Ms. Satel welcome everyone to aei. My name is sally satel. I am a resident scholar here. As we know from reading the headlines, on a near daily basis, there is news of the fact that america has one big drug problem. And in fact, overdose from opiates Overdose Deaths come , from heroin and narcotic pills, are now the number one cause of accidental death in this country. So what can policy do about this . What can policymakers do about this . That is what we are here to discuss today. I am joined, very honored to be joined by very esteemed individuals. I think you know them all, but i will give a brief introduction. First, newt gingrich, former speaker of the u. S. House of representatives. Throughout his political life, he has worked to help foster a Health System that provides better care at lower costs. Patrick j. Kennedy, former representative of the state of rhode island for 16 years in the house of representatives. He took a lead role in 2008 legislation that established parity cov
Also, protection monitoring programs have kicked in in 2010 and 2011. Pill mills were cracked down on. Especially ohio, even of the prescribing is going down, the death rates are not. That is because people are moving to other drugs and other painkillers. Ms. , i am sure you are familiar with. I want to show that. This, i am sure you are familiar with. I want to show that. This is a rapid acting antidote. Available by prescription in all states. In about halft up of the states without a prescription. A large part of those opiate pdoses are due to kindles hyntels. When it is out on the street, it is dangerous. Sou can see from the relative it is 100 times as potent as morphine. Most people do not abuse morphine, but they do abuse vicodin,d percocet and hr between morphine and heroin on the slide in terms of potency. Fentanyl is 50 times as potent as heroine. , ite is a new drug around is 10,000 times as potent as morphine. That can kill very efficiently. The fda is probably going to inc
Tackle Money Laundering but lives and businesses were disrupted this Textile Factory in tamil nadu had to close for nearly three weeks its c. E. O. Is still angry. Over today if you get there. Mr the words hes. Made administration didnt just cancel common notes it also took months to replace them and then introduced a new tax on goods and services known as g. S. T. Experts say was necessary many complain of a haphazard rollout it was a double whammy for Small Businesses d. S. T. V. Out of the threat of what we used to have a lot of clients at least two to three hundred in a city he was willing cash we would suing well. After the nets were cancelled and g. S. T. Was brought into the market disappears when we dont get clients from outside the city now business is down a lot of them. Look at. Some businesses asked. Still hurting and thats something modis opponents are capitalizing on they say his policies have disproportionately affected the poor but the Prime Minister and his supporters
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