Cleared Hot Episode 194 - William Czopek 

Would really love if you could get Ed Calderon on your show, he is an Ex Mexican Police officer, who was on the anti-narcotics unit on the other side of the border in Mexico, he's got a great perspective of how the stuff goes on the street in Mexico

Andy's honesty is amazing. There are plenty of other podcasts but his honesty and openness is why I listen to him

I'm a retired cop of 19 years and worked with our drug task force worked with DEA agent and with some deputy US Marshalls they do some shady shit just saying.

Starts at 7:04

Williams’s brothers story is eerily similar to my own. My sophomore year I got into drinking and weed. My junior year I was taking molly, lsd and pills. By the time I hit my senior year I was a IV heroin user. High school athlete the entire time. Wasn’t a good wrestler but I placed at cif a couple times. I also came from a wealthy family. Looks can be deceiving and it can happen to anyone from any walk of life. I got sober in 2013 (luckily missed the fentanyl era) and for that I’m eternally grateful. I’m glad you guys are talking about this. Keep it up 👍🏼

the current system for stopping the drug trade seems naive and broken.

This was a personal oh hard but great Podcast to listen to at the same time because I went down the rabbit hole of opiates. I loved every minute to this Podcast. Thank you Andy and William!

I so admire him speaking on hope. I am 7 years sober. Prescribed opiates after a medical miscarriage procedure and no mental health support after. I was immediately an addict. Almost lost my life. Went to a wonderful facility in VA (I'm from Louisiana) and did subutex mat (matience assisted therapy) therapy and heavy counseling. We now have a healthy family and a healthy 6 year old son. Healing starts with seeing there are more ways than cold turkey. Healing starts with addressing the mental side as they often go hand in hand. Healing starts wo shaming addicts for past behavior (they must take full accountability but don't have to always live in the shame) I am proof Healing is possible

Glad there are guys like this out there. They make our country safer without question. I also didn’t know that DEA is in so many different countries, and isn’t limited in its jurisdiction to the US. That’s pretty cool. Helps to know that there’s future infrastructure put in place to help control those hot-zones down the road. Thinking about tomorrow, not just today. 🤙

the pandemic is so bad, in Missouri municipalities are suing drug manufacturers and stores etc for the cost they are having to expend to deal with the addictions, overdoses, court systems being overloaded, prisons etc.

Morning Everyone! Have a kickass day!

Is the 'time stamp guy' okay?

What a great conversation, really enjoyed the podcast. Well done!!

Another great episode Andy. I would also like to see you get Ed calderon on the podcast as well after hearing him on Joe's podcast I just want to hear more

Excellent podcast! Thank you so much…realized I am definitely out of the loop since retiring 5years ago. Thank you so much for this!

Great episode Andy! Hope everyone has a great week!

Great podcast , did recreational drugs when I was younger but now have a son and I'd hate for my son to end up in the states we used to be in some weekends , thankfully I know the signs to look for and try n steer him down the right road .

Great podcast! Really enjoyed listening to it, all the way in the Netherlands. Keep up the good work👍🏻

Had one of my LEO coworkers get exposed to what we think was fentanyl while searching some bags of a drug trafficker. Pretty scary stuff. We got him multiple Narcan doses to make sure he was ok.

One of my favorite podcast on YT. So underrated, can't believe you still are under 100k subs.

William, thank you so much for what you do. I will sleep better at night here in LA knowing that you guys make my city safer. Keep it up!

Sorry about your brother, thank you for choosing to help and make a difference. This shit touches too many of us. Andy 👍🇺🇸👍🇺🇸👍🇺🇸👍🇺🇸

Thank you Gentlemen! Shared.

Good conversation. Though I think the DEA should be a bit more open minded in their recruiting process from the sound of it. If you do something that’s fully legal, and do it responsibly it makes no sense to hold that against you. Or do they also turn away applicants that drink? Be it occasionally to heavily. I guess time will eventually move them forward too, but there are very strong arguments and case studies supporting a more free approach rather than policing people and creating an uncontrolled underground criminal network that has more reason to exist when substances are illegal rather than being quality controlled and legal. In my uneducated, unimportant, and personal opinion :)

That violence shows up occasionally. Back in 2013-ish, in my old neighborhood on Staten Island (NYC) there was a Mexican cartel murder in a spot frequented by day laborers for high visibility. By morning, a guy's body was found tied splayed out, to the chainlink fence of a junior high school playground, completely gutted with his entrails all over the floor. Sending a message to the community about whatever related drug drama. It definitely shook the Central American community in our area even though the story was glazed over by the newspapers.

I just watched you and sean "Buck"Rogers duke it out doing jujitsu,you kicked ass,your intense

Be awesome to get someone with somewhat of a opposite point view then what he has. I think we can agree that the drug war is failure...

Another informative and interesting podcast! ❤️

Andy, thanks so much for getting a DEA guy on here! I’m at the tail-end of the application process for that agency so it’s great to hear someone who’s actually in it talk about the current state of things.

Cleared hot! Starting this one on the bowl

Who is on the radio at the start of your show. That is badass. You can hear the desperation in his voice. Well done Andy. Love your stuff.

Pot shops are not advertising to minors. You can't even get into a pot shop unless you are at least 21.

Great podcast Andy. Thank you.

People should be free to purchase and consume whatever substance the want.

Hell yes I've been waiting for one of these 🥃

Damn I’ll be 60 very soon saw what effects drugs had on families in working environment. This drug takes it to a whole new level. If this would have been on the streets 20 years ago they couldn’t made enough toe tags

I lost my Brother to it u dont feel it u just go to sleep dont wake up I miss him

Just posting this in the event Andy sees this. Andy could you get an FBI HRT veteran on your podcast? Preferably someone who is a GWOT vet. They are the nations tier 1 le component and fought alongside other tier 1 units in the Middle East and North Africa. Would make for a great interview.

Awesome thanks

This just got my attention because Czopek is a funny name (in Polish it means suppository) ..but man, this was fun and eye-opening. Awesome guest, great questions.

I’m legitimately surprised how naive Andy’s perspective on cartel violence is, smartphone availability in Latin America has been a BOON for gore sites

Legalize drugs so quality can be assured. Put the taxes into drug awareness and rehabilitation. People who want to get fucked up are going to get fucked up. Period. Let’s teach our kids from a young age real information about drugs to dissuade them. Not the scare tactic psa’s we have used in the past. The war on drugs failed.. Drugs are not going away.. The only reason they have become so dangerous is because we allow the black market to profit.

Andy have Ed Calderon on your show would be amazing to hear you both talk about the drug cartel situation in mexico.

I enjoyed Mr. Czopek as a guest, but would've liked to hear more about his personal experience. Maybe he couldn't personally speak on his past? But it seemed like majority of the podcast went into the DARE program perspective.

Just talked to a cop who lives down the street and asked about fentanyl related over doses. He about 7 per day in my area. He said it was knocking off crackheads left and right

1:05:55 - (subconsciously) I’ve never actually thought about it like this 1:06:10 - “2 week notice sent” notification hits his phone Nah greet episode fellas

Huge fan from wicklow Ireland 🇮🇪 woohoo 💪🏻

Just FYI it’s the Drug Enforcement Administration not agency.

Great way to start my week!!

Amazing podcast!

Nothing like job security. Provides zero unique or new ideas about fighting addiction. Lets just continue to repeat the same steps we've been doing since day one. They can't arrest their way out of this problem. The drug war is a major leading factor to all these drug deaths. And what does mr dea recommend? Dare 2.0 😂😂😂😂

It seems like most of the problems associated with drugs are less about the drug and more to do with it being illegal and obtained from illicit sources. If people were obtaining pharmaceutical grade pain killers from a legit business instead of fentanyl from a dealer they wouldn't be over dosing because they would know how much of what they are taking. If drugs were obtained from legitimate sources and priced affordably drug addicts would pose much less of a problem for society. Compare the problems with alcohol today to the problems during prohibition.

Watching this while popping an edible 👻🧠

Spot on

Sad world we live in. I thought humanity was moving up. The hippies tried.

The “war” on drugs is as effective as our efforts in Afghanistan & we saw how that just collapsed, Drugs are only as much of a problem as these 3 letter agencies are, Legalization is the only safe way moving forward

I AM A PARENT OF 4 CHILDREN & I WOULD NOT SUPPORT “NO DRUG IS A GOOD DRUG UNLESS IT COMES FROM A PHARMACY OR DR??? WTF - Literally the worst drugs I know of come threw this Avenues

6:00 introduction 7:05 podcast starts

Best podcast out there!

Great show

Pl is watching ❤

My Son a OIF vet. became addicted to heroine, after a couple years of the VA giving him klonopin. Once the VA had Josh hooked his lIfe was over. BTW the heroin was laced with fentanyl

Brilliant

It almost seems as if the war on drugs pushed us to the point of a singular pill being able to kill u.

How to raise your daughter to be a warrior. Kali tudo would be a good start

That was really interesting!

Larratt(JTF 2) is going to fight Thor on 18th

Ed Calderon. Thanks

You'll be bored out of your mind looking at my resume...... Navy Seal, Pilot, Crossfit Guru, Coffee Shop Owner, Podcast, Dad, etc. Humble ass Andy

This man eats unflavored ice cream.

The og blue m 30s roxies were 🔥. Don't miss those days though. Proud to be off that shit.

Please get a crypto guy on the show one day, Czopek has no idea what he's talking about with crypto.

Lol the dark net / Thor was started by the navy, perhaps they were early to the shiny flakes party 🎉 😂🤣.

If you people wouldnt make it next to impossible for grandma to get her hydrocodone fentanyl would have been a thing.

Andy “Side of the House” Stumpf

Your body has its own pharmacy but never learned that in school. Seems important. And let's look at why these people want to get hi instead of telling them not to get hi. Personally I think if you live a selfish unfulfilled life you want a escape. Alcohol kills more people than anything else BTW

It's scruffy the crime fighting dog

Cleared Hot and a latte morning 😊☕️

Fuh!!!! That ish is legit scary, time to go have a check in chat with the kiddos....fuh......

The question I have is does all the money it takes to fund the DEA like he said all over the world even stop it one bit. Does it do any good to lock all these drug criminals up for selling something somebody wants I can see a fine and pay taxes on the money they made. The saddest part of the whole podcast is when he talks about kicking in doors like they think they are delta force I mean if you were to ask any CAG guy how they would deal with those situations they would say call them up and say we have charges that you sold drugs this is your court date 95% are gonna show then the DEA could get their delta force on the 5% who dont. This guy is to personally involved and it sucks his brother died but is it the drug dealers fault or the person who did the drugs I think when we add up the costs and benifits this whole organization should be shut down in country focus on the root in the countries its made in I can see that but this war on drugs is a lost cause waste of time and resources does not stop it one bit does anyone have a problem getting anything they want anytime anywhere

This guy seems like a nice guy but he doesn’t have any solutions. “No drug is a good drug unless it’s from a doctor or prescribed”. I know he didn’t meant to say that. No fucking way he believes that. And if he does he is so far out of touch.

The only thing good about a Monday

Because they arent using smack fentany

HOLY FUCK!Czopek

He said 69 Countries, hehe. Very nice.

This is dumb. Legalize all this shit, stop wasting untold amounts of money on it. The world will be better off.

For context, in Louisville, Kentucky which is the home of UPS Worldport. A slow day at UPS Worldport equates to about 700,000 packages processed. On a standard day around 1 million to 1.2 million packages processed. Heavy days during peak season(Christmas) can mean that 2 to 3 million packages will be processed.

Hard job to do.

Work Horse

Another great podcast! Hopefully your next one is on the bullshit happening in Kabul.

Anyone who mocks “the war on drugs” has never had to watch their own child destroy themselves with a drug like fentanyl.

Check out demoler on telegram if you want to see how brutal

Don't do drugs , but you can drink excessively. 🤔 Hypocrite much

This guy needs to try weed!

69 views, hehe. Very nice.

Andy, I envy you for getting to gaze into those beautiful eyes for 2 1/2 hours.

wew!