President Joe Biden has reversed a life-saving drug reform made by the Trump administration, two doctors wrote in an op-ed published by the Wall Street Journal on February 8. A bipartisan group of legislators is now urging Biden to revive Trumpâs life-saving reform. Drs. Brian Barnett, a psychiatrist, and Jeremy Weleff, a resident in psychiatry in Ohio,…
Doctors Disappointed After Joe Biden Rescinds Trump Reform to Boost Access to Opioid Addiction Help
February 10, 2021 by
Obama DEA Caused A âRaging Inferno Of Tragic Destructionâ By Mishandling The Opioid Crisis, West Virginia AG Says.
May 7, 2018 by
West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey filed a formal document in support of a Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) proposal that would limit opioid manufacturers to producing only enough to fill legitimate medical need. The DEA proposal is a direct response to a lawsuit Morrisey filed against the agency in December 2017, pushing the agency to […]
Trump Takes on the Opioid Crisis: ‘Keep Out the Damn Drugs,’ Death Penalty For Dealers.
March 20, 2018 by
During a speech in New Hampshire Monday, President Donald Trump laid out detailed administration plans to combat the ongoing opioid crisis across the country. Over the weekend the White House announced President Trump would seek the death penalty for certain drug dealers. Today, he reiterated that stance. âMy Department of Justice will be seeking so […]
Trump Lays Out Aggressive Plan To Combat Opioid Crisis During New Hampshire Speech.
March 19, 2018 by
President Donald Trump unveiled aggressive policy proposals â including calling for the death penalty for high-level drug traffickers â to curb the opioid crisis to during his New Hampshire speech Monday, another step in the administration’s concerted effort to combat the widespread addiction. âWhether you are a dealer or doctor or trafficker or a manufacturer, if you break […]
Trump To Push Death Penalty For Major Drug Dealers In Opioid Plan
March 16, 2018 by
President Donald Trump will push for the death penalty for major drug dealers in his plan to combat the opioid crisis, Politico reports. Trump publicly revealed his deeply held belief that drug dealers should be executed before the White House opioid summit saying âthey kill hundreds and hundreds of people, and most of them donât even […]
Sessions: $20M in Federal Grants Will Help Address Opioid Crisis
September 24, 2017 by
The United States is still struggling with an opioid crisis. In 2015, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported that “opioids were involved in 33,091 deaths in 2015, and opioid overdoses have quadrupled since 1999.” The CDC also found the five states with the highest death rate from drug overdoses: West Virginia (41.5 […]