ADVERTISEMENTPresident Donald Trump on Thursday formally declared a public health emergency for the opioid crisis, an action that has been more than two months in the making. Declaring a national emergency would free up billions of dollars in federal disaster relief funds. The public health emergency fund currently only holds around $57,000, according to the Department of Health and Human Services. It was not immediately clear what additional resources, if any, Trump plans to direct to the opioid crisis. “I’m saying officially right now it is an emergency,” Trump said at the time, during a press conference from his golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey.

Source: Huffington Post October 26, 2017 18:38 UTC