Who took part in our 2017 studentcam documentary competition. And studentcam 2018 starts in september with the theme the tunisi tunisi constitution you. Were asking students create a video of why the constitution is important. Now a House Oversight hearing on a bill to reauthorize the office of National Drug control policy. This is almost two hours. The committee on government oversieft and reform will come to order. Without objection, the chair is authorized to call a recess at any time. Before we get to Opening Statements, i want to thank everyone. Our guests, our panelists, those in the audience, the members and staff and everyone for how accommodating you were this morning. We had an unforeseen contingency that arose in our normal room. So thank you for understanding. Over the past two decades, elicit drug use has emerged as a Public Safety cries wis overdoses becoming crises with overdoses becoming the leading cause of injury or death in the United States. Opioids and specifically
Crisis. Around two decades ago, it started with the overprescribing of opioid drugs and shifted more to heroin. Today, the subcommittee examines the next wave of the Opioid Crisis and even more dangerous threat on our streets, fentanyl. Fentanyl is made in the lab and for many years it has been a powerful Pain Medicine used by patients with cancer or for those with extreme pain. I remember when i was injured in iraq a few years ago, Battlefield Medicine meant in recovery, they gave me lots of fentanyl patches. I know what its like to have the reaction to that. Its 50 times more potent than heroin. And 100 times more potent than morphine. Now, fentanyl has become a potent adticate to heroin, cocaine, or Prescription Drugs. This is way drug dealers stretch out their supply and spread out the number of addicts, sort of what people have done with msg in fruit. Users aunch dont even know that fentanyl is in the heroin. The fentanyl crisis is exceptionally dangerous because of its high poten
Crisis. Around two decades ago, it started with the overprescribing of opioid drugs and shifted more to heroin. Today, the subcommittee examines the next wave of the Opioid Crisis and even more dangerous threat on our streets, fentanyl. Fentanyl is made in the lab and for many years it has been a powerful Pain Medicine used by patients with cancer or for those with extreme pain. I remember when i was injured in iraq a few years ago, Battlefield Medicine meant in recovery, they gave me lots of fentanyl patches. I know what its like to have the reaction to that. Its 50 times more potent than heroin. And 100 times more potent than morphine. Now, fentanyl has become a potent adticate to heroin, cocaine, or Prescription Drugs. This is way drug dealers stretch out their supply and spread out the number of addicts, sort of what people have done with msg in fruit. Users aunch dont even know that fentanyl is in the heroin. The fentanyl crisis is exceptionally dangerous because of its high poten
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