{"id":3264,"date":"2019-10-18T15:07:23","date_gmt":"2019-10-18T15:07:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.www.idahoinsuranceagency.com\/?p=3264"},"modified":"2023-07-20T18:14:35","modified_gmt":"2023-07-20T18:14:35","slug":"the-opidoid-epidemic-a-national-emergency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.idahoinsuranceagency.com\/the-opidoid-epidemic-a-national-emergency\/","title":{"rendered":"\u200bThe Opidoid Epidemic: A National Emergency"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On October 26, 2017 President Trump declared the Opioid Epidemic <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2017\/10\/26\/politics\/donald-trump-opioid-epidemic\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">a national emergency.<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"paragraph\">\n<p>His speech emphasized the need to eliminate heroin routes coming in from Mexico, while ignoring the fact that the majority of the deaths from completely legal prescription opioid painkillers.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.asam.org\/docs\/default-source\/advocacy\/opioid-addiction-disease-facts-figures.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">In 2015 alone<\/a>, 12,990 died from heroin overdose and an astounding 20,101 died from prescription medications.<\/p>\n<p>Trump has miles of red tape to cut through, but he&#8217;s hopeful that a robust advertisement campaign will be able to recede the flood waters.<\/p>\n<p>Whatever the avenue to stop the abuse and resulting deaths from all opioids take is a step in the right direction.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On October 26, 2017 President Trump declared the Opioid Epidemic a national emergency. 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