The Crisis Next Door: President Donald J. Trump is Confronting an Opioid Crisis More Severe Than Original Expectations
November 21, 2017
November 21, 2017
WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 -- The White House issued the following news release:
AMERICAN FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES DEVASTATED: New data compiled by President Donald J. Trump's Council of Economic Advisers (CEA) shows the costs of opioid abuse are much higher than previously thought.
* Opioid-involved overdose deaths doubled in the past ten years and quadrupled in the past sixteen years.
o The number of opioid-involved overdose deaths has risen by nearly one-third . . .
AMERICAN FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES DEVASTATED: New data compiled by President Donald J. Trump's Council of Economic Advisers (CEA) shows the costs of opioid abuse are much higher than previously thought.
* Opioid-involved overdose deaths doubled in the past ten years and quadrupled in the past sixteen years.
o The number of opioid-involved overdose deaths has risen by nearly one-third . . .