with the whole opioid issue, by increasing, significantly, the number the number of people in justice department working on this issue. and so, there there s much more to say about it. but it is incredibly, incredibly dangerous. mr. president, i believe there s no better way to speak about this than from experience. um, i don t think there s probably a family in this room who hasn t been affected by addiction. you ve been very open about your son, hunter s problems with addiction. this is personal, for you. listen, i have dealt with it in in my own family. every family deals with it but this is personal for you. yes. and i m so damn proud of my son. my son just wrote a book about how he overcame being addicted. and he did it, and he is doing it. and he is in good shape, thank god. here is the thing. we don t have nearly enough people involved in mental-health and drug-addiction services, number one. number one.
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OhioHealth honoring veterans
MARION - Small American flags now line the new public walking path at OhioHealth Marion General. Associates from the hospital s intensive care unit on Saturday - Armed Forces Day - placed 440 flags along the path as a tribute to veterans. The flags will remain in place through Memorial Day. They were donated by the hospital’s ICU, ER, 4 South and centralized nursing departments.
The .38 mile walking path is eight feet across and located along McKinley Park Boulevard from the corner of Delaware Avenue to McKinley Park. It was funded by the hospital’s TWIG I group in order to leave a wellness legacy. The public is welcome to use the path, open from dawn to dusk every day.
abortion, among all the other failings. tomorrow, we begin the end of obamacare once and for all. so the vast majority, at least in the last couple days, has been on pre-existing conditions and what this bill would mean for that. mike pence spoke for a lot of people on the right yesterday when he said the obamacare vote is one i m quoting him here the defining victories for life. is he right, and what are the other things you re looking at as the senate may well be getting this bill sometime later today? it s interesting that the vice president is using an attack on women s health care as the justification for the house vote. that s outrageous. this bill does so much to hurt millions of americans. the bottom lin is, the affordable care act has reduced our uninsured rates by half. has provided quality coverage. medicaid population getting mental health and drug addiction services. that s gone under the bill that