dr. johnston.[applause] >> thank you very much, and good morning to all of you. pleased that so many of you have turned out. it's a pleasure to, again, be able to announce results from the study, joining the director, assistant secretary koh, director volkow. we all did this last year and hopefully next. despite all those years, i actually get younger -- [laughter] each time we do a survey. special arrangements upstairs. um, you heard a lot of the results of the release, so i'm going to sort of focus on some of the highlights that i think are most interesting and most important this year. one of those has to do with bath salts. you've heard a lot in the press about bath salts and how dangerous they can be, and i think i believe that. but i don't believe there's been any very good empirical evidence of how extensive their use is. and for the first time this year we had it in the survey, and we find, fortunately, that the results are very low levels of use. a little over 1% have used in the past year

dr. johnston.[applause] >> please so many are so many of you turned out. it's a pleasure to again announce results from this study journey direct your kerlikowske, assistant secretary >> translator: koh and the/year hopefully next. despite others whose we actually get younger. each time we do a survey. a special orange and a very spirit i'm going to start a focus on some of the highlights that are most interesting and most important they fear one of those has to tell bath salts. here at a lot of the press about that salt and how dangerous they can be and i think i believe that. but i don't believe there's been any very good empirical evidence of how expensive their uses and for the first time this year, we had it in the survey in which i fortunately the groups are very low levels of use a little over 1% in the past year and 12th graders, less than 1% of the 10th graders. now that's a good news. it could be working in on a late downturn because according to the national poison control centers, their

dr. king brought to a crescendo with the tragedies in birmingham and marches, a climate that president johnston indicated we had to act and we passed major civil rights legislation. we're at that moment in history now. so my point is i want to take away the shackles of this divisiveness and i'm very glad to hear from nra republicans when i say supported republicans and democrats who have been moved to even say that they want to make a public pronouncement. now, however after the pronouncements and the mourning because i don't think we should involve those families. they have a wound that's so deep that it will take them time to heal. we need to act as policymakers now. so i believe with a number of members we know the senator feinstein is working in the senate. many of us are working here in the house. congressman mccarthy and many other members but rather than say that we're going to do it, i really believe the sense of urgency is for us to move absolutely right now. >> eliot: that urgency is something that the public senses and i think we have seen the sort of tectonic shift that you're talki