>> John: WE CAN TALK SNOW ALL
DAY AND MIGHT BE ALL WEEKEND,
TOO.
STUNNING NEW FIGURES OUT FOR THE
CENTERS FROM DISEASE CONTROL.
NEARLY 107,000 AMERICANS DIED
FROM DRUG OVERDOSES IN 2021
ACCORDING TO THE CDC.
DROPPING THE AVERAGE LIFE
EXPECTANCY TO ITS LOWEST LEVEL
SINCE 1996.
STUDIES SHOW RELAPSE RATES FOR
DRUG AND ALCOHOL ADDICTION
SPIKED 150% DURING THE HOLIDAYS.
LET’S BRING IN FORMER D.E.A.
SPECIAL AGENT TO TALK ABOUT
THIS.
LET’S PUT ON THE SCREEN.
CALL FOR NUMBER ONE SO FOLKS CAN
SEE WHAT THE TOLL IS.
NEARLY 107,000 AMERICANS DIED
FROM DRUG OVERDOSES, AN INCREASE
OF 16% OVER THE NUMBER OF DEATHS
IN 2020.
THIS IS NOTHING IF NOT AN
EPIDEMIC.
>> THANK YOU, JOHN, FOR THE
ONGOING COVERAGE.
FIRST OF ALL, IF YOU LOOK AT
JUST FROM NOVEMBER 1ST TO TODAY,
THAT’S OVER 15,000 DEAD
AMERICANS FROM DRUGS.
YOU LOOK AT CHRISTMAS DAY COMING
UP OVER THE WEEKEND, 300
FAMILIES WILL GET A CALL.
WE HAVE THIS EPIDEMIC.
WE HAVE THIS CRISIS, THIS
POISONING.
BUT ONE THING WE HAVE TO REALIZE
IS WE HAVE AN ARMY OF FAMILIES
AROUND AMERICA THAT WORK EVERY
DAY SO HARD.
THEY DO PSAs, EDUCATION, THEY
DEVELOP RESOURCES FOR SCHOOLS,
THEY MAKE SHORT FILMS.
THEY DO WHATEVER THEY CAN TO
HANG BILLBOARDS.
LET ME JUST TELL YOU ONE QUICK
STORY, JOHN, ON WHAT’S HAPPENING
WITH LAUREN’S WISH.
A FAMILY IN WEST, LAUREN DIED IN
2020.
HER FAMILY, BEFORE SHE DIED, SHE
ASKED HER FATHER TO CONSIDER
SETTING UP A REHAB CENTER IN
WEST VIRGINIA BECAUSE SO MANY OF
HER FRIENDS WERE ADDICTED AND
DYING FROM THIS POISONOUS
SUBSTANCE.
SHE ULTIMATELY DIED BUT THEN HER
FATHER, MICHAEL AND MOTHER CHERI
SET UP A REHAB CENTER IN A
HOTEL.
THEY RAISED MONEY ON THEIR OWN.
NO HELP FROM THE GOVERNMENT.
BUT THIS IS HAPPENING ALL OVER
AMERICA.
SO THEY HAVE SHORT-TERM TRIAGE
TYPE OF ADDICTION TREATMENT AND
THEY HAVE LONG-TERM CARE.
THESE ARE THE STORIES THAT THE
AMERICAN PUBLIC DOESN’T HERE.
THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD BE HELPING
OUT MORE.
INSTEAD OF GIVING YU CRANES
BILLIONS OF DOLLARS MAYBE DIVERT
SOME MONEY TO THE MENTAL HEALTH
OF OUR KIDS IN SCHOOLS AS THAT’S
ESCALATING THROUGH THE ROOF.
JOHN THERE ARE PEOPLE SAYING IF
YOU GIVE THAT MANY MONEY TO
UKRAINE YOU NEED TO GIVE MONEY
TO OTHER THINGS AS YOU
MENTIONED, GREG ABBOTT IS SAYING
IT NEEDS TO BE SPENT ON THE
BORDER AS WELL.
WE HEAR HOW DEADLY FENTANYL IS.
JUST A COUPLE OF MILLIGRAMS CAN
BE DEADLY.
PEOPLE SAY HOW MUCH IS THAT
REALLY?
LOOK AT THESE TWO PHOTOGRAPHS.
ON ONE SIDE OF THE SCREEN HERE
YOU GO TO SEE A PENCIL.
IT HAS JUST WHAT LOOKS LIKE A
FEW GRAINS OF FENTANYL ON IT.
ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE SCREEN
YOU WILL SEE A PENNY AND YOU CAN
SEE THE AMOUNT OF FENTANYL THAT
CAN KILL YOU IN RELATION TO THE
SIZE OF A PENNY.
DERRICK, WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT
IT, IT IS SUCH A SMALL AMOUNT
THAT CAN KILL PEOPLE.
THESE DRUG CARTELS ARE FUNNELING
INTO OUR COUNTRY ENOUGH FENTANYL
TO KILL ALL OF US TEN TIMES
OVER.
>> YES.
THAT’S WHY THE DEA JUST DID A
RECENT WARNING THAT THEY SEIZED
OVER 50 MILLION OF THESE PILLS,
THESE FAKE PILLS LAST YEAR --
THIS YEAR.
THEY ALSO SAY THAT 379 MILLION
DEADLY DOSES WERE TAKEN OFF THE
STREETS.
THAT’S WHY THE FAMILIES AGAINST
FENTANYL HAVE BEEN PUSHING,
JOHN, SO HARD TO DECLARE
FENTANYL A WEAPONS OF MASS
DESTRUCTION BECAUSE WE’VE NEVER
SEEN IN THE HISTORY OF THIS
COUNTRY A SUBSTANCE COMING INTO
THIS COUNTRY FROM ANOTHER
COUNTRY KILLING OUR FUTURE
GENERATION LIKE THIS.
WE’VE NEVER HAD THIS.
THIS IS NOT YOUR TYPICAL DRUG
CRISIS, WHICH WE’VE HAD GOING ON
FOR A WHILE.
THIS IS A SUBSTANCE THAT IS MADE
IN THESE DIRTY, FILTHY LABS IN
MEXICO, THE CHINESE CHEMICALS
ARE COMING IN ON A DAILY BASIS.
BY THE WAY, JOHN, I’VE SAID THIS
SO MANY TIMES.
ANOTHER THING THAT NOBODY IS
TALKING ABOUT IS THE CHINESE
CRIMINALS ARE HELPING OUT WITH
THE MONEY LAUNDERING SERVICES.
SO THEY ARE PROVIDING THE
CHEMICALS, THE MONEY LAUNDERING
AND THE CARTEL BUSINESS IS
BOOMING AS WE’RE BEING INVADED
BY 160 COUNTRIES OF MIGRANTS
FROM AROUND THE WORLD.
SO IT IS A VERY, VERY TERRIBLE
SITUATION BUT DURING THIS
HOLIDAY SEASON, MY HEART GOES
OUT TO ALL THE FAMILIES.
THAT’S WHY I’M INSPIRED TO WORK
HARDER EVERY DAY.
I KNOW FOX HAS DONE A TREMENDOUS
JOB IN HELPING THE FAMILIES.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, JOHN.
>> John: IT IS A TREMENDOUS
THING TO GET INVOLVED IN.
GOD BLESS THE PARENTS WHO HAVE
TO DEAL WITH THIS WHEN THEIR
CHILD GETS INVOLVED AND GETS
POISONED BY THIS HORRIBLE,
HORRIBLE DRUG.
YOU TALK ABOUT 379 MILLION DOSES
OF FENTANYL, DEADLY DOSES OF
FENTANYL BEING SEIZED.
WE HEAR IT IS JUST A FRACTION OF
WHAT COMES ACROSS THE BORDER.
DERRICK, WHICH WISH YOU GODSPEED
AT THIS TIME.
I KNOW THAT YOU DO GREAT WORK
AND THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT YOU
ARE AFFILIATED WITH AS WELL.
AS YOU SAID AS WE ALL CELEBRATE,
SOME FAMILIES WILL GET THAT