Opioids have exacerbated americas staggering overdose death rates. In 2017 moreor than 70,000 peope died from Drug Overdoses making it the leading cause of injury related deaths in the United States. Se, 60 involve prescription opioids and illicit opioid such as fentanyl. Americans fared no better against Opioid Epidemic in 2018 when more than 10 Million People aged 12 or older of abused opioid in 2 Million People suffered from an opioid use disorder and on average 130 americans died each day from an opioid openers. We did not know that some cost and disrupted lives or untimely deaths from widespread misuse of prescription and nonprescription opioids but we know from our family, our neighbors and our friend who bear the enduring lost loved ones that the opio crisis is not over. We must continue contending with this crisis. That being said, we made Great Strides over the past three years to help combat the epidemic, congress has passed landmark Bipartisan Legislation directed to combati
Actor robert wagner, a person of interest in her death. And panic on a plane. Fire erupting in the cabin when a phone charger suddenly explodes. Passengers jumping into action. This is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening, everyone, and welcome to our viewers in the west. In a country virtually numbed by the frequency of School Shootings, what happened in a Los Angeles Middle School today came as a stunning shock. A 12yearold girl in custody accused of bringing a gun into the classroom where shots rang out, striking some of her classmates. Five were injured, one left seriously wounded. And tonight distraught parents who spent part of this day anxiously awaiting word about their children, are asking why. Our Steve Patterson is in los angeles today with late details. Reporter terror inside a middle school classroom. Shooting at 1575 west second street. A better location is castro middle school. Reporter shortly before 9 00 this Morning Police responded to reports of a shooting