.
THIS WAS A PROBLEM THAT IS
PENETRATING ALL AREAS OF
SOCIETY.
ASHLEY: YEAH, CERTAINLY IS.