The Weakness of Trump's Plan to Fight Opioids [TheAtlantic.com]

Samantha Sangenito 8/11/174:00 AM

When voters elected Donald Trump, they knew that he lacked governing experience. But many felt an outsider was needed to shake up a failed status quo. The calculation was especially understandable for folks hit hardest by the opioid epidemic. Under the status quo, they saw addiction and death ravaging their communities.

Why wouldn’t they favor radical change?

But President Trump hasn’t brought an outsider’s perspective to the opiate crisis. He hasn’t challenged the entrenched assumptions of career politicians in Washington, D.C., or proposed sweeping changes to America’s approach to narcotics.

[For more of this story, written by Conor Friedersdorf, go to https://www.theatlantic.com/po...ight-opioids/536292/]

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