Jeanne Shaheen: Trump Declaring a Nat’l Emergency on Opioid Addiction Is a ‘Good Step’

‘We need to be treating it like that’

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SHAHEEN: "That is a good step. For several years in New Hampshire we have been saying we are dealing with a public health emergency, so we need to be treating it like that. We need to provide resources for people with substance use disorders. We need to support law enforcement. And what we don’t need is to take away health care from people so they can’t get treatment anymore, to take away their ability to get mental health treatment and to take funding away from law enforcement."

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