At the seam time a new report shows iowans are buying hundreds of millions of addictive pharmaceuticals. The Iowa Prescription Monitoring Program says last year alone, iowans bought 300 million pills. A 5th of those pills were vicadin and a powerful common narcotic pain kill canner he. Since it was created killer. Since it was created fewer are hopping from doctor to doctor until they get prescriptions. The program is work on expanding the data base by sharing information with more states to better track patients. Donald trump may have received the endorsement of new Jersey Governor Chris Christie last week. But Iowa Governor Terry Branstad is not ready to support any president ial candidate. At his Weekly Press Conference this morning, governor branstad said regardless of whether people agree with christies endorsement or not he respects it as a strategic timely move that helped move the spotlight off marco rubios good debate trump. I think it was brilliant move and it obviously chang
Storm team 4s dave price is tracking this as it comes through. We are continuing to watch it. We are tracking the storm as it rolls on through. These systems or cells as they push through our direction, severe watches for severe thunderstorm activity through 9 00 p. M. They are going to continue, most likely to be cut on down. For the time being down to ocean county, this entire area is in the severe thunderstorm watch. Now, as we go and take a look at the live radar picture, you see some areas with rather strong activity. This system still pushing in our direction. Our eyes are on it, but its running into a sea breeze, so could probably or most likely lose some of its strength in the next little while. Meanwhile, a strong system through long branch, toms river and the atlantic. To the west, theres more juice in this. Thats why our concern is straight through the 9 00 hour. Well watch it for you, our eyes in the meantime, back to you, rob. Well see the full forecast in a few minutes. T
And so Law Enforcement across the land has had a paradigm shift and understand for that very reason it is a cliche now. Cant arrest our way out of the problem, nor do they want to. Addiction is a disease and needs to be treated however those that capitalizing benefit of the ones we are after. Final question, you talked about budget reductions. Can you expand on that and what the impact has been . The program has historically been very valuable and using the funding appropriated. We have in the past provided a very substantial return on investment. To reduce the program would put us back many years in the progress we have made. The language in the authorization have we reduced the program . No comeau we have not. You talked about a budget reduction. While he is checking, im taking a little more time. The dollar amount reflected was actually taken from the president s fy 16 Budget Proposal and not representative of level funding. My testimony, what we are recommending, the program, congr
We will come to order, without objection the chair is authorized to declare recess at any time. The the office of natural drug control policy is charged with guiding the big picture strategy for addressing illicit drug problems in this country and the consequences thereof. I think we can all agree this is a problem that merits meaningful solutions. Over the years we as a nation have tried a variety of approaches to address the drug problem from the last reauthorization in 2006. Still today, the o and dcp has been intimately involved in the drug control efforts. Todays hearing hearing will look at the o and d. C. Since its last reauthorization which expired at the end of fiscal year 2010. There ten. There are important questions for consideration, one has it evolved into mask the drug control strategies, too, what is the value of this office and is a correctly placed an appropriately resourced to fulfill those functions . Earlier this year, the agency sent a letter to chairman and Ranki
The Team Management says it is prepared for the upcoming cold season. The glitch as you recall happened last Tuesday Morning early in the morning at 4 00 a. M. A commuter train derailed after a piece of track snapped. It was a 20foot section of the rail crumbled apart. Three cars derailed. No passengers on board and nobody was hurt. Team management said it was fixed by early afternoon, but it is still looking into why the rail snapped to begin with. They report issues with the third rail which was plagued last year with problems and it says it was able to safely store 100 of the cars on the orange line in tunnels. Live in boston at this hour, reid lamb reid lamberty, wcvb, newscenter 5. Ed contraband worth millions is now off the streets. Lets get to jack harper who is live with the discovery and the arrests made. Reporter well, hello, ed. The two were in court identified as louis perez, 45 years old of tewksbury. According to the middlesex d. A. They were alleged looy running a big dr