 What's up, everybody? This is Chris from the Rewired Soul, where we talk about the problem, but focus on the solution. And this week is National Drug Facts Week. So today we're going to talk a little bit about the lies they've been telling us about the heroin epidemic. So everywhere you turn all the news outlets, they're constantly talking about the heroin epidemic. It's over here. It's over there. Always talking about the heroin epidemic. Now, according to the CDC, each year, more people are dying from prescription opioid overdoses than heroin and cocaine overdoses combined. Don't believe me? Let's take a look at the graph side by side. To the left, we have prescription opioid overdoses. And to the right, we have heroin overdoses. Now, knowing this information, we have to sit back and ask ourselves, why do they keep telling us about the heroin epidemic? But nobody is mentioning the prescription opioid crisis. Well, let's take a look. According to this article by The Guardian, it states that drug makers have poured close to 2.5 billion into lobbying and funding members of Congress over the past decade. Hundreds of thousands of dollars have gone to Mitch McConnell, although he is hardly alone. Nine out of 10 members of the House of Representatives and all but three of the United States's 100 senators have taken campaign contributions from pharmaceutical companies seeking to affect legislation on everything from the cost of drugs to how new medicines are approved. I don't know about you, but that is insane. Is it is it any kind of question why they're pushing this narrative that the heroin epidemic is the primary problem? Here is another statistic pulled from the National Institute on drug abuse. It shows us that 80 percent, 80 percent of all heroin users were first abusing prescription opioids. So people aren't just jumping over to heroin. They are starting with these prescription opioids. So here's what I need you to do. I need you to share this video so we can start sharing the truth about what's really going on in our country when it comes to the opioid crisis because it's National Drug Facts Week. I do have an addiction course over on my website, the rewired soul.com. And right now for this week, you can get 50 percent off if you would like to learn more about the science of addiction to simply use coupon code drug facts. It's that simple. But anyways, if you like this video, please give it a thumbs up. And if you are new here, I'm always making videos about addiction as well as videos to help you out with your mental health. So make sure you click that little round subscribe button and be sure to check out some other videos on this channel. You can click or tap on the thumbnails right over to the left of me. All right. Thanks so much for watching. Don't forget to share this video and I'll see you next time.