On Thu, 26 Oct 2017 10:35:56 -0400 (EDT), justan wrote:

John H Wrote in message:
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump...ry?id=50718774

I'm sure this is in some way absolutely atrocious, but I'm not progressively liberal enough to dig
up the atrocity.

I'm sure Harry Krause or slammer will figure it out.


We need to determine the difference between crisis and emergency
before we go picking nits over what trump saidabout the drug
problem. I wonder if he's going to abandon the war on drugs and
come up with some program that will actually work.


I think the focus is only on the opioids right now.

"Since 1999, the number of American overdose deaths involving opioids has quadrupled. From 2000 to
2015, more than 500,000 people died of drug overdoses, and opioids account for the majority of
those."

I knew the stats were bad, but I didn't realize they were that bad.

I'm glad to see some F'ing Progressive Liberal has come up with some negative to say about Trump's
declaration.

"Former Rep. Patrick Kennedy, a member of the President's commission on opioid addiction, told CNN
on Wednesday that he worries the President and his administration are using the opioid epidemic for
photo ops."

Madcow will probably have more to say, although I've never listened to her. Maybe Luddite will give
us the word.