Dickerson good evening. Scott is off. Im john dickerson. America has an addiction problem, and today in the first report of its kind, Surgeon General vivek murthy called for a major shift in the way we treat this. His report says nearly 21 million suffer from Substance Abuse. It affects more americans than cancer, yet 90 are not getting treatment. The Economic Impact is more than 440 billion. Ne dr. Tara narula joins us now. Tara, do we really know how to define addiction . Reporter the report does a great job of telling us this is a spectrum that ranges from substance misuse all the way to the more severe form of the disorder addiction. Its a call to action for a Public Health crisis that affects individual, families, society. The number of americans affected by Substance Abuse disorders is as Many Americans affected by diabetes, more than 1. 5 times the americans affected by cancer, and yet we accept a probably not. The hope is this will catalyze change, as did the Surgeon Generals r
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Ght back. Almost sixty million americans are affected by mental illness. Together we can help them with three simple words. My name is chris noth cer you taught him how to hit a baseball. How to hit a receiver. You even taught him how to hit the open man. But how much time have you spent teaching him. Today mr. Trump met with japans prime minister, his first meeting with a world leader since the election. The Vice President elect went to the capitol to build bridges with friends and former colleagues. Heres nancy cordes. Reporter Vice President elect pence was on a Charm Offensive today, taking selfies with house republicans, meeting with leaders and tourists alike. This is earl, everybody. Reporter the 12year veteran of capitol hill vowed to be a link between congress and the president elect, whose shifting positions sometimes puzzle lawmakers from both sides. Were beginning to discuss areas that we might move forward on together. Reporter as mr. Pence made the rounds in d. C. , a ste
This is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Dickerson good evening. Scott is off tonight. Im john dickerson. This is our western edition. America has an addiction problem, and today, in the first report of its kind, Surgeon General vivek murthy called for a major shift in the way we treat this. His report says nearly 21 million suffer from Substance Abuse. It affects more americans than cancer. Yet 90 are not getting treatment. The Economic Impact is more than cbs news medical correspondent dr. Tara narula joins us now. Tara, do we really know how to define addiction . Reporter the report does a great job of telling us that this is a spectrum that ranges from substance misuse, all the way to the more severe form of the disorder, addiction. Its a call to action for a Public Health crisis that affects individual, families, society. The number of americans affected by Substance Use disorders is as Many Americans as affected by cancer, and yet would we accept a treatment rate for 10 fo
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