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Commission on Combating Drug Addiction and the Opioid Crisis

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Health Aug 23

Proposed rule could make it easier to share addiction treatment records

By Laura Santhanam

Health Mar 06

An ambulance enters the emergency room entrance area at the Adena Regional Medical Center in Chillicothe, Ohio, U.S. November 30, 2016. REUTERS/Paul Vernon
Emergency department visits for opioid overdoses rise by 30 percent in a year

Emergency department visits linked to opioid overdoses are on the rise, and new data released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Tuesday show virtually no sign of improvement across much of the U.S.

By Laura Santhanam

Nation Nov 20

President Donald Trump's top economist said Friday the tax reform plan would add $1.2 trillion to the economy over the next decade. Photo by REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
White House says opioid crisis cost $504 billion in 2015, much higher than once thought

The figure is more than six times the most recent estimate. The council said that its estimate is significantly larger because the epidemic has worsened, with overdose deaths doubling in the past decade, and that some previous studies didn’t reflect…

By Darlene Superville, Associated Press

Health Nov 01

U.S. President Donald Trump greets New Jersey Governor Chris Christie (R) after speaking about administration plans to combat the nation's opioid crisis in the East Room of the White House in Washington, U.S., October 26, 2017 REUTERS/Carlos Barria
How should we fight the opioid crisis? A White House commission offered these 56 strategies

The final report by the commission, chaired by New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, now awaits review by President Donald Trump.

By Laura Santhanam

Politics Oct 26

A used needle sits on the ground in a park in Lawrence, Massachusetts, U.S., May 30, 2017, where individuals were arrested earlier in the day during raids to break up heroin and fentanyl drug rings in the region, according to law enforcement officials. REUTERS/Brian Snyder
WATCH: Donald Trump declares opioid crisis a public health emergency

President Donald Trump declared the opioid crisis a nationwide public health emergency, but provided no new funds to confront this problem nor took media questions during a press briefing in the White House East Room Thursday.

By Laura Santhanam

Oct 20

WATCH: Trump’s opioid commission meets before issuing final report

By Laura Santhanam

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.

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Oct 10

Gov. Christie says it’s ‘not good’ that Trump hasn’t declared emergency over opioid crisis

By Michael Catalini, Associated Press

Christie said Tuesday that recommendations from the president's commission are "lessened" without the declaration, but he says it's too soon to say whether not declaring one has made things worse.

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Sep 27

WATCH: Approaching deadline, Trump’s opioid commission weighs successes and setbacks

By Laura Santhanam

The President’s Commission on Combating Drug Addiction and the Opioid Crisis, chaired by New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, convened for the third time. Watch the full meeting here.

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Aug 10

WATCH: Trump says he’ll make opioid crisis a ‘national emergency’

By Associated Press

He tells reporters the drug crisis afflicting the nation is a "serious problem the likes of which we have never had" and says he's drawing up documents "to so attest."…

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Jul 31

Trump needs to declare national emergency for opioid crisis, commission says

By Laura Santhanam

Opioids “now kill more people than gun homicides and car crashes combined,” the commission wrote in its report, saying that with nearly 150 Americans dying every day, “America is enduring a death toll equal to September 11th every three weeks.”…

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