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FOX NEWS: Here's what Trump should say about opioids in his State of the Union address


http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2018/01/29/heres-what-trump-should-say-about-opioids-in-his-state-union-address.html


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Embracing the NGA recommendation would be a positive step forward. Today and every day roughly 91 Americans will die from opioid overdoses.
Opioids are becoming increasingly deadly to Americans. In 2016, two-thirds of drug-related deaths involved opioids. In fact, since 1999 opioid-related deaths in the United States have increased nearly fourfold.

Drug abuse is a burden shared by every state. Nearly 63,600 Americans lost their lives to drug overdoses in 2016 – a 21 percent increase over the previous year. From 2000 to 2016 the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that more than 600,000 people died from drug overdoses in the United States.
Opioids – which typically refer to oxycodone, hydrocodone, and fentanyl – are highly addictive painkillers. Nearly 3 in 10 Americans prescribed opioids for chronic pain will abuse them.


Heroin is also far cheaper than prescription opioids, which can cost up to $40 per pill. Remarkably, heroin addiction in some states is less expensive than other vices, like alcohol and cigarettes.