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OPOIOID CRISIS: President Trump Drug Abuse Summit Speech
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46:35Now PlayingPresident Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump will visit Atlanta on Wednesday to discuss the nation’s escalating opioid crisis.
Speaking at the 2019 Rx DRug Abuse & Heroin Summit at a downtown Atlanta hotel, first lady Melania Trump said saving Americans from opioid addiction was an issue "close to all of our hearts."
"I have seen first hand the medical and personal results of this crisis." Melania said, speaking of her experiences touring medical facilities as part of her work in her "Be Best" initative.
Speaking about the damage the epidemic has affected families, the first lady said she and the administrated are committed to supporting additional treatment facilities that would help "both mothers and babies recover and replace the bond of addiction with the bond of love."
Melania Trump then introduced her husband, who came up to the stage to the song "God Bless the USA."
Trump began his speech thanking the doctors, nurses, and first responders who were at the front lines of the epidemic.
"My administration is deploying every resource at our disposal to empower you, to support you, and to fight ride by your side," Trump said. "We will not solve the epidemic overnight, but we will not stop ... We will never stop until our job is done."
The president said his administration was making "tremendous progress," despite the staggering number of deaths every year from the drugs. He touted the increase in distribution of an overdose-reversing drug Nalaxone by over 1 million units, as well as $2 billion grant funds to states to fight the epidemic.
The president then went on to talk about his work signing bipartisan criminal justice, which provides addiction resources to inmates in prison, and his work getting medical treatment to veterans.
"We are lifting up all Americans from all walks of life, including those who have endured the pain of addiction addiction," he said.
Trump also focuses on the enforcement side of taking down "the deadly flow of drugs into our country," tying the creation of a border wall on the southern border to the epidemic. He highlighted what he called "cheap heroin, which is laced with fentanyl."
"Heroin alones kills 300 people a week, 90 percent of which enters through our southern border," the president said, highlighting his views on the need for heightened security to "protect American's children."
The president brought up a Virginia police officer whose son died from an overdose of opioids.
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