mr. quinoes. i think dreamland and factor the man are the most important in the last 25 years, it's a tremendous work. i want to ask two questions if i can. the first one is we've had witnesses here and they've asked the questions could we set a goal of being addiction free by 2030 and i am mindful of your point that there is no silver bullet and we will rebuild these economies and enable them to protectan themselves. if you don't set. the target thn you don't marshal your resources around getting the target soap if you would advise us on what the target would be again i posed the question to the folks can reset the target by 2030 and francis collins said yes, that is doable if you defined a defie right way it is doable in the current scientific knowledge and technological likelihoo likelihs near-term future but if you were to give us a target, what would you tell us? >> we would all be in trouble. i would say that a target is good and it is something to strive towards. it's always good too have a

mr. quinoes, if i need to make a couple of quick observations about her testimony had been one of your spaceshot marshall plans ideas. listening to this, one thought i had is with your family here especially as i mentioned before, you should be glad you were not nominated for some think were some senator would have kissed you under the table and confused using the process. >> we thoroughly benefited from your testimony. it strikes me that with your book and with her testimony you may be helping to lead a revolution in a different direction than the one you describe in your book. .. one of the leading states for this problem. working together with the governor is change the way they teach doctors on what to do about opioids. you have many prescriptions of three days worth instead of 60. there are some steps that we can take and i congratulate you for that. on your testimony, he wanted to demonstrate humility and you don't claim to know everything. we find around here that's a very useful attribute because we don't know everything either. helps hear from you and second you are wonderful storyt

mr. quinones: quinoes. [laughter] [laughter] it's been pronounced to me in numerous different ways through my life. senator murray thank you for : your excellent work and i look forward to working with you and all of the committee members. >> thank you. senator murkowski has questions and then we will wrap up the hearing. senator murkowski so many : statistics you have cited in your book but one that floored me was the reference to the volume that goes in the united states consume when it comes to narcotics. you state that the united states consumes and they are writing 83% of the votes oxycodone and 99% of the world's hydrocodone. gram for gram a group of specialists wrote in 2012 people in the united states consume more narcotic medication than any other nation worldwide. okay, so people can become addicted whether you are a u.s. citizen or some place in south america, what is it about this country that has us at only 99% of the world's hydrocodone and vicodin? what is it that has happened here? senator c