Opioids Present Unprecedented Threat, Sessions Tells Southcom Summit
By Lisa Ferdinando DoD News, Defense Media Activity
WASHINGTON, Feb. 9, 2018 —
The nation is facing an unprecedented threat from opioids, with tens of thousands of people dying each year in the United States in overdoses involving the substance, U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions said yesterday in Miami at U.S. Southern Command.
“It’s a tremendous threat to us; it’s something we’ve never seen before,†Sessions said in opening remarks at the one-day meeting at Southcom headquarters.
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