CSPAN Key Capitol Hill Hearings May 14, 2016
Families who do not have their loved ones with them. The reason we must Work Together is that a leading killer of americans today is drug overdose, started first by prescription use in many instances. Between 2014 in 2014 almost half a Million People died of drug overdoses. In 2014 alone, more than 27,000 people died of drug overdoses. The largest percentage of Overdose Deaths in 2014 was attributed to opioids like prescription painkillers, methadone,more phone and heroin. Specifically morphine and heroin. Specifically, 26,000 died because of opioid in 2014. This is an emergency and it is a co...