CSPAN3 Drug Control Policy Acting Director Testifies On Opioid Epidemic July 28, 2017
Before mr. Connolly and i give Opening Statements, i want to thank everyone. Our guests, panelists, those in the audience, members and staff and everyone for how accommodating you were this morning. We had an unforeseen contingency that arose in our normal hearing room. Thank you for being so understanding. Over the past two decades, illicit drug use emerged as a Public Health and safety crisis with overdoses becoming the leading kauj of injury or death in the United States. Opioids specifically heroin and prescription pain relievers are the cause of most Overdose Deaths in the United States w...