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https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/10/us/politics/opioid-trump-emergency.html?_r=0By MICHAEL D. SHEAR and ABBY GOODNOUGH at the NY Times
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WASHINGTON President Trump said on Thursday that he was preparing to officially declare the United States worsening epidemic of opioid overdoses as a national emergency, accepting an urgent recommendation from a national commission that he appointed.
The opioid crisis is an emergency, and Im saying officially right now it is an emergency, Mr. Trump told reporters before a security briefing at his golf club in Bedminster, N.J. Its a national emergency.
The presidents commission concluded last month that such a declaration was its first and most urgent recommendation. Led by Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey, Mr. Trumps one-time presidential rival, the commission said that such a declaration would help direct more resources and attention on the crisis plaguing communities across the country.
Mr. Trumps top health care official played down the likelihood of an emergency declaration. Tom Price, the secretary of health and human services, told reporters on Tuesday that the crisis can be addressed without the declaration of an emergency, although all things are on the table for the president.
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applegrove
(118,865 posts)Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)to get adequate pain management.
No thanks.
applegrove
(118,865 posts)I don't want anyone to die. My city in canada is going to hand out opioids and opioid replacement at its new safe injection site to stop crime. I'm fine with putting dealers out of business. And not arresting the addicted. I doubt Trump will do something so reasonable.
Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)Sorry, I read your post quickly, or misread it. Short answer, I agree 100%. Trump, Sessions and Christie are the last people on Earth to expect to follow that playbook.
TheFrenchRazor
(2,116 posts)Eliot Rosewater
(31,131 posts)pot smoker in america and put them in for profit prisons
They ARE going to do this but SURELY we all agree that is BETTER than having a prez who gave a speech once!
SwissTony
(2,560 posts)OK, the opioid problem is very, very serious, but this still smells like distraction.
Kleveland
(1,257 posts)That he thinks a wall with Mexico, and tougher border policies will help solve the Opioid problem.
It is certainly very clear that the most dangerous part of the equation, is the fentanyl coming from China.
For all we know, China may be purposefully pushing this problem into the US.
I have no beef with Chinese people or culture per se, but there are still some serious Chinese Mao/Communist fanatics, who rally around things like Mao's famous statement:
"We will bury you!"
They have certainly buried our economy, and our workforce in a pile of mostly sub-standard Chinese goods, including loans.
I am not so sure that any of us really have a full picture of the plethora of games being played upon the inhabitants of this troubled planet.
One thing for sure, the good people of the world are being victimized by incomprehensible human produced greed and evil.
Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)Kleveland
(1,257 posts)Kleveland
(1,257 posts)"The atom bomb is a paper tiger which the United States reactionaries use to scare people. It looks terrible, but in fact it isn't. "
Mao Zedong
Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)A bit divorced from reality, to say the least.
I've also heard that carrying pictures of that man can be deleterious to one's love life.
applegrove
(118,865 posts)to stop crime and perhaps lead people off of drugs.
MiddleClass
(888 posts)In the event of a national emergency declaration, that's what Christie was talking about
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)His idea of help is throwing them in a private prison and killing and imprisoning as many Mexicans as possible. He's such a disgusting pig.
Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)into the mix.
CRK7376
(2,204 posts)As the Commander in Chief during a national crisis you are supposed to have a plan of action....what's your plan Mr Trump??????? I hear crickets, dogs howling but not a peep or tweet from the Prez....curious?