Trump: We Will Not Solve the Opioid Epidemic Overnight, But Nothing Is Going to Stop Us

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TRUMP: “We will not solve this epidemic overnight, but we will stop — nothing is going to stop us. No matter how you cut it. I know some of the people in this room, nothing stops you. Nothing stops you, I can tell you. We will never stop until our job is done. And then maybe we will have to find something new. And I hope that is going to be soon, but we will succeed. We have results that are unbelievable. Numbers that I heard two weeks ago that I was shocked to hear. We are making tremendous progress. Each year more than 70,000 precious American lives are lost to the opioid and drug crisis. In my opinion, the number is much higher than that. To protect all Americans, my administration declared the opioid epidemic a nationwide public health emergency. A big step. Since then, we have secured a record $6 billion in new funding to combat the opioid crisis, and that is the most ever and we are going for even bigger numbers this year."