loved ones die. everybody came together. law enforcement and the treatment providers and the government and businesses anded we are done with this. we will do whatever we can to make sure our loved ones get the help they need. martha: good for them. she was prescribed pain killers. he talks about the treatment providers. is there enough progress with doctors not putting this out there? yes, but the problem is when you cut someone off addicted to a prescription opioid? you want them to soldier on and go through violent detox? martha: why they are getting it in the first place. there is a feeling in in country that pain is not something you should have. i understand if you are a carnes patient.ncer patient.
peak yearly death totals from car crashes, hiv, or gun deaths. they attribute the uptick to more people using opioids and the drugs themselves becoming more lethal. cdc noted a rise in synthetic opioid use, and substances like fentanyl being mixed with other drugs. deaths from heroin, methadone, and prescription opioid pills fell. the cdc numbers are a midyear estimate. the organization will continue collecting and investigate state death records throughout the year. at least 34 students are dead after a suicide bomber attacked a private education center in kabul. at least 56 more also wounded there in what a witness describes as a quote horrific scene. that attack happened as teenaged students, both male and female, were studying for university entrance exams in a classroom set up in a large tent in the education center s courtyard, according to reuters. it occurred less than 24 hours
drunk and wrecked a government vehicle. there are also accusations about jackson s prescribing practices. he once allegedly gave a large supply of percocet, a prescription opioid, to another staffer without documenting it, throwing his staff into a panic. when traveling on air force one, physicians and nurses describe him handing out ambien to help people sleep and provigil to help them wake up, earning him this nickname the candy man. because he dolled out prescription drugs like candy on these trips where they flew through multiple time zones. reporter: we ve talked to some who say that s standard operating procedure, to make sleeping aids, for instance, available on long trips. well, all i ve got to say is, that if that s standard operating procedure, i have not witnessed it nor have i participated in. reporter: late today, as these new details emerged, jackson was spotted at the white house. asked about prescribing that percocet, he denied it. i have no idea where
allegations against ronny jackson made by 23 of ronny jackson s colleagues. at a secret service going away part he got drunk and wrecked a government vehicle. another says ronny jackson provided such a large supply of perk set, a prescription opioid to a white house military office staff member that he threw his own medical staff into a panic when they couldn t account for the missing drugs. here s the principal deputy white house press secretary tonight. is he going to withdraw? are you preparing for that? are you preparing for him to withdraw? we re prepared for everything. prepared for everything means, of course, they re prepared for him to withdraw. francesca chambers joins us next. she asked the tough questions about ronny jackson in today s white house briefing. once there was an organism so small
or is it better for donald trump to keep the controversy alive to keep it off his friend michael cohen for invoking the fifth amendment. nbc news reports ronny jackson has been increasing frustrated with the process and thinking about withdrawing his name according to two sources with knowledge of the situation. today senator jon tester released a summary of damaging allegations against ronny jackson made by 23 of ronny jackson s colleagues. at a secret service going away part he got drunk and wrecked a government vehicle. another says ronny jackson provided such a large supply of perk set, a prescription opioid to a white house military office staff member that he threw his