Trump Talks About Wall, Brother During Opioid Crisis Speech – Roll Call

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Trump Talks About Wall, Brother During Opioid Crisis Speech

By Bian Elkhatib

Posted October 26, 2017 at 8:11pm

By Bian Elkhatib

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President Donald Trump declared the opioid crisis a “national health emergency” in a speech in the White House on Thursday. In his speech, Trump spoke about taking certain opioids off the market and starting advertising campaigns to discourage youth drug use.

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