Trump’s new opioid strategy isn’t new at all — and it has failed

For someone who touted himself as an agent of change, President Trump’s opioid policy announced in New Hampshire last month is profoundly disappointing. The president wants to reduce opioid prescriptions by another third over the next three years and press for longer prison sentences and death penalties for drug-related crimes.
Doubling down on the same policy that has failed to work — and has made things worse — is not what one expects from a change agent.
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