And i believe senator durbin has some opening remarks. We will dive into the witness testimony as well. 1999, more than 700,000 people have died from a Drug Overdose in the United States. Increased opioid addiction in the production of deadly synthetic opioids has exasperated americans staggering overdose death rates. Than 70,000 people died from Drug Overdoses, making it the leading cause of injury related death in the United States. Of those, 68 involved prescription opioids and illicit opioids such as fentanyl. Americans fared no better against the epidemic in 2018 when more than 10 Million People aged 12 or older abused opioids. 2 Million People suffered from an opioid use disorder, and on average 130 americans tied each day from an opioid overdose. Cost and know the disrupted lives and untimely deaths from widespread misuse of prescription and nonprescription opioids. We know from our family, our neighbors and our friends who bear the enduring imprint of lost love ones that the Op
Groups could make best use of the money. Then divide it up. The point of the grant. Is to connect people who are surrounded by violence with Trauma Services 3 3 the trauma of living in a situation where there is constant poverty. As to whether there is constant tension if you can remain in that home. If there are Public Safety tensions. Thats a trauma that doesnt go away and for some individuals that could have a debilitating effect. And it woulha being. The citys office of violence prevention says it will use the grant to help people in the community heal. While also working to address issues that lead to violence in milwaukee. Live in downtown milwaukee. David ade. Cbs 58 news. 3 police in charlotte, North Carolina are preparing for what could be a third night of violent protests. Several people, including two officers were hurt during last nights peaceful protest. That turned into looting and violence. Fatal shooting of a black man by a police officer. Cbss Kenneth Craig has the lat
Will not stand the rising tide of this Public Health crisis if only two out of ten patients get the treatment they need. It wouldnt work for diabetes, it would not work for hiv and it will not work for addiction. Like many other issues we face closing the gap will be complex effort required and multifaceted approach. The federal government needs to work with prevention as, healthcare providers, payers, treatment systems, Public Health officials, states, tramps, and many others to tackle the challenges ahead. As you heard it addressing these issues are key to this administration. We we are proud to support the strategy. The goal of the hhs initiative is to reduce opiate dependence and has three main aims. Changing prescribing behavior, increasing access, today i will focus on the role in each of these areas. With respect to prescribing behavior it is an obvious tactic to prevent misuse by reducing the number of pills and peoples medicine cabinet. To do that as we noted that physicians a
And graphics and presentations. Perhaps you feel as i do, every time we have not won a Pulitzer Prize is a great injustice. Apparently you do. But we know the truth and the truth no matter how much or organizations and journalist cawe covet this and should be heartened by the experts we see in the finalist. Amid this year of celebrations, it is worth reflecting that the pulitzers represents standards. High standards in an era where we have seen standards erode or under frontal assault. When we see distortion and disception and lazy reporting, the pulitzers remind us week take a different route. In pointing us in that direction, the value of the pulitzer is greater than it has ever been. Today we have two sessions that will allow us to do what the pulitzers sask us to do; dig deep. The second is an interview by eugene robison. Winner for columns during a historic election. The first panel will address the oba administration. Joel becker will joe becker will be the questioning person. He
Hi carolyn. As we start the new month, it is really quiet up in northern california. A few leftover showers in the sierra nevada. Those soon will be ending and in Southern California thats where they have all the action. They have the wintry weather the snow and the rain from here through Santa Barbara and los angeles and san diego. So for the bay area that means we will be starting out chilly. 35 in napa. Some fog in santa rosa, 50 in San Francisco and 42 in san jose. So with all the sunshine this morning, temperatures will be in the 60s once again. The rain pushes south or has pushed south. But by tomorrow heres another weak weather system that wants to bring in more rain. We will talk about it and talk about the high temperatures throughout the first full week of march in a few minutes. Carolyn. Thank you, lisa. Weekend weather has been rather odd. Families in south san jose could not believe their eyes when they looked out their windows yesterday. They saw what appeared to be snow.