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Local drug advocate: Opioid crackdown is ‘long overdue’
Trump calls for liberation from ‘scourge’ of drug addiction
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President Donald Trump signs a presidential memorandum declaring the opioid crisis a public health emergency in the East Room of the White House on Oct. 26, 2017, in Washington. (Pablo Martinez Monsivais) - photo by Associated Press
In ringing and personal terms, President Donald Trump has pledged that “we will overcome addiction in America,” declaring opioid abuse a national public health emergency and announcing new steps to combat what he described as the worst drug crisis in U.S. history.