. >> lisa gillman, welco

. >> lisa gillman, welcome to the 18th annapolis book festival, special thinks to key school cor coordinating the special and thank you no sponsor and the anonymous donor who is helping to underwrite this. a couple of reminders, there should be a grebe -- i think it's a green ask a question button at the bottom of your screen, as we proceed today with our two excellent authors, please feel free to write your question in there and as we get near the end of the session we'll be best to answer the questions. number two buy their books. i've had the pleasure of reading both books and i think i'm a better person for it. so, please join me in buying your books and reading the books. we're here to talk but the whole of the opioid crisis. this could well be the tail of the opioid crisis because both authors tell us stories out open yesterday we need read and be aware of. the second thing, one, overdose deaths are the number one killer of young americans. americans under the age of 50. the number one killer of our young people. number two, the drug crisis was bad before the pandemic. but covid has onl