janet yellen about the opioid epidemic and its connection to not just health outcoming, be ins but ecc outcomes she agreed there was a connection and noted surveys suggested that many prime age individuals who are not actively participating in the labor market are involved in prescription drug use. you know, i look at these people we lost the next doctors, the next electricians, the next nurses what do you see is the impact of the opioid epidemic on our work force participation and in general the economy? >> it's a terrible human tragedy for the communities, families involved from an economic standpoint some high percentage of the prime age people not in labor force, particularly prime age males not in the labor forgs are taking painkillers of some kind the number alan kruger came up with is 44% of them. so it's a big number it's having a terrible human toll on our communities and also is matters a lot for labor force participation and economic activity in our country. >> thank you thank you, mr. chairman. >> that concludes the questioning. but -- >> 30 seconds, please. a number of col