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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=anonymous]#thanksobama[/quote]

I don't know if you posted this for a laugh or not, but the sarcasm only underscores how tragically bad the situation is and the unwillingness of people most affected to address it.

People are dying at a rate of thousands per month, mostly in rural and suburban areas, where addiction continues to be seen as a law enforcement issue rather than a public health crisis. These are also the places where too few decision markers decide to increase funding for ongoing treatment, which is the only thing that will decrease opioid abuse, addiction and overdose deaths.

Earlier this year, Obama requested $1.1 billion for FY2017 from the only body that controls the federal purse strings. This is a pittance compared to what Congress approves for wasteful DoD projects and a host of other things that have no bearing in the lives of Americans. https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2016/02/02/president-obama-proposes-11-billion-new-funding-address-prescription

Congress hemmed and hawed while people kept dying and came back with a fraction of the funds requested - less than $200 million spread out over the next five years, during which time the problem will certainly get worse, costing taxpayers billions more. Democrats decided not to fight for more because we're way past the point of crisis and need action right now.

So really, #ThanksDeadbeatRepublicanLawmakers

And that's nothing compared to way governors and state legislatures - again, in rural states with Republican leadership - are failing. But hey, let's continue those tax breaks for corporations promising minimum wage jobs. Jobs, jobs, jobs. 
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Kasich is one of the few Republican governors who expanded Medicaid, and he did so in part to get all those people access to drug treatment. Because he is a decent man, no matter what you may think of some of his other politics. [/quote]

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