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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20180630:06:44:00

Marijuana dispensaries have seen lower opioid prescription rates and fewer deaths from opioid overdoses. fewer. not greater. we re going to be looking at 64,000 deaths in 16. we got to stop the deaths. both former governor chris christie and former congressman patrick kennedy served on president trump s commission on combating addiction and the opioid crisis. so i had assembled a whole litany of recommendations for better mental health and addiction for this country. kennedy has been very public about his own addiction and recovery. i was on suboxone for a number of years. it definitely stabilized me. when someone is out there in the throes of opioid addiction it is 100% sure that if you give them opioid replacement therapy you get them stabilized. for kennedy and the rest of the opioid commission, the best way to save lives is expanded access to m.a.t., medication ....

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20180430:00:44:00

Opioid crisis. so i had assembled a whole litany of recommendations for better mental health and addiction for this country. kennedy has been very public about his own addiction and recovery. i was on sub ox xoen for a number of years. when someone is out there in the throws of opioid addiction it is 100% sure that if you give them opioid replacement therapy you get them stabilize. for kennedy and the rest of the opioid commission, the best way to save lives is expanded access to m.a.t. medication assisted treatments. not marijuana. the commission was reacting to a number of questions about whether you could substitute marijuana for opioids and obviously people would be stoned but they wouldn t be dead. zero fatalities it i a point coming up over and over again. no one has ever reportedly died ....

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20180430:03:59:00

Better mental health and addiction for this country. kennedy has been very public about his own addiction and recovery. i was on suboxone for a number of years. it definitely stabilized me. when someone is out there in the throes of opioid addiction, it is 100% sure that if you give them opioid replacement therapy, you get them stabilized. for kennedy and the rest of the opioid commission, the best way to save lives is expanded access to m.a.t. medication assisted treatments. not marijuana. the commission was reacting to a number of questions about whether you could substitute marijuana for opioids and obviously people would be stoned but they wouldn t be dead. zero fatalities. it is a point coming up over and over again. no one has ever reportedly died from a marijuana overdose. would you say that cannabis is ....

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - FOXNEWS - 20180217:00:08:00

Health. i have always said that i said that on the president s opioid commission as well. we have got to have better mental health in our country as well. martha: mental health combined with law enforcement and the rights cases where there is a present danger and an obvious violent background and situation. that s right. martha: attorney general pam bondi, it s always good to speak with you. i know it has been a long week. we thank you for being with us today. thank you very much. thank you, pray for the families. martha: we are. please pray for the families and recovery. martha: trust me we are. those prayers are going your way. thank you for being here tonight. thanks, martha. martha: so the evidence that nikolas cruz was capable of this atrocity went far beyond the tips that were missed. cruz left an almost endless number of red flags in his wake including the fact that law enforcement was called to his home dozens, 30 something times in just the ....

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - FOXNEWS - 20180215:18:21:00

Many factors go into it. but again, you have to look at the mitagators and aggravators. i m certain with 17 dead children and him walk handbag a school with these firearms, they will be seeking the death penalty. harris: we re talking a lot about mental health. over the years, at times when i ve interviewed you, it s come up. we had the pulse shooting in orlando and it s something that continues to come up. i know you have strong thoughts about this. so please share them. gosh. harris, thank you for saying that. among the president i m on the president s opioid commission i was extremely vocal about that as well. we have to have better health treatment in our country. it s unbelievable, and that s from my experience being a prosecutor since i was in my early 20s. i personally had a stalker for four years and the guy would get committed to the state alcohol, ....

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