Tag: Opioids

Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price told reporters that the declaration, which would free up funds and let health workers waive red tape, is not needed. His comments came after meeting with Trump at his golf club in Bedminster, N.J. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Tom Price: Trump won’t declare national emergency for opioid epidemic

Robert King · August 8, 2017 9:13 pm

President Trump is expected to deliver remarks on the opioid crisis, which has claimed the lives of 33,000 people. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump on opioids: ‘No good, really bad for you in every way’

Kimberly Leonard · August 8, 2017 8:56 pm

First lady Melania Trump announced that she will be attending President Trump's meeting with Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price about the opioid crisis. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

Melania to attend Trump’s HHS meeting on opioid addiction with Tom Price

Caitlin Yilek · August 8, 2017 2:13 pm

Fewer than 800 people have illegally crossed from Canada into the U.S. annually over the past five years compared to hundreds of thousands apprehended at the U.S.-Mexico border in that same time period. (AP Photo/Michael C. York)

DHS: Drug smuggling is the biggest threat on the US-Canada border

Anna Giaritelli · August 3, 2017 4:49 pm

Trump announced an opioid task force earlier this year designed to help fight the growing drug epidemic in the U.S. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

New Hampshire senators denounce Trump for calling their state a ‘drug-infested den’

Matthew Trunko · August 3, 2017 3:26 pm

Attorney General Jeff Sessions speaks at the Columbus Police Academy about the opioid epidemic, Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2017, in Columbus, Ohio. (AP Photo/Jay LaPrete)

Justice Department launches Opioid Fraud and Abuse Detection Unit

Kelly Cohen · August 2, 2017 5:00 pm

Gov. Chris Christie, with his wife Mary Pat Christie, after the two cast their votes at the Brookside Emergency Services Building during the primary election on Tuesday in Mendham, N.J. Christie, neutral during the race, said he voted for longtime ally Kim Guadagno and would campaign for her, but his unpopularity makes it unclear whether that would help. (Bob Karp/The Daily Record via AP)

Opioid panel calls for Trump to declare federal state of emergency

Josh Siegel · July 31, 2017 9:33 pm

The Opioid Crisis Is Creating a Labor Crisis

Irwin M. Stelzer · July 29, 2017 12:00 pm

Johnson told the HHS inspector general that internal data from the agency showed that overdose deaths, "largely from opioids, are surging much faster in Medicaid expansion states than in non-expansion states." (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Ron Johnson: Medicaid expansion may be fueling opioid crisis

Todd Shepherd · July 27, 2017 5:00 pm

Gowdy said the agency has failed to produce a budget. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trey Gowdy demands opioid strategy from Office of National Drug Control Policy

Matthew Trunko · July 26, 2017 6:32 pm

Veterans listen as President Trump speaks before signing an Executive Order on "Improving Accountability and Whistleblower Protection" at the Department of Veterans Affairs on April 27. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

All the president’s deadlines

Sarah Bedford · July 23, 2017 4:01 am

Despite some good news, the opioid epidemic isn’t slowing down

Robert King · July 17, 2017 12:01 am