President Trump Declares Opioid Epidemic a Public Health Emergency

President Trump has long promised to do something about the crisis that has ravaged the U.S. and claimed more than 64,000 lives in 2016 alone.
Oct. 27, 2017
President Trump has long promised to do something about the crisis that has ravaged the U.S. and claimed more than 64,000 lives in 2016 alone. On Thursday, he declared a public health emergency, which is not the same as the national emergency the president initially promised to declare.
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