the subcommittee on oversight investigation will now come to order. today, the subcommittee on oversight and investigations is holding a hearing in titled, public health emergency, state efforts to curb the opioid crisis. the purpose of today s hearing is to examine states efforts and successes and addressing the opioid epidemic, as well as opportunities for future federal support, and just to let everyone know, doctor alexander scott the, reason why we are getting started a little bit late, the plane was delayed, but now the doctor is on her way. so, we will swear in the witnesses when we get to that point, and if we have to do that one later, we will. the chairman recognizes herself an open i using statement. as i, said the committee continues its bipartisan efforts to combat the opioid crisis. the country is in the midst of an opioid epidemic unlike any in history. according to the cdc, from 1999 to 2017, nearly 400,000 people died from opioid overdoses. in 2017, more tha
The National Institute on drug abuse. This is two hours and 15 minutes. Good morning. Welcome to this hearing called fentanyl the next wave of the Opioid Crisis. America is in a full on Opioid Crisis. It started with the overprescribing of opioid drugs and then shifted more to heroin. Today, the subcommittee examines the next wave of the Opioid Crisis and fentanyl. Fentanyl is made in the lab and for many years, it has been a powerful pain medication used by patients with cancer or for those with extreme pain. When i was injured in iraq a few years ago, Battlefield Medicine they, and recovery, gave me lots of fentanyl patches. It is 50 times more potent than heroine and 100 times more potent than morphine. Now, fentanyl has been a powerful additive. This is the way the drug dealers increase profits and expand the number of addicts, by juicing the potency of heroine or other street drugs, like people have done with msg in foods. Users often do not know that fentanyl is in the heroine. T
The National Institute on drug abuse. This is two hours and 15 minutes. Good morning. Welcome to this hearing called fentanyl the next wave of the Opioid Crisis. America is in a full on Opioid Crisis. It started with the overprescribing of opioid drugs and then shifted more to heroin. Today, the subcommittee examines the next wave of the Opioid Crisis and fentanyl. Fentanyl is made in the lab and for many years, it has been a powerful pain medication used by patients with cancer or for those with extreme pain. When i was injured in iraq a few years ago, Battlefield Medicine they, and recovery, gave me lots of fentanyl patches. It is 50 times more potent than heroine and 100 times more potent than morphine. Now, fentanyl has been a powerful additive. This is the way the drug dealers increase profits and expand the number of addicts, by juicing the potency of heroine or other street drugs, like people have done with msg in foods. Users often do not know that fentanyl is in the heroine. T
Nbc 10 starts now. Gunned down standing on a street corner. Security camera shows the moment two teenagers were shot standing outside a philadelphia restaurant. Donald trump attacked. The republican frontrunner finds himself a target because of how hes reacting to a controversial endorsement. We are tracking showers, expect light rain later this morning as we start off in the 40s and 50s ahead of a mild workweek. We like to hear that. Good morning. This is nbc 10 news today. Im katy zachry. 4 31 on your monday morning. We were talking about the mild start to the workweek. Lets get right to meteorologist bill henley with that. Hi, bill. Temperatures are warm, 46 degrees and well be going warmer today. Probably not as warm as yesterday. This is one of the reasons why. You see the rain moving in from the west. Thats on track to arrive here by midmorning. Right now, the heavier showers are moving towards punxsutawney, passing pittsburgh right now. The wet weather will take a few hours to s
Not here quite yet. Lets go to meteorologist bill henley. That will give you time to find your umbrella. A live view of boathouse row, completely dry. Though it is a chilly breeze, its not a cold one. The temperatures not bad, not for the very end of february. 48 degrees in wilmington, upper 40s in northeast philadelphia. 50 right now in millville. Starting to cool down a bit, south philadelphia is now at 43 degrees. Radar is clear to start with but here are the showers. Theyre really starting to lighten up. It looks impressive. A large area in western pennsylvania and central pennsylvania that is seeing rainfall. By the time it gets to us, there will not be a lot of it left. Showers sweeping through this morning. The winds at 14 miles an hour, at 7 00, 47 degrees. Here comes the rain at 10 00 in philadelphia. It wont last long, not with the winds. Those will blow the showers offshore by early this afternoon. 1 00 well start to see sunshine and the temperature, a nice warmup. 58 degree