Topics in the News: Opioid
Kamala Harris on Immigration
: Oct 10, 2024
Our border agents need help & 1,500 more agents
KAMALA HARRIS: The bill is and would have been the strongest border security bill in years. It would have put 1,500 more border agents at the border. I've been down to the border. Those border agents are working around the clock. They need help.
They need support. And this bill would have done that. In fact, the border patrol agents have supported the bill. It would have stemmed the flow of fentanyl. It would have done work to allow us to go after transnational criminal organizations.
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Source: Howard Stern Show interview of 2024 Presidential hopefuls
Kamala Harris on Immigration
: Sep 10, 2024
I supported border security bill which Trump ordered killed
HARRIS: The United States Congress, including some of the most conservative members of the Senate, came up with a border security bill which I supported. And that bill would have put 1,500 more border agents on the border to help those folks who are
working there right now over time trying to do their job. It would have allowed us to stem the flow of fentanyl coming into the United States. But you know what happened to that bill? Donald Trump got on the phone, called up some folks in Congress, and
said "kill the bill." And you know why? Because he preferred to run on a problem instead of fixing a problem. [Wikipedia FactCheck]: James Lankford (R-OK) was the lead Senate Republican negotiator on a bipartisan bill intended to resolve the Mexico-
US border crisis. Senate Republicans swiftly turned against the bill upon its release on Feb. 4, after Donald Trump said he did not want President Biden to score a political win with it. On Feb. 7, Senate Republicans blocked the bill in a floor vote.
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Source: ABC News 2024 Presidential debate in Philadelphia
Kamala Harris on Immigration
: Sep 9, 2024
Hire thousands more border agents: fix the border
Male voiceover: "Kamala Harris has spent decades fighting violent crime. As a border state prosecutor, she took on drug cartels and jailed gang members for smuggling weapons and drugs across the border. As vice president, she backed the toughest
border control bill in decades. And as president, she will hire thousands more border agents and crack down on fentanyl and human trafficking. Fixing the border is tough, so is Kamala Harris."VP Harris: "I'm Kamala Harris and I approve this message."
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Nikki Haley on Drugs
: Jan 18, 2024
Fentanyl via northern border too; create addiction centers
You go to a town hall, and they will tell you everything. I will give you an example. I had this woman come up to me, and she said: "My son died of fentanyl; I need to know that that meant something." What I have found out from
New Hampshire is, we don't talk enough about the northern border. The southern border is in terrible shape, but 500 people on the terrorist watch list, have come through the northern border.
You look at the fentanyl and all that. I learned that from [New Hampshire], because you have been affected by it every day.
America refuses to deal with addictions, which we have to deal with.
And there are answers to this. Let's release [federal] resources, so that every state can do what they need to, to get the mental health facilities that we need to have in our states, to have the addiction centers.
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Source: CNN Town Hall: interviews of 2024 presidential candidates
Ron DeSantis on Drugs
: Dec 6, 2023
Shoot dead anyone crossing the border with fentanyl
Q: You have pledged to send the military to the southern border on day one of your administration with orders to shoot "stone cold dead anyone illegally entering with a backpack that you believe contains fentanyl." Critics have called this a "shoot
first ask questions later" policy that would amount to extrajudicial killing. Is that legal?DeSantis: The drug cartels are invading our country and they are killing our citizens by the tens of thousands every year. The elites in DC, they don't care
that fentanyl is ravaging your community. They don't care that illegal aliens are overwhelming our community.
Q: And does that mean shooting first?
DeSantis: It means you're going to categorize them as foreign terrorist organizations just like we
would anywhere. When I was in Iraq, Al-Qaeda wasn't wearing a uniform. You'd see anyone walking down the street, they all had man dresses on. You didn't know if someone had a bomb, an IED attached or not. And so, you had to make a judgment.
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Source: NewsNation 2023 Republican primary debate in Alabama
Vivek Ramaswamy on Drugs
: Dec 6, 2023
Annihilate fentanyl labs AND deal with demand side
Q: Over the past year, fentanyl has killed more than 75,000 Americans. You have vowed to use the military to "annihilate drug labs inside Mexico", something the president of Mexico said would be a hostile act, but fentanyl can easily be made anywhere
and labs that are shut down can quickly be replaced. Are your tough enforcement policies offering false hope to a country racked by addiction?Vivek Ramaswamy: To the contrary, I don't think it's going to have to come to that if we deal with the actual
demand side problem that we also have in this country. The easy part is talking about how we're going to use our military to secure the border. But the harder part is dealing with the mental health epidemic raging across this country like wildfire.
And there's a reason why after the opioid crisis you see fentanyl. The real false promise here is thinking that we're going to have dealt with that underlying mental health epidemic in this country by just dealing with the demand side of it.
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Source: NewsNation 2023 Republican primary debate in Alabama
Chris Christie on Free Trade
: Dec 6, 2023
Tariffs on China raise process for every American
Nikki Haley: We need to end all normal trade relations with China until they stop murdering Americans with fentanyl. Trump was good on trade, but that's all he was with China because here he allowed fentanyl to continue to come over. Chris Christie:
She said that Donald Trump was good on trade; he wasn't. And the proof that he wasn't good on trade with China is that all he did was impose tariffs, which raised the prices for every American.
You want to know what has contributed to inflation in this country? Yes, it's more government spending. Yes, it's the fact that we're printing too much money. Absolutely. But it is also the increase in prices that were driven by Donald Trump's tariffs.
And one last thing, you can't say he was good on trade because he didn't trade. He didn't change one Chinese policy in the process. He failed on it.
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Source: NewsNation 2023 Republican primary debate in Alabama
Nikki Haley on Free Trade
: Dec 6, 2023
End trade relations with China until fentanyl stopped
When you talk about fentanyl, yes, I think we should send special operations over and take out the cartels. I think we should do a remain-in-Mexico policy, so they never step foot in US soil in the first place, but look at where fentanyl came from.
It came from China. That's why we need to end all normal trade relations with China until they stop murdering Americans with fentanyl. I promise you, they need our economy. They will immediately stop that, but this is where Trump went wrong.
Trump was good on trade, but that's all he was with China because here he allowed fentanyl to continue to come over. He continued to allow them to take… He would give them technology that would build up their military and hurt us. He allowed the
Chinese infiltration for them to buy up farmland, to put money in our universities, and to continue to do things that were harmful for America. We now have a spy base in Cuba and police stations and Trump didn't do anything about it.
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Source: NewsNation 2023 Republican primary debate in Alabama
Ron DeSantis on Crime
: Nov 8, 2023
We're going to shoot drug smugglers stone cold dead
Gov. Ron DeSantis: We are going to designate the cartels to be foreign terrorist organizations or something similar to that and we're going to authorize the use of deadly force. We're going to have maritime operations to interdict precursor chemicals
going into Mexico. But I'll tell you this, if someone in the drug cartels is sneaking fentanyl across the border when I'm president, that's going to be the last thing they do. We're going to shoot them stone cold dead.
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Source: NBC News 2023 Republican primary debate in Miami
Chris Christie on Drugs
: Nov 8, 2023
Treat drug demand like a disease and offer treatment
Gov. Christie: Now, we also need to lower demand. And the way to lower demand is to start treating people again. And for every family out there tonight who has lost a loved one to fentanyl or to any other type of opioid overdose, what you know is all
you want is a chance for them to win their lives back. When I'm president of the United States, we're going to call this what it is. It is a disease like heart disease, diabetes, or any other disease like cancer that can be treated, should be treated.
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Source: NBC News 2023 Republican primary debate in Miami
Vivek Ramaswamy on Drugs
: Nov 8, 2023
To stop fentanyl, build wall at northern border as well
Vivek Ramaswamy: And then the other thing that hasn't been discussed is the northern border. I'm the only candidate on the stage as far as I'm aware, who has actually visited the northern border.
There was enough fentanyl that was captured just on the northern border last year to kill 3 million Americans. So we got to just skate to where the puck is going, not just where the puck is. Don't just build the wall, build both walls.
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Source: NBC News 2023 Republican primary debate in Miami
Vivek Ramaswamy on Immigration
: Sep 27, 2023
Seal the border to reduce fentanyl epidemic
Q: About 90% of fentanyl is seized at official border crossings, and 57% of the smugglers are U.S. citizens. Your plan?RAMASWAMY: There's two sides to this. One is, we do have to seal that Southern border. Building the wall is not enough.
They're building cartel-financed tunnels underneath that wall. Semitrucks can drive through them. We have to use our own military to seal the Swiss cheese of a Southern border. But we also have to be honest.
There's a demand-side problem in this country too, a mental health epidemic. We have to bring back mental health care in this country, not with pumping pharmaceuticals, but faith-based approaches that restore purpose and meaning in the next generation
of Americans. Many of them are getting it through social media. If you're 16 years old or under, you should not be using an addictive social media product, period. We can revive the mental health of this country while stopping the fentanyl epidemic.
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Source: Fox Business 2023 Republican primary debate in Simi Valley
Tim Scott on Immigration
: Sep 27, 2023
Close the border to fentanyl; reinstate Title 42
Joe Biden should not be on the picket line [in the auto-workers' strike]. He should be on the southern border working to close our southern border. Because it is unsafe, wide open,
and insecure, leading to the deaths of 70,000 Americans in the last 12 months because of fentanyl. It is devastating.
Every county in America is now a border county because fentanyl has devastated Americans in every single state. I will also say 6 million illegal crossings since Joe Biden has taken office.
And he eliminated Title 42. The one thing he should do is finish the wall, reinstate Title 42, and get the job done.
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Source: Fox Business 2023 Republican primary debate in Simi Valley
Ron DeSantis on Drugs
: Aug 23, 2023
Send US troops into Mexico to fight drug cartels
Q: Would you support sending US Special Forces over the border into Mexico to take out fentanyl labs, to take out drug cartel operations? DESANTIS: Yes, and I will do it on day one. Here's the thing. The cartels are killing tens of thousands of our
fellow citizens. You want to talk about a country in decline? You have the cartels controlling a lot of part of your Southern border? We have to reestablish the rule of law, and we have to defend our people. The president of the United States has got
to use all available powers as commander in chief to protect our country and to protect the people. So, when they're coming across, yes, we're going to use lethal force. Yes, we reserve the right to operate. How many more tens of thousands are we going
to let to die [from fentanyl]? That is happening all across this country because of the poison that they are bringing in. So, as president, would I use force? Would I treat them as foreign terrorist organizations? You're darn right I would.
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Source: Fox News 2023 Republican primary debate in Milwaukee
Asa Hutchinson on Drugs
: Aug 23, 2023
Expand tools for addiction counseling
As former head of the DEA, I understand the drug crisis in America. And right now, whenever you look at the challenges in our inner-cities, there's three simple words that would be helpful. One, enforce the law when it comes to crime. Secondly, let's
deal with the challenge of fentanyl. And it's both about stopping the fentanyl coming from Mexico, but it's also about education of our young people, making sure that we have the tools that are needed for addiction counseling.
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Source: Fox News 2023 Republican primary debate in Milwaukee
Ron DeSantis on Drugs
: Aug 23, 2023
Use force at border; leave drug pushers stone-cold dead
As president your first obligation is to defend our country and its people. I am going to declare it a national emergency. I'm not going to send troops to Ukraine, but
I am going to send them to our Southern border. When these drug pushers are bringing fentanyl across the border, that's going to be the last thing they do. We're going to use force and we're going to leave them stone-cold dead.
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Source: Fox News 2023 Republican primary debate in Milwaukee
Tim Scott on Immigration
: Aug 23, 2023
Finish the wall; get military-grade surveillance at border
Let's fire the 87,000 IRS agents and hire or double the number of Border Patrol agents. How many have not been caught at our Southern border? If we just spend $10 billion, we could finish the wall. For $5 billion more, we could have the military-
grade technology to surveil our Southern border to stop the flow of fentanyl and save 70,000 Americans a year. That should be the priority of this government. And, as the next president of the United States, I will make that border wall complete.
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Source: Fox News 2023 Republican primary debate in Milwaukee
Francis Suarez on Drugs
: Aug 18, 2023
Companies in China spawn fentanyl precursors for cartels
During the portion of his "Conversation with the Candidate" town hall that aired exclusively online, Republican Francis Suarez detailed his plan to combat the opioid epidemic gripping New Hampshire and the country. Suarez said he'd encourage leaders
to think "long and hard" about China's most-favored-nation status given the fact that companies in China spawn fentanyl precursor chemicals, which end up in the hands of cartels in the western hemisphere.
Suarez said he'd move to label drug cartels as terrorist organizations and also added that he'd support sending troops to target cartels in Mexico, but that his administration would be collaborating with
Mexico on that endeavor. "We're not going to invade Mexico," Suarez said. "I just don't see that as a realistic option."
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Source: WMUR on 2023 Presidential hopefuls
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Drugs
: Aug 15, 2023
Federally decriminalize cannabis
Ron DeSantis said in June that he would not federally decriminalize cannabis if elected. He said he's concerned about the potency of marijuana and, despite a lack of evidence, the possibility that products could be laced with more dangerous drugs
such as fentanyl. Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who is running as a Democrat, took a swipe at DeSantis over his opposition to reform. If elected, he said, "I will decriminalize cannabis at the federal level." He later declined an invitation to smoke a
joint with comedian Bill Maher.
Kennedy's decriminalization position aligns him to some extent with President Joe Biden, who has also backed decriminalization and allowing states to set their own
cannabis laws. The president has also directed an administrative review into marijuana's federal scheduling that one top official recently told Marijuana Moment he hopes to have completed by the year's end.
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Source: Presidential 2024 campaign "Marijuana Moment" press release
Vivek Ramaswamy on Drugs
: Aug 15, 2023
Legalize marijuana, plus psychedelics for PTSD vets
Ramaswamy says he supports federally legalizing marijuana and allowing veterans with PTSD to use certain psychedelicsRamaswamy also posted on social media: "I support decriminalizing ayahuasca & ketamine for veterans suffering from PTSD, to prevent
the epidemic of fentanyl & suicide."
Ramaswamy repeatedly described decriminalization as an "important" piece of a more comprehensive drug policy, emphasizing his view that tighter border security and reduced U.S. demand for drugs are also
essential. "In the long run, decriminalization, serially, is an important part of the long-run solution here," he said in June in NH, adding that he's skeptical of prohibition and is "not a war-on-drugs person."
He also stressed the availability of
psychedelics as a viable alternative for people who are suffering from mental health conditions. "For veterans at least. Let's start with PTSD, where there's good evidence for psychedelics, from ayahuasca to ketamine," Ramaswamy said.
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Source: Presidential 2024 campaign "Marijuana Moment" press release
Asa Hutchinson on Drugs
: Jul 30, 2023
Use economic pressure on Mexico to fight against fentanyl
The key is Mexico, because that's where the precursor chemicals are going. The cartels have it; they're making the fentanyl at the labs there. And Mexico can control both of those.
We need greater support from Mexico, we need to use our economic pressure against Mexico so that they will cooperate with us to a greater extent in fighting fentanyl.
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Source: CBS Face the Nation on 2023 Presidential primary hopefuls
Kamala Harris on Drugs
: Jul 18, 2023
$50 million in grants to address fentanyl overdose epidemic
Vice President Harris convened Attorneys General from seven states for a conversation about federal and state efforts to disrupt the illicit fentanyl supply chain and expand access to care for individuals at risk of an overdose. The roundtable followed
actions the Biden-Harris Administration has taken to tackle the opioid and overdose epidemic, including releasing a National Response Plan to address the emerging threat of fentanyl. The Vice President also announced nearly $50 million in grants to help
address different facets of the nation's overdose epidemic. Together, the Vice President and the state Attorneys General identified opportunities to enhance federal and state collaboration to beat the fentanyl and opioid epidemic [including]
coordinating with regional HIDTA Programs to disrupt the commercial activities of transnational criminal organizations and maximizing opioid settlement funds for evidence-based programs that save lives and expand access to overdose reversal medications.
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Source: White House Vice Presidential 2024 press release: "Fentanyl"
Perry Johnson on Drugs
: Jun 26, 2023
Investigate, arrest and prosecute high level dealers
I would immediately add equipment and manpower at the border to stop the flow of fentanyl into the country. Drugs coming out of China are killing Americans and I will be unafraid to stand up to China as President. I would also task federal law
enforcement agencies to stop at nothing to investigate, arrest and prosecute high level dealers and drug lords operating within the United States. They are killing mothers, fathers, sons and daughters on a daily basis.
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Source: 2024 Presidential campaign website PerryJohnson.com
Tim Scott on Immigration
: May 22, 2023
Expel illegal immigrants, fully fund the border wall
- Expel illegal immigrants trying to enter the country by reinstating Title 42 to combat the fentanyl crisis.
- Fully fund the construction of the wall at the southern border, while strengthening law enforcement's capabilities to detect
drug smugglers and human traffickers before they enter our country.
- Recognize drug cartels as terrorists and let the world's greatest military power defend our borders and our lives.
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Source: 2024 Presidential campaign website VoteTimScott.com
Asa Hutchinson on Immigration
: Apr 26, 2023
Quickly remove those who come into our country illegally
Our nation is a land of immigrants who make up the fabric of our democracy. In order to respect those who follow the legal path to come to this country, we must reform our asylum laws; devote more resources to support
our border patrol; quickly remove those who come into our country illegally; and go after the cartels who are killing Americans with the deadly drug fentanyl.
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Source: Presidential 2024 campaign press release:Announcement speech
Ron DeSantis on Crime
: Mar 7, 2023
Increase penalties for fentanyl dealers, human smuggling
We need to increase penalties for fentanyl dealers, especially those who target our children. And to do that we must treat them like the murderers that they are. We must further strengthen our laws against illegal immigration by enhancing employment
verification, increasing penalties for human smuggling and further disincentivizing illegal immigration to the state of Florida. Florida is not a sanctuary state and we will uphold the rule of law.
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Source: 2023 State of the State Address to the Florida legislature
Joe Biden on Drugs
: Feb 7, 2023
Work with couriers like Fed Ex to inspect for fentanyl
Fentanyl is killing more than 70,000 Americans a year. Let's launch a major surge to stop fentanyl production, sale, and trafficking, with more drug detection machines to inspect cargo and stop pills and powder at the border.
Working with couriers like Fed Ex to inspect more packages for drugs. Strong penalties to crack down on fentanyl trafficking.
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Source: 2023 State of the Union speech as prepared for delivery
JD Vance on Drugs
: Oct 17, 2022
Close the border to end drug trafficking zone
Vance: Speaking of fentanyl coming into the United States, "you've got to close the border. You've got to finish the wall and you've got to make it so that these drug cartels are not able to use the U.S. southern border as a drug trafficking zone."
[Is that true that drugs come across the southern border?] Most of the fentanyl seized by U.S. border authorities is seized at official checkpoints, not in between ports of entry.
Drug policy and immigration experts have told PolitiFact that physical barriers at the border probably won't stop drugs from coming in, because drug cartels find ways around them--including through tunnels and under legal goods in trailer trucks that
seek to cross the border legally. Annual fentanyl seizures at the southwest border have been steadily increasing since at least fiscal year 2016, the Drug Enforcement Administration has reported.
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Source: PolitiFact.com Fact-Check on 2022 Ohio Senate race
JD Vance on Drugs
: Oct 10, 2022
Border wall would stop flow of fentanyl
During a discussion about immigration and the U.S.-Mexico border. Ryan said he supports a wall along certain parts of the border but also wants to increase funding for border patrol and use technology to block the flow of drugs. Vance accused Ryan
of not doing anything to address the problem during his lengthy tenure in Congress.Vance said, "What have you actually done to reduce the flow of fentanyl so that people like my family are not as affected by this terrible addiction crisis?"
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Source: The Columbus Dispatch on 2022 Ohio Senate race
Tim Walz on Drugs
: Apr 7, 2022
Treatment options for fentanyl addiction & opioid crisis
Opioid overdose deaths, along other substance-related deaths, have increased significantly over the past two decades. The Minnesota Department of Health reported 54 overdose deaths in 2000, and 678 in 2020. In Minnesota, Native Americans and African
Americans are twice as likely to die from opioid-related overdoses than white people.Despite the deadly consequences of substance use, only one in ten people with a substance use disorder receives treatment. To prevent more tragic deaths, we must do
more to combat substance use and educate and provide treatment to all those who need it.
In 2019, I signed the Opiate Epidemic Response bill: Minnesota now raises funds from prescribers, drug manufacturers, and distributors to fight the opioid crisis.
I order as follows:- The Opioids, Substance Use, and Addiction Subcabinet is established.
- The purpose of the Subcabinet is to identify opportunities that support access to treatment options or addiction-related services.
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Source: Minnesota voting records: Executive Order 22-07
JD Vance on Drugs
: Oct 3, 2021
Tackle drug epidemic, eliminate drugs coming into community
Opioid addiction has devastated my family and my community. More and more Ohioans are falling victim to addiction, which means an entire generation of children orphaned, and another generation of grandparents forced to step up for our community's kids.
Communities are on the decline as job loss and poverty further engulf them. I'll work to tackle the drug epidemic, eliminate the drugs coming into our community, and help those devastated by addiction.
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Source: 2021 OH Senate campaign website JDVance.com
Bernie Sanders on Drugs
: Oct 15, 2019
Opioid manufacturers profited & knew their products killed
Take a look at this opioid epidemic. You have the executive CEOs of major pharmaceutical companies making tens of millions of dollars a year, and they knew that they were selling a product which was addicting people and killing them.
Last year, the top 10 drug companies made $69 billion in profit. This is what unfettered capitalism is doing to this country, and it's not just the drug companies. That is why we need a political revolution that says enough is enough to th
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Source: October Democratic CNN/NYTimes Primary debate
Donald Trump on Drugs
: Feb 5, 2019
MS-13 gangs in 20 states smuggle in meth & opioids
Tens of thousands of innocent Americans are killed by lethal drugs that cross our border and flood into our cities--including meth, heroin, cocaine, and fentanyl.The savage gang, MS-13, now operates in 20 different American States, and they almost
all come through our southern border. Just yesterday, an MS-13 gang member was taken into custody for a fatal shooting in NYC. We are removing these gang members by the thousands, but until we secure our border they're going to keep streaming back in.
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Source: 2019 State of the Union address to United States Congress
Kamala Harris on Drugs
: Jan 8, 2019
Opioid crisis requires emergency mobilization
In 2017, the administration declared the opioid crisis a public health emergency, but the fund they used to deal with it had only--I kid you not--$57,000 in it. That represents less than one dollar for each person who died of a drug overdose that year.
It's unconscionable. This is a crisis that deserves a major federal mobilization. We need to declare a national state of emergency, which would provide more funding, right away, to help combat this disease--more resources to pay for addiction
treatment, hospital services, skills training, and more.
We need to make sure that people who are addicted have access to medication-assisted-treatment (MAT)--drugs like buprenorphine which prevents withdrawal symptoms and cravings without producing
the kind of high that heroin or OxyContin does. Many insurance companies will cover the cost of opioids while charging more than $200 a month for buprenorphine. That has to change. We have to change it.
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Source: The Truths We Hold, by Kamala Harris, p.206-7
Marianne Williamson on Drugs
: Jul 24, 2018
Opioid crisis results from pharma companies drugging America
The most significant drug stash in America is in our collective medicine chests. America has become a legally ordained drug culture.
Legal, though not necessarily morally legitimate, pharmaceutical company campaigns have set out to drug America, with far too many doctors as their willing accomplices.
Our opioid crisis is one of the results, as the most common "gateway drug" to opioid addiction is a legal pharmaceutical.
We drop antidepressants today as though they were candy. Over 2 million of our young people under the age of seventeen are now taking them. Human suffering has been turned into a profit center for corporate interests.
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Source: Healing the Soul of America, by Marianne Williamson, p.172-3
Donald Trump on Drugs
: Jan 30, 2018
Tougher on drug dealers to end scourge of opioids
[My border security] reforms will support our response to the terrible crisis of opioid and drug addiction. In 2016, we lost 64,000 Americans to drug overdoses: 174 deaths per day. Seven per hour. We must get much tougher on drug dealers and pushers
if we are going to succeed in stopping this scourge.My Administration is committed to fighting the drug epidemic and helping get treatment for those in need. The struggle will be long and difficult--but, as Americans always do, we will prevail.
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Source: 2018 State of the Union address
Donald Trump on Drugs
: Feb 28, 2017
Stop drugs pouring into country & poisoning our youth
We've defended the borders of other nations, while leaving our own borders wide open, for anyone to cross--and for drugs to pour in at a now unprecedented rate. [Now], our terrible drug epidemic will slow down and ultimately, stop. And our neglected
inner cities will see a rebirth of hope, safety, and opportunity.To protect our citizens, I have directed the Department of Justice to form a Task Force on Reducing Violent Crime. I have further ordered the Departments of Homeland Security and
Justice, along with the Department of State and the Director of National Intelligence, to coordinate an aggressive strategy to dismantle the criminal cartels that have spread across our Nation.
We will stop the drugs from pouring into our country and
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Source: 2017 State of the Union address to Congress
Bernie Sanders on Drugs
: Nov 15, 2016
Opioid treatment instead of locking them up
We cannot jail our way out of health problems like mental illness and drug addiction. Our country is facing an opioid crisis, both in terms of prescription pain medicine abuse and heroin addiction. People are dying every day from overdoes.
But the solution is not to lock up addicts. We have to treat substance abuse as a serious public health issue rather than a criminal issue, so that all people--regardless of their income--can get the help they need.
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Source: Our Revolution, by Bernie Sanders, p. 381-2
Doug Burgum on Drugs
: Jun 25, 2016
Opioid epidemic threatens our way of life
Q: What can the state do to help deal with the opioid addiction crisis?Burgum: Drug abuse is skyrocketing in North Dakota. It's an epidemic that is hurting North Dakota families, employers, and taxpayers and threatening our way of life.
It's past time our attorney general begins making these issues a top priority, and as governor I look forward to working with him to address this important statewide crisis. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. Working together across the
state, we need to invest more time, energy, and resources in prevention, and we need to treat addiction like the chronic disease that it is. As Governor, I'll work with communities, employers, and health care providers to restrict the supply of drugs
like meth, fentanyl, and heroin, fight the federal reimbursement incentives that are fueling the exponential rise in the abuse of highly addictive prescription drugs, reform our corrections system, and get people the help they need.
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Source: Grand Forks Herald on 2016 North Dakota Gubernatorial debate
Chris Christie on Drugs
: Jan 12, 2016
Search for innovative ways to address drug epidemic
Since 2012 we've enacted more than a dozen laws to address the drug epidemic. In 2013 we brought in the drug court program to provide mandatory treatment to first-time, non-violent, non-dealing drug offenders. In 2014 we launched a statewide program
to help reduce the number of heroin-related. Last July, we instituted a single point of entry for people to gain access to treatment. This year, I plan to ask to fund the Recovery Coach Program for an additional six counties in New Jersey.
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Source: 2016 State of the State speech to New Jersey legislature
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