She added that she thought there were “some things they aren’t addressing,” and specified the Food and Drug Administration. Melania Trump, the first lady, traveled with her husband to Atlanta and addressed the conference before he did. But Mr. Trump did not use his address to focus solely on opioid addiction, instead pivoting to talk about the strength of the economy and a law enforcement crackdown at the southwestern border, with special praise for drug-sniffing dogs. The president declared the opioid crisis a public health emergency in October 2017. By the next October, according to the White House, the Trump administration had raised $6 billion in new funding to address it.

Source: New York Times April 24, 2019 19:25 UTC