CSPAN3 Washington Journal Rep. Tim Ryan November 3, 2017
Declared the Opioid Epidemic a Public Health emergency. What will be the impact of him doing that on the ground . Its welcome, but theres no money there. If you look at some county, portage county, my district, you need money. Money on the ground for law enforcement, money for the First Responders addressing a lot of these issues. And mostly you need the money for treatment. This is not alcohol addiction. These drugs are very potent, a 30day or 60day stay in rehab is not enough. You need maybe three, four, five months to get yourself off of this and get yourself well. And i think sometimes a l...