We Regret to Inform You the White House's Solution to the Opioid Crisis Is Kellyanne Conway

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he scale of the opioid crisis gripping the United States is hard to fathom. Since 2000, lethal overdoses from opioid use have tripled, and the problem is so widespread Centers for Disease Control researchers have concluded it is dragging down the national life expectancy. Though President Donald Trump has declared the epidemic a national public health emergency, he had not until Wednesday appointed an official to coordinate the major federal response experts say is needed to fight the problem.
That the official he settled on is Kellyanne Conway should tell you everything you need to know about how little actual thought this administration has put into solving the crisis.

Per BuzzFeed, U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced Conway—a pollster and Trump confidante best known for repeatedly lying to the public and who has no medical or public health experience—will be overseeing the White House’s opioid control efforts. As Conway takes the reins, the BuzzFeed report noted, the White House has left the Office of National Drug Control Policy’s leadership role empty, failed to release any written opioid-control strategy, and has not requested funds to deplete a national public health emergency fund that currently sits at just $66,000.

What will Conway bring to the table? Per the New York Times’ Maggie Haberman, assisting New Jersey Governor Chris Christie push through a commission report detailing how to fight opioid abuse has been part of her portfolio for some time. Christie’s report described the steps needed as relatively simple, per BuzzFeed, including limiting over-prescriptions, blocking Chinese fentanyl exports, and distributing naloxone, a drug that can stop fatal overdoses, to communities.

But as Quartz noted, Conway’s public record of statements on the issue is sparse and far from encouraging. She’s characterized opioids as a “war,” said the “best way to stop people dying from overdoses and drug abuse is by not starting in the first place,” and suggested that individual “will” was as important as funding while defending Medicaid cuts.


Later, Politico’s Sarah Karlin-Smith reported, the White House even dialed back expectations of how much time Conway will really be devoting to the issue.


... https://gizmodo.com/we-regret-to-inform-you-the-white-houses-solution-to-th-1820867198
 
ttystikk

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ANC said:

he scale of the opioid crisis gripping the United States is hard to fathom. Since 2000, lethal overdoses from opioid use have tripled, and the problem is so widespread Centers for Disease Control researchers have concluded it is dragging down the national life expectancy. Though President Donald Trump has declared the epidemic a national public health emergency, he had not until Wednesday appointed an official to coordinate the major federal response experts say is needed to fight the problem.
That the official he settled on is Kellyanne Conway should tell you everything you need to know about how little actual thought this administration has put into solving the crisis.

Per BuzzFeed, U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced Conway—a pollster and Trump confidante best known for repeatedly lying to the public and who has no medical or public health experience—will be overseeing the White House’s opioid control efforts. As Conway takes the reins, the BuzzFeed report noted, the White House has left the Office of National Drug Control Policy’s leadership role empty, failed to release any written opioid-control strategy, and has not requested funds to deplete a national public health emergency fund that currently sits at just $66,000.

What will Conway bring to the table? Per the New York Times’ Maggie Haberman, assisting New Jersey Governor Chris Christie push through a commission report detailing how to fight opioid abuse has been part of her portfolio for some time. Christie’s report described the steps needed as relatively simple, per BuzzFeed, including limiting over-prescriptions, blocking Chinese fentanyl exports, and distributing naloxone, a drug that can stop fatal overdoses, to communities.

But as Quartz noted, Conway’s public record of statements on the issue is sparse and far from encouraging. She’s characterized opioids as a “war,” said the “best way to stop people dying from overdoses and drug abuse is by not starting in the first place,” and suggested that individual “will” was as important as funding while defending Medicaid cuts.


Later, Politico’s Sarah Karlin-Smith reported, the White House even dialed back expectations of how much time Conway will really be devoting to the issue.


... https://gizmodo.com/we-regret-to-inform-you-the-white-houses-solution-to-th-1820867198
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Free fentanyl hot shots for everyone!

We'll spend rehab dollars on everyone who survives!
 
PetFlora

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"a pollster and Trump confidante best known for repeatedly lying to the public and who has no medical or public health experience—will be overseeing the White House’s opioid control efforts. "

While I totally agree she's far from the best person, let''s be clear about one thing, no president (unless he was VP of the USA, has any experience to draw from to head perhaps the most important job in the world
 
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schuylaar

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PetFlora said:
"a pollster and Trump confidante best known for repeatedly lying to the public and who has no medical or public health experience—will be overseeing the White House’s opioid control efforts. "

While I totally agree she's far from the best person, let''s be clear about one thing, no president (unless he was VP of the USA, has any experience to draw from to head perhaps the most important job in the world
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lets be clear about one thing, anyone hired for a job can be terminated- inclusive of C-level..why is it the MOST IMPORTANT job in the world does not have this provision?

they're piling on chaos and confusion..its working too..ever read uncle bucknitwit and his crusty cronies? proof positive..bunch of saps are playing right into putins perineum.
 
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Mcgician

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To: original poster- What's your solution , Einstein? We're all waiting for your miracle. Please share your miracle. We're all waiting.
 
ttystikk

ttystikk

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PetFlora said:
"a pollster and Trump confidante best known for repeatedly lying to the public and who has no medical or public health experience—will be overseeing the White House’s opioid control efforts. "

While I totally agree she's far from the best person, let''s be clear about one thing, no president (unless he was VP of the USA, has any experience to draw from to head perhaps the most important job in the world
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This is just plain stupid wrong. Mrs Clinton was indeed highly qualified for the job. She just listened to the wrong group of constituents.

And a fine example of whataboutism- because we're actually talking about a medical crisis and any jackass with an MD would have had plenty of relevant experience for the job.

Please turn off Fix News and back away slowly; they're costing you brain cells.
 
londonfog

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schuylaar said:
lets be clear about one thing, anyone hired for a job can be terminated- inclusive of C-level..why is it the MOST IMPORTANT job in the world does not have this provision?

they're piling on chaos and confusion..its working too..ever read uncle bucknitwit and his crusty cronies? proof positive..bunch of saps are playing right into putins perineum.
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seems like @UncleBuck owns you. What happened to get you so upset with the Buckster ? New thread he has not even posted in and yet you bring him up in it.
Fuck in your head, he owns your whole fucking body.
 
srh88

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schuylaar said:
lets be clear about one thing, anyone hired for a job can be terminated- inclusive of C-level..why is it the MOST IMPORTANT job in the world does not have this provision?

they're piling on chaos and confusion..its working too..ever read uncle bucknitwit and his crusty cronies? proof positive..bunch of saps are playing right into putins perineum.
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I wonder why in a thread like this you're attacking buck. Surely you as an addict have some view point on the opioid crisis? Possibly even some ideas on how to solve it
 
Fogdog

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Mcgician said:
To: original poster- What's your solution , Einstein? We're all waiting for your miracle. Please share your miracle. We're all waiting.
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How do you like knowing your vote put Trump in office? He's only interested in getting those tax cuts to the Republican party's big money donors and corporations. The opioid crisis isn't even on his radar. Once the tax cuts are implemented, even fewer resources will be available for health issues like this one. Appointing Pack of Lies Conway to be the public spokesperson and leader for this initiative is the perfect metaphor to express Trump's lack of resolve to address this matter.
 
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