3 things Trump got wrong about the opioids crisis

Trump commissioned a report about how to deal with the opioid crisis. Then he ignored it.

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00:00It is horrible what's going on with opioid and other drugs.

00:18Federal drug prosecutions have gone down in recent years.

00:23We're going to be bringing them up and bringing them up rapidly.

00:30Four out of every five new heroin addicts in the country today started on prescription opioids.

00:38So this problem Jake is not happening, it's not starting on our street corners,

00:43it's starting in our doctors offices and hospitals.

00:48So we can keep them from going on and maybe by talking to youth and telling them no good,

00:55really bad for you in every way, but if they don't start it will never be a problem.

01:11We prescribed enough opioids in this country in 2015 to have every adult in America fully

01:17medicated for three weeks. It's out of control and so one of the recommendations we're making

01:23is increased education for our doctors at medical schools and dental schools.

01:33So the first recommendation we say to the president is you must declare a national emergency,

01:37a public health emergency that will empower your cabinet, the executive branch and motivate the

01:41congressional folks to be able to fund this and to get on top of it.

01:46Every three weeks. That's staggering.

01:51The number of people who die are the number of people who died on 9-11.