POLITICO : reported that Trump says he will declare opioid crisis a ‘national emergency’
Trump says he will declare opioid crisis a 'national emergency' 'We're going to spend a lot of time, a lot of effort and a lot of money on the opioid crisis,' Trump said Thursday. President Donald Trump said he's drafting paperwork to declare the opioid crisis a "national emergency" just days after administration officials downplayed the need for such a declaration. It is a national emergency," Trump said, according to a White House press pool report. "We're going to spend a lot of time, a lot of effort and a lot of money on the opioid crisis." The emergency declaration, first recommended last week by the White House's Commission on Combating Drug Addiction and the Opioid Crisis led by New Jersey Gov.
Public health experts had said that an emergency declaration was much needed in turning the tide to save American lives. Chris Christie, was resolute in maintaining the importance of an emergency declaration: "Our citizens are dying," it said. "The president certainly believes that we will treat it as an emergency -- and it is an emergency," Price said. Declaring a public health emergency would make the opioid epidemic the government's top priority, infusing much-needed cash into hard-hit areas and bolstering resources. Before that, the last emergency declaration, unrelated to a natural disaster, was during the 2009-10 flu season, when there was widespread concern over a potential pandemic.
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US won't declare opioid emergency, Price says
Public health experts had said that an emergency declaration was much needed in turning the tide to save American lives. Chris Christie, was resolute in maintaining the importance of an emergency declaration: "Our citizens are dying," it said. "The president certainly believes that we will treat it as an emergency -- and it is an emergency," Price said. Declaring a public health emergency would make the opioid epidemic the government's top priority, infusing much-needed cash into hard-hit areas and bolstering resources. Before that, the last emergency declaration, unrelated to a natural disaster, was during the 2009-10 flu season, when there was widespread concern over a potential pandemic.
Trump says opioid crisis is a national emergency, pledges more money and attention
President Trump on Thursday declared the country's opioid crisis a national emergency, saying the epidemic exceeded anything he had seen with other drugs in his lifetime. "The opioid crisis is an emergency, and I'm saying officially right now it is an emergency. We're going to spend a lot of time, a lot of effort and a lot of money on the opioid crisis," he said. Last week, the President's Commission on Combating Drug Addiction and the Opioid Crisis, which is led by New Jersey Gov. [Trump holds off on declaring opioid crisis a national emergency]The report issued last week states: "The opioid epidemic we are facing is unparalleled.collected by :Lucy William
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