Order and for an opening statement. In the midst of a fierce battle against an epidemic by opioids. This crisis has touched every corner of american society. Whielt new england and the regions represent states hardest hit by the epidemic. Health officials from the south and reaching across the Mountain West all reported growing over dose deaths in those counties. The latest deaths is astounding. 91 americans died every day from an over dose. Now more than ever we must come together and strengthen our commitment to fight this malady. I expect todays member state will bring to the forefront key insights and solutions on this critical issue. The energy in Congress Committee led several bipartisan initiatives. And the comprehensive Addiction Recovery alct and the 21st century act are now law at the state and local levels. Much needed policy changes are being implemented. The inflicted passage of kara and cures. As a result, patients now have greater access to evidencebased treatment, adiks
Those are only two of my good things. I dont want to tell you about the bad things. But he really helped me. I had had had somebody that guided me and he had a very, very tough life because of alcohol, believe me. Members of the u. S. House met recently about combatting the Opioid Epidemic. They also shared their own stories in dealing with opioids and other drugs. Subcommittee will come to order and for an opening statement. In the midst of a fierce battle against an epidemic by opioids. This crisis has touched every corner of american society. Whielt new england and the regions represent states hardest hit by the epidemic. Health officials from the south and reaching across the Mountain West all reported growing over dose deaths in those counties. The latest deaths is astounding. 91 americans died every day from an over dose. Now more than ever we must come together and strengthen our commitment to fight this malady. I expect todays member state will bring to the forefront key insigh
Schools. The news 4 iteam goes under koev to show you how neighbors are accused of making money from students. News 4 begins now with storm team 4. We start tonight with the rain outside your window and on our radar. Its here and it is not going away for a while. This is our window. It is going to be a very messy commute for a lot of us tomorrow morning. Lets get right to the forecast and chief meteorologist doug kammerer. How messy are we talking . Tomorrow morning is really going to be a mess out there. The heaviest rain coming just as the morning commute gets started. Take a look right now already seeing heavy rain across the area on storm team 4 radar. The rain around the district here is heavy rain in through Loudoun County back towards warrenton. This area is prone to flash flooding. We will have to watch this very closely because there is a lot more rain to come. I think we will get a bit of a break tonight. Look to the south here is where heavy rain is, storms to the south. All
We are in weather alert mode. Putting out exfrom postings on our feeds. Heaviest rain during the afternoon hours. That band of heavy rain is two hours. 7 00, 9 00, 10 00, that will be the worst of it. Heaviest rain in the morning. Any afternoon storms could produce gusty winds and small hail as well. The dog had a quick potty break. We had the steady rain. Dog walking or if you need one, we have cinnabun needs a heavy rain, breezy. By afternoon shower or thunderstorm. 270 on the radar. Steady rain. Closer to the district. Alexandria, springfield, west springfield. That extends towards fredericksburg. Chuck and i will take a look at the roads. Outer loop at old georgetown road, that crash spun around. Sounds like it is on the shoulder and things are loosening up. Not solid red any longer. Rest of the beltway looks okay. Inner loop at 7, still have the crash on the shoulder there. New crash before popes head road. Crash reported there as. Same situation 95. Reminder that all of that gree
Different than they are in an adult . And ill ask you . Well it could be a little confusing because kids are moving targets so theres always change as they develop so it can be really hard for some families to identify is what im seeing Typical Development or is this really an indication of a problem. So for instance teens. So its typical for teens to get a little bit moody at what point do you say this is no longer moodiness but maybe an indication of something much more significant like a Mood Disorder whether its depression or by polar disorder so what youre really looking for is is there a dramatic shift in how your child is behaving now versus how they have been in the past. What ill tell people is you just have to trust your gut. You know your child and if you have any concerns whats the harm in going and seeking out a little bit of experience in dealing with issues, Mental Health issues in kids. Talk to them and let them help you figure out whether theres Something Else that nee