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Trump declaring opioid crisis a public health emergency

Name: Trump declaring opioid crisis a public health emergency
Uploaded: 2017-10-26T11:23:48-0400
Duration: 8 min 14 s
Description: President Trump is scaling back his pledge to declare the opioid crisis a national emergency. Instead, he is labeling it a public health emergency. Washington Post report Callum Borchers joins CBSN to explain the distinction.

President Trump is scaling back his pledge to declare the opioid crisis a national emergency. Instead, he is labeling it a public health emergency. Washington Post report Callum Borchers joins CBSN to explain the distinction.