Come to order, without objective, chair is authorized to declare a recess at any time. Before mr. Connolly and i give Opening Statements, i want to thank everyone. Our guests, panelists, those in the audience, members and staff and everyone for how accommodating you were this morning. We had an unforeseen contingency that arose in our normal hearing room. Thank you for being so understanding. Over the past two decades, illicit drug use emerged as a Public Health and safety crisis with overdoses becoming the leading kauj of injury or death in the United States. Opioids specifically heroin and prescription pain relievers are the cause of most Overdose Deaths in the United States with a death rate more than doubling since the year 2000. In south carolina, which is where im from, at least 95 people die from heroin in 2015 which is almost twice as many as the Previous Year and more than 5660 died from the abuse of prescription opioids over the same period of time. 0 died from prescription o
Before mr. Connolly and i give Opening Statements, i want to thank everyone. Our guests, panelists, those in the audience, members and staff and everyone for how accommodating you were this morning. We had an unforeseen contingency that arose in our normal hearing room. Thank you for being so understanding. Over the past two decades, illicit drug use emerged as a Public Health and safety crisis with overdoses becoming the leading kauj of injury or death in the United States. Opioids specifically heroin and prescription pain relievers are the cause of most Overdose Deaths in the United States with a death rate more than doubling since the year 2000. In south carolina, which is where im from, at least 95 people die from heroin in 2015 which is almost twice as many as the Previous Year and more than 5660 died from the abuse of prescription opioids over the same period of time. 0 died from prescription opioids over the same period of time. The epidemic is growing and lives are at stake, li
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
In 1996, went to a graveyard and found lescowskys tomb stone with a similar birthday. Using that information he obtained a birth certificate for the real nathan, he then proceeded to go to Social Security, and he was the real nathan and actually had a Social Security number issued under that name at that time. Reporter vincent lived with that identity for 21 years until december of 2016 when his aunt logged on to ancestry. Com and that is when vincent lie started to unravel our sons birth certificate , death certificate came up which we fully expect. But then after that a marriage license came back and that is what started it. Reporter by phone from texas nathans mother peggy l askosky says the family called a local Social Security office and then started a investigation and led by to vincent, married wide, hopped from state to to state and landed in lansdale pennsylvania. Thinks a rare circumstance that we dont see a lot thankfully. Were extremely relieved that he is apprehended. Repo
In 1996, went to a graveyard and found lescowskys tomb stone with a similar birthday. Using that information he obtained a birth certificate for the real nathan, he then proceeded to go to Social Security, and he was the real nathan and actually had a Social Security number issued under that name at that time. Reporter vincent lived with that identity for 21 years until december of 2016 when his aunt logged on to ancestry. Com and that is when vincent lie started to unravel our sons birth certificate , death certificate came up which we fully expect. But then after that a marriage license came back and that is what started it. Reporter by phone from texas nathans mother peggy l askosky says the family called a local Social Security office and then started a investigation and led by to vincent, married wide, hopped from state to to state and landed in lansdale pennsylvania. Thinks a rare circumstance that we dont see a lot thankfully. Were extremely relieved that he is apprehended. Repo