[applause] thank you for being here today. It saddens me. We are here today because of your courage. The Opioid Epidemic impact more than 2 million americans nationwide, and sadly, the number continues to rise. Americansre than 175 to overdoses every day, and millions more are struggling with addiction. As many of you know, addiction affects people in many different ways. I have recently taken a larger incident and what i can do to help. [applause] i have been participating in listening and i have been visiting with people who have been affected by this disease. I want to take a moment now to tell you what i have learned from the men and women on the front lines of this epidemic. Don holman talked to me about his son, garrett. Who took medication for adhd and suffered from depression and anxiety. He explained that social media played a part in his sons erratic moods and behaviors. Garrett started to buy synthetic opioids online and selfmedicated for his depression, passing away from an
Good to be with you. Im annemarie green. Well, rescue and recovery operations are expected to continue this morning in Northern Washington state after a landslide described as a massive wall of mud and debris killed at least eight people. Washingtons governor describes the scene about 55 miles north of seattle as a square mile of total devastation. Its believed at least 18 other are missing. The landslide hit saturday morning. In some areas the mud is 60 feet deep. Bigad shaban has our report. Oh, my god. Reporter rescue crews found more bodies late sunday in the mess of mud and sludge left behind by saturdays huge landslide. Many others are still missing. Im disappointed to tell you that after searching a very large area of that debris field on foot, we didnt find anybody alive. There was no sign of life. Reporter searchers worked carefully sunday combing through muck that was up to 60 feet deep in some areas. The mud is unstable with the consistency of quicksand. The slide destroyed
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