Yes, I appreciate that.
My concern on this issue has grown out of the research that I've done the last several years. I spent most of that time, particularly in my last project, talking to people whose lives have been devastatingly impacted by the criminal justice system, by addictions and by substance use. All of us have people in our own lives who have experienced this.
When I wrote this book, Overdose, I didn't know anyone who had passed away from unregulated drugs, but now I do. The reason for the very grave concern I have and the strong comments I've made today is that I see a lack of adequate response, and it is killing people. That is what motivates me. I will continue to speak truth on that, and I'm going to continue to call it out. I'll call it out whatever the political party is.
If I'm pissed off, that's the only part.... I guess I am pissed off; I am. I think if any of us were not.... If we continue to see people dying in the numbers they are and we really care about that, that should enrage us, but it has to motivate us to action.