and thank you to bernardo hernandez rojas, the brother of anastasio hernandez-rojas, who is killed in while trying to mayy 2010 enter the united stats from mexico. he was beaten to death by border control officers. when we come back, president obama makes a major announcement andrding heroin use prescription drug abuse. stay with us. ♪ [music break] amy: "el hielo/ice," la santa cecilia. performing here at democracy studios. to see the full performance and interview with them, go to democracynow.org. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman with juan gonzalez. in 2014, record number of americans died from drug overdoses with the highest rate seen in west virginia and new mexico, new hampshire, kentucky, and ohio. many states rereported even higr death tolls in 2015. on tuesday, president obama vowed to step up the fight against heroin and opioid by treating addiction as a health issue, not a criminal problem. at the drugcomment abuse and heroin summit inin atlanta. >> is important to recognize that today, we are seeing more people killed beca