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In a statement to the press on Tuesday, President Trump declared that the United states would fight and win the battle against opioid addiction. Despite the fact that opioid overdoses killed tens of thousands last year, with 2017 on track to set a grim record, ABC and CBS skipped over Trump’s latest statement and new recommendations from his opioid commission. NBC was the only network in the Big Three to even mention them.
“And now we turn to another major story,” announced Anchor Lester Holt during NBC Nightly News to denote its importance. “President Trump today vowing to win the battle against the deadly opioid epidemic in this country.”
NBC’s Blake McCoy traveled to Cincinnati, Ohio to report on their dire reality. “This past Saturday, Hamilton County saw 22 suspected overdoses in 24 hours, prompting public health officials to issue a community wide alert,” he reported. “Dr. Sammarco, the coroner here, said she's already seen 313 overdose deaths this year, the county easily on track to pass last year's record, 403 deaths.”
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