so both dr. getlo and dr. compton addressed a host of issues associated with the epidemic we've been discussing. i would like to take a slightly different perspective. i want to point out there is an issue called the social deter innocence of health. there's also the issue of how do we adequately treat pain. and don't compton made reference to that. but that's a large issue because indeed it affects people's desire to use opioids. and we brought in with the epidemic a host of new individuals who previously were not using opioids. we have to keep in mind, as dr. compton pointed out, we have 69.9 million people who are bing drinkers within 55 million people who are cigarette smoker, 4.3 million people who misuse pain relievers. not the largest group of individuals. so dr. getlo's point wu well ta was well taken. we have to deal with the fact that our society embraces the use of psychoactive substances. how it should be administered, that's another matter. with regard to prescription drugs, we have, according to