Trump declared an opioid crisis a national emergency

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October 26 US President Donald Trump declared the US opioid crisis a national disaster requiring emergency measures.

The ceremony held on this occasion in the White House, opened the first lady of the United States Melania Trump, writes "Voice of America".

In his address, the US president stressed that the solution of the problem "will require all our forces." According to Trump, it is necessary to "confront the crisis in all its real complexity." Trump gave the example of his brother Fred, who died of alcoholism when he was 43 of the year.

“We Americans cannot allow this to continue,” the president said. - It's time to free our society from this nasty. We can be a generation that ends the opioid epidemic. ”

"Starting today, my administration officially declares an opioid crisis an emergency situation of a national scale - in accordance with federal law," said the US president.

According to the order of the head of the White House, new regulations will be developed to abolish the bans imposed in the 1970-ies and prohibit some states from providing assistance to drug addicts in rehabilitation centers for more than 16 patients.

“This is actually a global problem,” said Donald Trump. “Last year, we lost at least 64 000 Americans because of a drug overdose. This is 175 lost American lives per day. This is 7 lost lives per hour in our country. "

According to the president, not only doctors and medical institutions will be connected to the fight against this epidemic, but also all federal agencies in the United States without exception.

The US Postal Service and the Department of Homeland Security will tighten checks on packages arriving in our country to stop the flow of cheap and deadly fetanil ... produced in China, which operates 50 times stronger than heroin, said Donald Trump. “In two weeks, I will meet President Xi in China, and I’ll mention this as one of my top priorities.”

The US President recalled that after taking office, he created a special commission, whose members held consultations with experts and doctors for several months. According to Donald Trump, this commission should offer its recommendations next week.

The Commission recommended a series of measures that Trump can take on his own, without the approval of Congress. So, she calls for the repeal of a federal rule limiting the number of people who can be treated for dependence in rehabilitation centers under the program Medicaid for low-income citizens and people with disabilities.

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