President Trump declined Tuesday to declare the opioid epidemic sweeping the United States a national emergency, despite a recommendation last week by his own commission. Trump's top health administrator, Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price, argued that extra step wouldn't have helped much anyway -- and experts tend to agree.
Trump Doesn't Need To Declare The Opioid Crisis A National Emergency
By Paige Winfield Cunningham The Washington Post WP Bloomberg, The Macomb Daily
Wed, 08/09/2017 - 12:01pm
Sections: u.s.
Topics: Michigan Macomb County Mount Clemens
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