This, it led to surprising policy outcomes. In indiana, the ivy drug use problem was so pervasive in some communities the state not only had this huge drug problem on its hands with all of the things that go along with that, it had a increase in the kinds of serious diseases that can be spread through people sharing needles. Including hiv that causes aids. In indiana of all places with their very conservative legislature and their very, very, very conservative governor, indiana ended up having to institute a Needle Exchange program. That was both sanctioned by the state and funded by the state. Just because their Public Health crisis around heroin use got so bad. In the state of maine, maine is a state that looks big on the map but has a small population, only 1. 3 Million People in the whole state. The state of maine has had just an incredible problem of people dying from Drug Overdoses last year. Maine has a population slightly bigger than rhode island. 1. 3 million in the state, mai
And good evening. Im Steve Kornacki in for chuck todd. Welcome to mtp daily. In the revolt against donald trump, it all comes down to this. We are, right now, just 14 hours away from the opening of polls in what will be a supervised tuesday showdown. We have winnertakeall contests in florida and ohio. Its a chance in those states for donald trump to deliver twin knockout blows. One to marco rubio in florida. The other potentially to john kasich in ohio. We also have primaries in illinois, in missouri, in North Carolina, even one overseas. Altogether, hundreds of delegates up for grabs on the republican side, in what could be the republican establishments last stand against the forces of donald trump. And the stakes for the Republican Party could not be higher after what we saw this weekend. A weekend of chaos, of arrests, security concerns, threats of retaliation, and canceled events. All of that consuming the Republican Partys frontrunner and his campaign, and prompting a bipartisan b
The unexpected things that has happened all over the country, particularly in the last five years, is that there has been a huge and rapid escalation in heroin use in our country. And also in the number of deaths in all age groups, in all strata of society in all states, from heroin overdoses. And because the heroin epidemic has been so big and because it has not been geographically concentrated in any one place, its been all over, in the cities, in suburbs in rural areas, everywhere. Blue states, red states, everywhere. It has led to some surprising alliances. In terms of people coming together to try to find a solution to this problem. It has led to some surprising policy outcomes. For example, in indiana, the iv drug use problem was so pervasive in some indiana communities the state not only had this huge drug problem on its hands with all the things that go along with that, it also specifically had a huge increase in the kinds of serious diseases that can be spread through people s
Heroin use in our country. And also in the number of deaths in all age groups, in all strata of society in all states, from heroin overdoses. And because the heroin epidemic has been so big and because it has not been geographically concentrated in any one place, its been all over, in the cities, in suburbs in rural areas, everywhere. Blue states, red states, everywhere. It has led to some surprising alliances. In terms of people coming together to try to find a solution to this problem. It has led to some surprising policy outcomes. For example, in indiana, the iv drug use problem was so pervasive in some indiana communities the state not only had this huge drug problem on its hands with all the things that go along with that, it also specifically had a huge increase in the kinds of serious diseases that can be spread through people sharing needles. Including hiv. The virus that causes aids. In indiana, of all places, with their very conservative legislature and their very, very, very