Within the past few weeks, the severity of the opioid crisis has come to light. President Trump recently gave the following remarks regarding the aforementioned problem:
The Opioid Crisis
The opioid addiction is dangerous and deadly. During yesterday’s White House Press Briefing, Tom Price and Kellyanne Conway shared some alarming statistics. For starters, opioids engendered a total of 52,000 deaths in 2015. In 2016 and 2017, the numbers increased even more.
Even more worse is the reality that every 25 minutes, a baby is born addicted to opioids. Addiction to any substance is highly dangerous. However, the matter is even graver when young, newborn minds suffer from addiction. According to Tom Price, the White House is working with several departments to develop solutions.
Law and Order Approach
Critics of President Trump affirm the preferability of medical treatment to law and order. However, a healthy dosage of both is necessary to end the opioid epidemic. While some people truly struggle with the use of opioids, others willfully abuse the substance. A healthy law and order approach will undoubtedly incentivize some people to avoid the abuse of opioids.
