| Hans-Günter Meyer-Thompson | International
USA. White House opioid commission to Trump: “Declare a national emergency” on drug overdoses
The President's Commission on Combating Drug Addiction and the Opioid Crisis issued a preliminary report on Monday stating that its “first and most urgent recommendation” is for the president to “declare a national emergency under either the Public Health Service Act or the Stafford Act.”
“With approximately 142 Americans dying every day,” the report notes, “America is enduring a death toll equal to September 11th every three weeks.” (Washington Post Wonkblog, 31.07.2017)