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The leading cause of death in America for 50-year-old individuals and younger is opioid overdoses. In fact, there were 101,212 overdose deaths last year, and someone dies from an opiate overdose every 90 seconds. This has prompted significant concern and efforts to address the epidemic, including a panel discussion and awareness event planned for September 1st.

GDL Jason Wahler

Uh Addiction has been around for for a long time now , right ? It is the actually the leading cause of death in America for 50 year old individuals and younger . Uh It is a primary chronic and progressive disease and there has not been enough research done around specifically the brain and looking at neuroplasticity and actually seeing and looking for a cure .

GDL Jason Wahler

I call it a massacre . You know , I mean , it's how many people it's killing . It's , it's an amazing medication that can prevent somebody from overdosing .

GDL Jason Wahler

Um , and that's again , is , you're not including , you know , stress of the liver , car accidents , you know , methamphetamine , you're not including all the other benzodiazepines , everything else that goes with it . So it's a killer man . It's really taken , taken over and , and , uh , it's about time something is , is done .

GDL Jason Wahler

And unfortunately , we're in this rubber band phase where we're , you know , we're still back , we haven't even seen what's really yet to come and it's , it's really , it's scary . Um , but yeah , 100 and 1,212,000 overdoses this last year , uh , you know , somebody's dying every 90 seconds from an opiate overdose . Um , and that's again , is , you're not including , you know , stress of the liver , car accidents , you know , methamphetamine , you're not including all the other benzodiazepines , everything else that goes with it .

GDL Jason Wahler

So , uh , it's at that place where , I mean , now we this , this last year , you know , I mean , COVID did not help , help the situation with , with addiction isolation is , is one is definitely not a benefit to us is for all humans . The number one form of happiness , uh longest living study at Harvard's around here connection . And so you actually remove all that .