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Dialogue: 0,0:00:05.21,0:00:07.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Take a look at these two pills.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:09.30,0:00:11.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do you notice a difference between them?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:12.98,0:00:15.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How about these two?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:16.34,0:00:18.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do you see a difference here?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.52,0:00:21.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How about these?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:23.31,0:00:26.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To the naked eye, these pills are \Nindistinguishable,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:27.38,0:00:30.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but at a chemical level, they are \Nvery, very different.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.43,0:00:35.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In each case, the pill on the left is\Nreal; it will help you get better.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.51,0:00:40.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The pill on the right is counterfeit; it \Nwill not help you get better.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.08,0:00:43.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In some cases, it may even kill you.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.21,0:00:49.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Katherine Ivan, author of
Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.74,0:00:54.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Dangerous Doses: How Counterfeiters \NAre Contaminating America's Drug Supply
Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.68,0:00:57.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,explains that phony \Npharmaceuticals are drugs that
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.88,0:01:01.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have been diluted, drugs in which \Nthe active ingredient has been
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.74,0:01:06.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,replaced with something else, or \Ndrugs that have been relabeled to
Dialogue: 0,0:01:06.24,0:01:09.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,appear as something stronger than \Nthey truly are.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.20,0:01:13.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Taking a phony pharmaceutical \Nmeans that you do not receive the
Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.64,0:01:18.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,medicine you need to get better, \Nand the results can be deadly.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:19.31,0:01:23.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I first became aware of this issue \Nafter my younger sister received a
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.57,0:01:25.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,phony drug for her asthma last summer.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:26.75,0:01:30.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Fortunately, the error was \Ndiscovered before it cost her any
Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.06,0:01:34.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,lasting harm, but I've been \Nconcerned about the issue ever since
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.38,0:01:37.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and did a great deal of research on \Nit for this speech.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:37.86,0:01:42.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As a result, I'm convinced that we \Nneed to take action now to combat
Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.81,0:01:44.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the problem of phony pharmaceuticals.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:45.48,0:01:49.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Later in my speech, I'll share with \Nyou my plan for curbing the spread
Dialogue: 0,0:01:49.22,0:01:51.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of these dangerous drugs.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.45,0:01:53.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let's start by taking a look at the \Nproblem.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:56.09,0:01:59.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Phony pharmaceuticals are \Ndangerous because of the health risks
Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.19,0:02:00.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they pose.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.98,0:02:04.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,According to Graham Jackson, \Neditor of the International Journal of
Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.68,0:02:09.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Clinical Practice, "counterfeit drugs \Ninclude ingredients such as:
Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.65,0:02:15.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,boric acid, gutted road paint, floor \Npolish, shoe polish, talcum powder,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.61,0:02:17.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and cement powder."
Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.61,0:02:18.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But that's not all.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.37,0:02:25.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's also brick dust, chalk, \Nnickel, and arsenic.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:26.63,0:02:30.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ingesting too much boric acid or \Nfloor polish can make you sick.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.18,0:02:35.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Gutted road paint and arsenic can \Nkill you.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:36.61,0:02:41.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In one highly publicized case, \N81 people in the United States died
Dialogue: 0,0:02:41.47,0:02:44.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in 2008 because they took a \Ncounterfeit version
Dialogue: 0,0:02:44.82,0:02:46.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the blood thinner Heparin.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.53,0:02:51.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As reported by CNN, the phony \NHeparin was originally manufactured
Dialogue: 0,0:02:51.72,0:02:56.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,outside the United States using a \Ncheap sulfate that proved deadly.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.26,0:03:01.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After slipping past all of our \Nregulatory checks, it ended up in the
Dialogue: 0,0:03:01.30,0:03:03.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,United States with tragic results.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:05.29,0:03:09.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The US Government Bureau of \NInternational Information Programs
Dialogue: 0,0:03:09.67,0:03:16.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,estimates that 700,000 people \Naround the world will die this year
Dialogue: 0,0:03:16.14,0:03:20.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from phony pharmaceuticals, \Nalmost 3 times the number of people
Dialogue: 0,0:03:20.32,0:03:23.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who live here, in Madison.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:24.20,0:03:29.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact, Roger Bate of the American \NEnterprise Institute reports that
Dialogue: 0,0:03:29.69,0:03:33.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,trafficking in counterfeit drugs has \Nbecome one of the world's fastest
Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.24,0:03:35.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,growing criminal enterprises.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:37.66,0:03:41.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Phony pharmaceuticals are so \Nwidespread that they have become
Dialogue: 0,0:03:41.36,0:03:42.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,big business.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:43.34,0:03:49.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The FDA estimates that they will \Nbring in close to $75 billion in revenue
Dialogue: 0,0:03:49.16,0:03:53.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this year alone, up from $40 billion\Nonly a few years ago.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:54.84,0:03:58.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tom Cubic, head of the \NPharmaceutical Security Institute told
Dialogue: 0,0:03:58.82,0:04:04.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,USA Today in September 2010 that \Ncriminals can make more money in
Dialogue: 0,0:04:04.97,0:04:08.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,counterfeit drugs than they can in heroin.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:09.25,0:04:12.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Given the rewards of the \Ncounterfeit drug trade, the problem
Dialogue: 0,0:04:12.63,0:04:16.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,will only get worse in the coming \Nyears unless we take steps to bring
Dialogue: 0,0:04:16.48,0:04:18.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it under control.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:18.96,0:04:24.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The solution I propose is similar to \NHouse Resolution 27-26,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:24.14,0:04:26.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is under consideration by the \NUS Congress.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:27.68,0:04:34.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are 4 steps to this solution: \Nfirst, criminal penalties for drug
Dialogue: 0,0:04:34.68,0:04:38.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,counterfeiters should be increased \Nfrom 3 years in prison, which is
Dialogue: 0,0:04:38.63,0:04:40.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the current limit, to no limit at all.\N
Dialogue: 0,0:04:41.72,0:04:45.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If a drug peddler kills someone with \Nphony pharmaceuticals,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:45.07,0:04:47.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the punishment should fit the crime.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:48.61,0:04:53.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Second, the Food and Drug \NAdministration should have the
Dialogue: 0,0:04:53.35,0:04:55.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,authority to recall prescription drugs.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:56.22,0:05:00.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Right now, the FDA can encourage\Ndrug manufacturers to issue a recall,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:00.100,0:05:04.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it has no power to issue a recall \Non its own.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:04.84,0:05:08.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To get phony pharmaceuticals off \Nthe street, recall authority needs to
Dialogue: 0,0:05:08.81,0:05:13.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,rest with the central agency that will \Nact quickly and uniformly.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:14.64,0:05:20.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Third, the FDA should be given the \Nresources for spot checking the
Dialogue: 0,0:05:20.72,0:05:23.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,chemical makeup of prescription \Nmedication.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:23.98,0:05:26.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have health inspectors for food. \N
Dialogue: 0,0:05:26.70,0:05:29.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why not have inspectors for \Nprescription drugs?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:30.43,0:05:35.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Fourth, legitimate drug \Nmanufacturers should be required to
Dialogue: 0,0:05:35.49,0:05:37.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,implement track and trace technology.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:38.27,0:05:41.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As explained in the New York \NTimes, this technology stamps each
Dialogue: 0,0:05:41.47,0:05:46.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,bottle and pill with a unique code \Ntied to a secure centralized database.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:47.49,0:05:51.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The code allows pharmacies and \Ndistributors to determine whether
Dialogue: 0,0:05:51.03,0:05:55.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,drugs are legitimate or phony plus \Nthe route drugs took to get to store
Dialogue: 0,0:05:55.70,0:05:56.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,shelves.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:59.27,0:06:02.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Representative Steve Israel of\NNew York,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:02.10,0:06:05.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sponsor of House Resolution 27-26,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:05.56,0:06:10.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,says this bill will ensure that the \Ndomestic drug supply chain is secure
Dialogue: 0,0:06:10.26,0:06:11.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for every American.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:12.08,0:06:16.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It will crack down on counterfeiting \Nand increase penalties for the outlaws
Dialogue: 0,0:06:16.05,0:06:18.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who are compromising our health.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:19.23,0:06:23.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The time has come for Congress to \Npass this vital legislation.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:25.34,0:06:29.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In conclusion, phony \Npharmaceuticals are pervasive and
Dialogue: 0,0:06:29.15,0:06:30.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,dangerous.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:30.67,0:06:35.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,By implementing the solution I've \Noutlined, we will be able to control this
Dialogue: 0,0:06:35.43,0:06:37.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,public health menace.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:37.67,0:06:43.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You have the right to know that the \Nmedication you're taking is real.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:44.46,0:06:49.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You have the right to know that \Nyour next trip to the drug store will be
Dialogue: 0,0:06:49.34,0:06:50.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a safe one.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:50.95,0:06:56.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you have the right to know that \Nwhat you see is what you get.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:57.17,0:06:59.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Applause]