so with me, we have admiral brett girard, the assistant secretary of health at the department of health and human services. i'm going to ask some questions, we're going to get a robust conversation going. and open it up to all of you. i'm going to ask everyone on the panel to respond to this question. there's been a lot of policy implemented around the opiod crisis. the number of overdose deaths are continuing to rise. what is being done is it sufficient? what must be done to stem this tide of overdose. admiral go ahead. >> good morning, and thank you very much for inviting me to be on the panel, and i look forward to open discussion. i always have trouble sitting down and speaking, but i'm going to do my best. now that i'm tethered on the microphone. as i've said many times, particularly opiod misuse crisis is the health challenge of our time. >> although we are doing as many things as we think that we can. there's always room to do more. our five point strategy has been well documented about improving pain control, data, access to treatment, and improving research, and availability of