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Benefit concert celebrates Greensboro musician, brings awareness to opioid crisis Scott Johnson died from an opioid overdose in Feb. Money raised from Sundays concert went to GS STOP that works to prevent opioid deaths. Author: Itinease McMiller Updated: 5:47 AM EDT June 28, 2021 GREENSBORO, N.C. — Drug overdoses have soared. There have been 30% more overdoses this year compared to last year, according to the National Center for Health. The crisis is impacting ...

Higher. neil: this this case i think it was thrust by the opioid crisis and im wondering if thats just a new layer. >> again, its hard to say. and i dont know the details of it, and i dont know, i dont know the folks at home depot, but it sounds a little like, it wasnt my faultish, blame it on the national crisis of the day and maybe they do have an opioid problem in their warehouses and if they do, boy, they sure do need some help getting it taken care of. im not sure i would have talked about ...

If youre a manufacturer wanted to dominate the western hemisphere with the passage of the usmca. if youre a farmer to open markets so your family could survive and thrive and that is more urgent than this partisan process f. youre a desperate family member watching someone succumb to addiction, solving the opioid problem probably more urgent than this partisan impeachment. if youre a member of the next generation dealing with the challenges of extinction and climate change and budget out of cont...

You are a manufacturer wanting to dominate the western hemisphere, that is more urgent. you are a farmer who wants to open markets so your family can survive and thrive, that is a lot more urgent than this partisan process. you are a desperate family member watching someone succumb to addiction solving the opioid problem probably is more urgent than this partisan impeachment. you are a member of the next generation dealing with the challenges of extinction and climate change, a budget that is ou...

>> the character of people that are not having jobs because they are sitting home and like collecting food stamps. im nothing thats what youre saying but it is a character of what is out there. >> this administration has thrown a few billion dollars at the opioid problem. childless adults generally have to train at least 20 hours a week to qualify for food stamps. that was bill clintons welfare reform in 1996. november job numbers out showing a major growth in the labor market. how president tru...

Last month. they sat down with the pakistanis, the chinese, and the russians. believe it or not its in their best interest to work out something so that we can pull out. the chinese are rather nervous about us pulling out before they are prepared. theyre beginning to build an outpost they are in the afghan border. they are helping the afghans build a mountain brigade but the reality is that they are concerned that were going to find the way into the chief province, or area in the west. that coul...

Enforcement effort has been directed towards finding this white whale. so forget about the mob, forget about the opioid problem, forget all the problems we face in law enforcement in the united states because these guys starting at the secretary of state level are in charge of trumps agenda, which is to somehow prove what happened in 2016 didnt happen. >> well, chris, we have to remember that the issue of russian interference and the issue of the origin of the doj russia investigation has been a...

Those are good things for people that have earned it, not just a get out of jail free card, we are going to pay you monthly. we are in the cusp of an opioid crisis, now we want to legalize recreational marijuana and send a message to everybody. who knows what is in the marijuana today which is so much more potent and giving ourselves, building ourselves another one. >> is that why you stated the wrong time for this? >> there is no good time to recreationally legalize marijuana. medical marijuana...

Time they knew what they were doing but its not just their fault. it is everybodys fault and so to pin them with this kind of lawsuit and to make them pay almost $600 million thats a lot when the other companies and the other entities are paying nothing and i think thats wildly unfair but we all have to do something about this because the opioid problem is not going anywhere and its getting worse and people say its not getting worse, i think it is, because people are in more despair right now an...

President claims, but what is your plan as a presidential candidate to address the increase in the number of people attempting to cross the border? >> i would say immediately try to take care of whats happening now. i would be calling every doctor and nurse that could come down and donate their time, social workers to donate their time to help plug the hole here until we get the supplemental bill and get more people down there. weve got to secure the border. i come from ohio. we have an opioid p...