Medical professionals who treat addiction, lawmakers from hard hit areas, we want to in just a little bit. Well open our phone lines and you how the Opioid Epidemic is affecting you personally, first, part of our conversation from the author of he book dream land, the true tale of americas opiate epidemic. I want to ask you about something you wrote on your blog. Days g about heroin these is another way of writing about america. Who we are and what weve become. That. Ou explain sure. I began, it began to occur to me as i began to write. In the middle of this project, and i began to wonder this problem was affecting appalachian, but why it was affecting charlotte and salt lake and places that did very well in the last 20 to 30 years, not rustbelt areas at all. Common denominator . I began to understand that the denominator was our own isolation and that you were really writing about much bigger than simply Drug Trafficking. My background is as a crime thought i was writing a book about
Last year for people under the age of 50 is Drug Overdose. That is according to data by Public Health agencies compile over time. That is more than the highest car crash was 54,000 and 1872. More than a 50,000 who died from agerelated publications in 1995 and more than 39,000 who died from gun violence including homicides, suicides and accidents in 1993. Two hours here on cspan, we want to take an in problem, k at the hearing from state officials on the front lines of the opioid medical professionals who treat addiction, lawmakers from hard hit areas, we want to in just a little bit. Well open our phone lines and you how the Opioid Epidemic is affecting you personally, first, part of our conversation from the author of he book dream land, the true tale of americas opiate epidemic. I want to ask you about something you wrote on your blog. Days g about heroin these is another way of writing about america. Who we are and what weve become. That. Ou explain sure. I began, it began to occur
To be a more acceptable health care package. Drafting is like put that in eye tall licks and quotes at the same time. There nowhere near to any agreement on this we also get indications they are nowhere near to rush this. This might come up with the white house briefing, with sean spicer. A little earlier today. Well hear what peter barnes is hearing with all the crosssection shun developments. Reporter like House Republicans idea he seemed to try to jumpstart Obamacare Repeal and replace. Listen. I know were all going to make a deal on health care. That is such an easy one. I have no doubt that will happen very quickly. I think it will actually, it is going to happen. Weve all been promising, democrat, republican, been promising that to the American People. So i think a lot of good things are going to happen there. Reporter some Senate Republicans sound optimistic moving Health Care Legislation forward. As one told you yesterday on your show. Listen to that. Neil back to this Health C
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Found in massachusetts. Wmurs jean mackin live in londonderry tonight with the details. Reporter tonight londonderry , police say alert citizens helped lead them to the car and the couple in worcester. Were told the girlfriend is not not hurt. The suspect in this possible kidnapping was questioned and released but charges could be coming. Londonderry Police Received a 911 call at 3 45 this afternoon from the ecco usa and the shoe manufacturer is near the manchester boston regional airport. The caller reported that this man 22 , yearold Victor Rosario of manchester came into the , building and dragged out his girlfriend by the arm, there was no report of a weapon. Based on the reports, it appears she was forcibly removed from the building and into the her but the suspect took off. Reporter police used a description of the car and partial plate to identify the vehicle using social media to , ask the public to help find the 1996 red honda Police Say One of those tips led civic. Police say