President Donald J. Trump Directs Administration to Use All Appropriate Authority to Respond to Opioid Emergency
The White House
Office of the Press Secretary
For Immediate Release
August 10, 2017
Building upon the recommendations in the interim report from the President’s Commission on Combating Drug Addiction and the Opioid Crisis, President Donald J. Trump has instructed his Administration to use all appropriate emergency and other authorities to respond to the crisis caused by the opioid epidemic.