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To the story is stay away from it all. its really out of control. >> miles said the drugs are made in china and come through mexico before reaching the united states. these drugs are so new it was just last month that georgia officially outlieu lawed them. other states are catching up. investment the mission to expand the use of nor cannot is becoming urgent. the opioid problem is getting worse not better. >> the president is long to fight back against the opioid but that has to do with less fun...

This today and steve, i know weve been pointing this out, but its worth mentioning again, its been three months of a trump administration. this is the second or perhaps third time they tried to get this to the floor. its been an ugly process in many ways. now comes the hard part because it goes over the senate. we already have a statement from a stalwart republican rob portman of ohio who just won re-election who said he has serious problems with the medicaid cuts in this thing. remember, it pha...

Frankly, my feeling is marijuana isnt as dangerous as drinking. i would rather be on the street with someone who is high than someone who is drunk. >> kimberly: i beg to differ. studies showing that young people smoking pot, studies that link it to schizophrenia and the onset of it. >> eric: we have spent hundreds of billions of dollars fighting this. its not getting any better. when you look at the opioid problem, thats where you can focus. theres a lot of illegal opioids being produced even ri...

>> well, you know, trust many times takes a lifetime to achieve and one day to lose. so, to get the trust back, its going to take some doing. but what he can do to fight the opioid problem with a stroke of a pen is authorize funding for, lets say, one dose of narcan to go out to every volunteer emergency squad in a population, towns in a population, say, 10,000 people or less. im talking about the emergency squads that sell chickens on saturday to buy new fire hoses and emergency equipment becau...

And cut back on medicaid, there will be less treatment available for folks who are dealing with addiction. i know how bad the problem is here. a couple of years ago, the governor of the state of vermont gave his state of the state address and you know what he talked about? not economics or health care. he talked about the opioid problem in the state of vermont and in new hampshire. its a severe problem all over the country. there are a couple of things we ought to do. deana raised this issue. if...

Own life. today chief recovery specialist in counties. had it not been for the men and governor christie would be 100 more people on top of the 1600 we lost last year to this epidemic. >> spoke with joe mansion jed talking about the opioid problem folks a folks areification and cancer patients conconcerned with the gap. >> money for addiction centers specifically. for mental illness treatment, and his concern, this marines concern was will the money still be there, these resources still be there...

They hosted parties onboard the uss blue ridge. during one party at a hotel, memorabilia related to douglas macarthur was used by the participants in sexual acts, according to the indictment. >> bret: tough day for the military. jennifer griffin live at the pentagon. thank you. the dow lost 44. s&p 500 off 8. nasdaq slipped 19. the mayor of a seattle suburb is suing over an opioid problem thats confronting his city. the mayor says its spent millions combating oxycontin and heroin abuse and expec...

>> jesus. >> now the campaign is over and you know what i dont hear, nobody talking about it anymore. i heard the president of the united states talking about it and now we have a health bill in front of us in washington that, frankly, i dont think does anything that the delegates are talking about. >> well, it does the reverse. >> it does. >> if you end medicaid extension and cut back on medicaid, there will be less treatment available for folks who are dealing with addiction. i know how bad th...

Singapore-based contractors. they hosted parties onboard the uss blue ridge. during one party at a hotel, memorabilia related to douglas macarthur was used by the participants in sexual acts, according to the indictment. >> bret: tough day for the military. jennifer griffin live at the pentagon. thank you. the dow lost 44. s&p 500 off 8. nasdaq slipped 19. the mayor of a seattle suburb is suing over an opioid problem thats confronting his city. the mayor says its spent millions combating oxycont...

Was opioids. how many people have lost someone in this room? >> jesus. >> now the campaign is over and you know what i dont hear, nobody talking about it anymore. i heard the president of the united states talking about it and now we have a health bill in front of us in washington that, frankly, i dont think does anything that the delegates are talking about. >> well, it does the reverse. >> it does. >> if you end medicaid extension and cut back on medicaid, there will be less treatment availabl...