we start in anne arundel county, in the state of maryland, just a few miles from here. at the end of last year a friend of mine said that he had seen teenage girls and boys walk off of front step -- front steps the local funeral parlor all dressed in black. the girls were crying, all hanging onto each other. the boys had their hands in their pockets, they were looking blankly outwards. and then the parents came out. dismayed, completely in shock. to me, my friend, said "you and i know what happened. today, somebody is burying their child, and somebody else, some of the in china is making money." yes, the chinese are making money while americans died. the anne arundel police a billboard,s showing the number of opioid deaths in the year so far. as the middle of this month, the 15th, 26 people had died. year, if thatthis rate continues, there'll be 226 residents of that one county who were alive on january 1 who will not see the first day of 2019. arundel aren anne not in appellation, they are not desperate, they are not beaten down. in anne arundel are under attack. they