opioid epidemic
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The White House Is Building an Opioid Memorial to Memorialize Fallen Whiteness
Can someone tell me where the crack memorial is in Washington, D.C.? Seriously, where is the wall with the list of names of all the people gone too soon to the drug that ravaged the black community? Or, even more so, where can I find the heroin memorial in Baltimore? Baltimore has been pegged the…
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Why Is Kellyanne Conway in Charge of the Opioid Crisis? Then Again, She Does Lie Like a Crackhead
Continuing his tradition of placing unqualified, mediocre white people in jobs for which they have no expertise, President Donald Trump has moved Kellyanne Conway from her Cabinet-level position in the Department of Lying Motherfuckers and put her in charge of the opioid crisis. Needless to say, it is not going well. Politico reports that Trump’s…
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Number of Fatal Cocaine Overdoses Among Black People on Par With Opioid-Related Deaths Among Whites, Study Shows
The opioid crisis has dominated headlines and political conversations as the number of overdose deaths and addicts has risen dramatically in recent years. But a new study finds that the opioid epidemic, which has affected mostly white Americans, is just one part of the growing U.S. drug crisis. The report reveals that deaths from cocaine overdoses…
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Trump’s Drug-Czar Pick Bows Out After Report on How He Helped to Fuel America’s Opioid Epidemic
In light of an investigative report from 60 Minutes and the Washington Post Sunday, President Donald Trump’s drug-czar pick has withdrawn his name from consideration to head the Office of National Drug Control Policy. Trump tweeted the news Tuesday morning. Your president, who seems to have a biological inability to admit an error, called Rep.…