Episode 730 • • 2:07:42 - 2:12:17
730: Solution Space
Opioid Crisis Statistics, Prescription Rates and Solution Space
Secretary Sylvia Mathews Burwell testifies about the opioid epidemic, noting that overdose deaths now exceed car accident fatalities. She reveals that 259 million opioid prescriptions were written in 2012, nearly one for every adult in the U.S. The hosts mock her use of corporate jargon like "solution space" and "prescribing space" during her testimony.