Trump Administration Creates Commission to Tackle Opioid Crisis
WASHINGTON —
President Donald Trump hosted a listening session Wednesday at the White House with administration officials, the first step in his pledge to try and stem America’s worsening opioid addiction crisis.
Trump called the increasing number of Americans addicted to opioids “a total epidemic,” and he vowed to stop the spread of drugs across the nation.
“Drug cartels have spread their deadly industry across our nation, and the availability of cheap narcotics, some of it comes in cheaper than candy, has devastated our communities,” he said. “It’s really one of our biggest problems our country has, and nobody really wants to talk about it.”
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Kills 91 people a day, states suffering the most according to the news are Ohio, Kentucky and West Virginia.
