'We've made a tremendous amount of progress.' Trump claims credit for progress in battling the opioid epidemic.
President Donald Trump pledged on Wednesday to battle the deadly epidemic of opioid drug abuse"until our job is done," and he claimed progress even though it is unclear whether the crisis has diminished.
Before leaving the White House for the Atlanta event, Trump claimed credit for progress in combating the drug scourge. While prescription opioids initially accounted for most deaths, the epidemic is now driven by illicit heroin and fentanyl. Those two drugs were implicated in the vast majority of opioid overdoses reported in 2017, according to federal figures.
Trump said the administration has committed $6 billion to combat the crisis, set aside money to prevent youth substance abuse, and increased the distribution of the overdose-reversing drug naloxone.Efforts to curb opioid use are being undertaken by an array of government agencies. Trump said states are now allowed to use Medicaid dollars to pay for residential treatment facilities, expanding access to care.
Trump's statement contradicts a 2018 report by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration that cites common drug smuggling methods that would not be choked off by a border wall; the most common trafficking technique is to hide the drugs in passenger vehicles or tractor-trailers as they drive into the U.S. at official crossings.
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