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Behind over doors Overdose Deaths in the United States. To give you brief takeaways in the work, the main key point from this report is basically that the nature and magnitude of the crisis brought on by opioids is unlike a traditional drug epidemic, and were better thought of as a poisoning outbreak. If we limit our policy responses to traditional approaches, these will likely be insufficient and will condemn a lot of individuals. To an early grave. Two points. This is new and we need to think more innovatively. Keep that in mind. The roadmap for this presentation, im going to be speaking to what presently is going on, fennels footprint in the United States, who is being impacted, and what factors are contributing to this crisis. Fentanyl is not new. Its been around for a while. And then i turn it over to about to beau. ....
I will come to points of order in due time. I should bear those honorable members in mind. Colleagues, i would like to make a personal statement to the house. After the 2017 election, i promised my wife and children that it would be my last. This is a pledge that i intend to keep. If the house votes tonight for an early general election, my tenure as speaker m. P. Will end when this parliament ends. If the house does not so vote, i have concluded that the least disruptive and most democratic course of action will be to stand down at the close of business on thursday, october 31. [laughter] [applause] mr. Bercow least disruptive because that date will fall shortly after the votes on the queens speech expected on 21st and 22nd, october. A week or so after that may be quite lively and it would be best to have an experienced figure in the chair. For that short period. Most democratic because it will mean that a balance is held when all members have some knowledge of the candidates. This is ....