Lisa Hillman Welcome to the Annapolis Book festival and thank you for coordinating the festival and this event. A couple of reminders before you begin first of all there should be a green ask a question at the bottom of your screen and as we proceed with their two excellent authors please feel free to write your questions as we get near the end of our Session And Number two buy their books. Ive had the pleasure of reading both of these books so please buy your books. Were here today to talk about the Fentanyl Crisis. Both of these authors tell us what to be aware of. Overdose deaths by the number one source of americans under the age of 50. Number two the Drug Crisis was bad before the Pandemic But Covid is only made it worse. Last year more than 90,000 people died from overdose and maybe one of the worst years ever. Tragically many of these deaths resulted from fentanyl. Fentanyl is a drug that kills more americans every year than any drug in history. To learn more about these facts f
And i appreciate being able to talk about this. Book tv continues now, television for serious readers. Welcome to the 18th annapolis book festival. Special thanks for coordinating this festival. And the anonymous donor this probably on with us in a couple of reminders, first of all, i think it is a green asked Question Button at the bottom of your screen, as we proceed today there are excellent authors, please write your questions in their as we get to the universe sessions, will answer your questions. And also by their books. I read both of these books i think im a better person for it. So join me in buying these books predict the here today, to help us talk about the opioid prices. The tell of the opioid crisis, both of these authors tells tell stories to be aware of and to set the stage you want to share three facts. One, overdose the number one killer of young americans under the age of 60 and of our young people. And number two, and one point before the pandemic, the covid19, last
Alsoencouraged to post thoughts in the chat. If we have a specific question you like to have answered please post that in the q and a module. You can find out about it on the speech balloon. It will be pulling questions only from the q a at the latter part so make sure youre putting your questions there and not in the chat and importantly tonight featured book is available for sale. You can shop in person at our locations, every day of the week. You can purchase Stephens Book and many others on site including his most recent book any of all mankind. Or you can order online greenlightbooks. Com for a Pickup Or Shipping anywhere in the us. Ill be dropping a link in the chat. She stephen also stopped by to sign copies of the book so you can get a signed book by request. Make sure to indicate your signed copy in the comments and check out while ordering online or look for a signed copy in the store. If you care about supporting the authors and the ongoing existence of independent bookstore
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