Actor and producer Dean Cain on his film 'Jack Jonah' and opioid addiction.
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Thank Hillary.
Meanwhile, speaking of the
suburbs, it appears that
where big city residents are
heading, moving, companies
reportedly can barely keep up as
locals. Flee New York City
because of the surge in violence.
Ongoing restrictions
from Covid 19
Steve Land of the flee is the
New York Post headline
our next guest says. Democratic
leadership is to blame actor
Dean Cain here to explain
Dean good morning to you
good Morning, Steve Emily
Brian
yeah well see im not shocked
at all to see this exodus from
New York City
living in Malibu California,
where im from im used to
having outdoor space and area to
move about.
I always felt a little bit
strange in New York City kind of,
like I dont mean to say in a
negative way, but like living in
little rat boxes and everybody
on top of each other.
That and the combination of the
Covid 19 situation and the
measures of literally the
worst mayor in the history
of New York City has made it. So
it is the land of the flee and
everybody wants to get out and
get space and a little bit more
freedom
and dean in honor of
international overdose Awareness
Day, which is today wed love to
show a clip from a film you star,
red in about an opioid
addiction and an overdose from
two thousand, and sixteen well play a clip and wed
love to get your thoughts on it.
Take a listen
talk to the supervisor and
let them know its one of ours
down here.
Who is it?
Is it my daughter?
Just let me look
is that my daughter
child screaming?
How does it get from this
drug? I mean it. I want to
know.
I know
what is that
I just dont know who I am
anymore or why im here really?
I wish I could see one more
time:
dean such a powerful
film that especially resonates
on today.
What is your message for viewers?
Well, Emily its a thing
you know, Jack was a regular
19 year old kid and a family was
a loving, wonderful family and
they had no issues. They had no
idea that he was doing drugs at
all and last. I think it was
April of twenty nineteen Kirk. The father
came on Fox AMP friends and talked
about it.
They had no clue their wonderful
child was using drugs at all
and he went to bed one night
goodnight im going to go to bed
and went upstairs and overdosed
on heroin, and so his mission
and his life its the kind of
thing that I dont know how. I
would overcome that as a father
and what theyve chosen to do is
start a foundation, Jack Joanah
Foundation, and they
want to make parents aware of
the dangers of opioid overdoses
and things of that nature, and
one of the things he talked
about when he was on last year
was go through your kids
backpack.
It seems like its in a position
and going through their privacy,
but after his son overdosed, he
went through his backpack and
found all sorts of drug
paraphernalia and it just shock
Ed him and actually, after
he was on the show, I got
messages from people who
actually did that and found
drug paraphernalia in their kid
S, backpacks and they were
stunned, so its closer than you
think
be aware of it.
President Trump did a very nice
job on this and he declared the
opioid epidemic, a national
health public emergency and made
a lot of funds available and
independent. Two thousand and eighteen was the first
time in thirty years, where the
actual number of overdoses
in a year has gone down. So its
a good sign,
I think in twenty twenty, its going to be
scary, with this pandemic and
everybody being locked inside
Brian. I know China too, with
fentanyl and again all roads
leads to China over and over
again, but
the Jack Jonah Foundation is to
support that great movement
which really bumped into two thousand and ten
became a major issue.
Dean before you go youre also
youre in LOS Angeles in
the area,
people are leaving there. They
are leaving New York City
theres a debate here, even
though the numbers are
staggering in terms of home
sales into the suburbs and flee
to Connecticut and Upstate New
York and New Jersey.
Do you think its Seinfeld says
its temporary everything? We
just go through a cycle and
other people here say: weve,
never seen things as bad.
You have the same thing in LOS
Angeles.
Do you think this is a blip or
do you think people are leaving
for good
ive lived in California? I
went to school in New Jersey and
things like that, but lived in
California, and never did. I ever
think I would leave Malibu
California,
I for the first time ever am
concerned if this election goes
the wrong way, im concerned
about living here in California
and actually considering leaving
for the first time in my life,
so id like to believe its just
a blip. However, just things have
gotten so out of control here in
terms of taxes. Its insane here
in California
were just doing such a poor job
of governing that when I go to
visit with the state, sometimes I
go wow. It be nice to live here
and save an additional huge
amount of money and have more
freedoms, and maybe I would
consider that so I hope its a
blip. But I fear its not
Steve yeah, no taxes in Texas
or Florida or Tennessee and
a couple other states
something to think about
all right. Dean Cain, Superman.
Transcript generated on 2020-08-31.