Trump urged to declare national emergency over US opioid epidemic

The Guardian ---------- President Trump is being urged to declare a federal state of emergency to address the epidemic of opioid overdoses that is claiming as many American lives as the terrorist attacks on 9/11 every three weeks. The call for dramatic measures to be taken comes from the commission looking into the opioid crisis that Trump set up by executive order in March. The panel is led by Governor Chris Christie of New Jersey. To learn more click on the picture below to read the article.