so america has a drug problem. no one in power wants to talk about it. the opioid epidemic alone has killed hundreds and hundreds of thousands of americans. now, a new drug that acts in some ways like an opioid is available legally at gas stations all over the country. it s being called gas station heroin. what is this exactly and why is it legal? dr. marc siegel joins us to explain. dr. tucker, listen. there s a forty six billion dollar industry in the united states for dietary supplements, which are actually active chemicals. yes, we have a pill popping society. yes, doctors are responsible for a lot of it. but this stuff is over the counter. one of them is called tionne neptun. you re never going to hear that name, tucker. it goes by zazai red or taiana red , and you ll find it in bodega or in a gas station or in the grocery store. and it works on the opioid receptors in the brain, supposed to be an anti depressant, but it works as an opioid like heroin. and there s nothing that
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