The speaker sarcastically asserts that the opioid epidemic is currently under control and that opioids are not addictive.

“but we do know that the opioid epidemic is somewhat in control because we don't hear about it anymore nobody dies from that no nobody and it's not as addictive as it used to be”

The opioid epidemic exacerbated the addiction struggles of healthcare workers who already face normalized workplace trauma.

“And while I'm still dealing with my own demons and that includes um the the things that go on at work and I guess you really don't think about the things that go on at work because you're you make it normal, right?”

The United States is failing to address the opioid epidemic, as evidenced by overdose death rates being the number one cause of death for Americans aged 18 to 45.

“Like I want to say in all of this is just that like like this is a fight that we're still very much losing. Like having had this arc of being in it, working in treatment, now working in research where these are supposed to be like the best minds we have dedicating themselves toward this this this pr”