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Thursday October 26, President Trump now declared the opioid epidemic a public health emergency to create awareness across the country, stating "We can be the generation that ends the opioid epidemic."

Trump declares opioid epidemic public health emergency – here’s what that means President Trump officially declared the opioid crisis a “public health emergency” on Thursday.

First lady Melania Trump is scheduled to meet today in the White House's State Dinning Room. Her goal is speaking with as many people as possible ad getting feedback on ways she can help combat the epidemic. She is already focusing on education and youth drug prevention.

Melania Trump to host opioid abuse roundtable First lady Melania Trump will lead her first roundtable discussion on a policy issue Thursday, signaling she is adding the opioid crisis to her portfolio of issues.

A new treatment is helping drug addicts recover and stay clean after being released from jail. Unlike methadone, Vivitrol is a non-narcotic which may be why this new treatment is successful.

http://www.standard.net/Police-Fire/2017/09/05/Ex-jail-inmates-staying-off-drugs-with-breakthrough-non-narcotic-treatment-Utah-Davis-Salt-Lake-Vivitrol-methadone-Suboxone

Breakthrough in drug addiction treatment: 'It’s the country-western song played backwards' Dozens of former Northern Utah Jail inmates in the past year have received once-a-month shots of Vivitrol. The non-narcotic treatment curbs cravings for narcotics.

Early this month the president declared the opioid epidemic a national emergency. Prevention effort are only part of the solution. More immediate treatments are needed to help fight the epidemic.

https://theconversation.com/the-opioid-epidemic-is-finally-a-national-emergency-eight-years-too-late-82623

The opioid epidemic is finally a national emergency – eight years too late On August 10, President Trump declared the opioid epidemic a national emergency. But we need to do a lot more to prevent this crisis from escalating even further.