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Commission Asks Trump to Declare Opioid Epidemic a National Emergency
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 Aug. 1, 2017 | HEALTH & SAFETY | President Trump’s commission on opioid abuse urged the administration to take immediate action by declaring the epidemic a national emergency and expanding access to treatment to alleviate the crisis. “With approximately 142 Americans dying every day, America is enduring a death toll equal to September 11th every three weeks,” the commission said in a report issued Monday. Four states – Arizona, Florida, Maryland and Virginia – already have designated opioid addiction as a public health emergency. A White House statement said the administration will “immediately” begin reviewing the panel’s recommendations... huffingtonpost.com Related: The Teamsters Union is leading a shareholder effort to demand accountability from our country’s largest wholesale drug distributors for their role in fueling the opioid epidemic.
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