Opioids on the Joe Rogan Experience

“There has been a correlation in states that have legalized either medical use or adult use of cannabis, a direct correlation in a reduction of opioid addiction…”

Gabbard claims that legalizing medical or adult-use cannabis in a state directly correlates with reduced opioid addiction and opioid-related deaths.

“if you renew that prescription one time, one time, if you are taking those opioids at the seven-day mark, your chance of being addicted at one year is one in 1…”

Dr. Phil claims that renewing an opioid prescription once at the 7-day mark gives a 1-in-12 chance of addiction at one year, and still using at 30 days gives a 1-in-3 chance.

“Opioids are so readily prescribed right now that there are enough opioid prescriptions for every man, woman, and child in America to have their own bottle.”

Dr. Phil claims the volume of U.S. opioid prescriptions is high enough that every American man, woman, and child could have their own bottle.

“There's 100,000 plus people every year that are dying from opioid overdoses,”

More than 100,000 people die each year in the United States from opioid overdoses.

“that company man that company got fined 635 million which sounds like a lot until you realize they made like 16 billion”

Yang claims Purdue Pharma was fined $635 million for opioid marketing violations after making about $16 billion, implying the fine was a trivial fraction of profits.