By — Laura Santhanam Laura Santhanam Leave a comment 0comments Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/watch-live-trumps-opioid-commission-meets-before-issuing-final-report Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter WATCH: Trump’s opioid commission meets before issuing final report Politics Updated on Oct 20, 2017 1:48 PM EDT — Published on Oct 20, 2017 11:18 AM EDT President Donald Trump’s opioid commission will meet today fewer than two weeks before its deadline to issue a final report with strategies for how to lead the nation out of a public health crisis. The commission’s final report is scheduled for release on Nov. 1, which the commission had been originally slated to issue a month earlier. In its interim report, the commission demanded that the president declare a national emergency to stop the opioid crisis. Trump has said that he would but has not yet. During a press briefing in the White House Rose Garden Monday, Trump signaled to reporters that he would make an announcement related to a declaration of a national emergency. In 2016, an estimated 64,000 people died of drug overdose in the United States, according to preliminary data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Of those, roughly 20,000 deaths involved fentanyl, a powerful synthetic opioid. We're not going anywhere. Stand up for truly independent, trusted news that you can count on! Donate now By — Laura Santhanam Laura Santhanam Laura Santhanam is the Health Reporter and Coordinating Producer for Polling for the PBS NewsHour, where she has also worked as the Data Producer. Follow @LauraSanthanam @LauraSanthanam
President Donald Trump’s opioid commission will meet today fewer than two weeks before its deadline to issue a final report with strategies for how to lead the nation out of a public health crisis. The commission’s final report is scheduled for release on Nov. 1, which the commission had been originally slated to issue a month earlier. In its interim report, the commission demanded that the president declare a national emergency to stop the opioid crisis. Trump has said that he would but has not yet. During a press briefing in the White House Rose Garden Monday, Trump signaled to reporters that he would make an announcement related to a declaration of a national emergency. In 2016, an estimated 64,000 people died of drug overdose in the United States, according to preliminary data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Of those, roughly 20,000 deaths involved fentanyl, a powerful synthetic opioid. We're not going anywhere. Stand up for truly independent, trusted news that you can count on! Donate now