FRANCE AND THE UNITED STATES.
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ANNOUNCER: IN HIS WEEKLY ADDRESS, PRESIDENT TRUMP TALKS
ABOUT PRESCRIPTION DRUG ABUSE AND OPIOID ADDICTION.
SENATOR JEAN SHAHEEN GIVES THE DEMOCRAT -- JEANNE SHAHEEN GIVES
THE DEMOCRATIC WEEKLY ADDRESS. SHE TALKS ABOUT HEALTH CARE LAW.
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TRUMP: IT IS GREAT TO BE WITH YOU.
I WANT TO TALK ABOUT OPIOID ADDICTION, WHICH CLAIMED
HUNDREDS OF LIVES EVERY DAY IN 2016.
MY ADMINISTRATION WANTS TO USE EVERY TOOL AT OUR DISPOSAL TO
COMBAT THE OPIOID EPIDEMIC, WHICH INCLUDES GETTING TOUGH ON
THE OPIOID EPIDEMIC PICTURES AND POISON INUTTING THIS
OUR COMMUNITIES. WE HAVE TO GET REALLY TOUGH AND
NASTY, WHAT EVER IT TAKES. WE HAVE TO GET THIS OUT OF OUR
COMMUNITIES. IT INVOLVES ALL OF US THINKING
MISUSE -- PREVENTING MISUSE FROM STARTING AT HOME.
WE'RE CALLING ON ALL AMERICANS TO PREVENT PILL ABUSE AND THEFT
BY CLEANING THEIR HOMES OF POTENTIAL HE DANGEROUS EXPIRED
AND UNNEEDED PRESCRIPTION DRUGS. VERY IMPORTANT.
OPIOID ABUSE AND ADDICTION CAN IMPACT EVERYONE.
EVERYONE KNOWS SOMEONE WHO HAS BEEN IMPACTED.
THAT IS WHY WE CALL THIS THE CRISIS NEXT DOOR.
MOST AMERICANS WOULD ABUSE PRESCRIPTION DRUGS GET THEM FROM
SOMEONE ELSE'S LEFTOVER PRESCRIPTIONS.
MISUSING PRESCRIPTION OPIOIDS CAN BE A GATEWAY TO GET THE
HEROINE ADDICTION, OR THE -- TO OR THEHEROIN ADDICTION,
MISPLACED USED OF FENTANYL-LACED DRUGS.
THAT IS WHY DRUG TAKEBACK DAY IS -- ISITALLY IMPORTANT
VITALLY IMPORTANT. LAST YEAR, AMERICANS TURNED IN
MORE THAN 9000 POUNDS OF UNNEEDED OR EXPIRED DRUGS.
WE CAN DO BETTER THIS YEAR. GET RID OFTURDAY TO
YOUR UNNEEDED OR EXPIRED PILLS SO YOUR HOME DOES NOT CONTRIBUTE
TO AN OVERDOSE OR FUEL AND ABUSE -- FUEL AND ABUSE
AND ADDICTION PROBLEM. PROTECT YOURSELF, FAMILY, AND
LOVED ONES. FIND A PARTICIPATING DISPOSAL
SITE NEAR YOU BY VISITING AY.DEA.GOV, AND
TOGETHER PEOPLE FIGHT THIS CRISIS.
I HAD THE HONOR OF VISITING LAST YEAR IT DEDICATED SERVICE
INTERAGENCY JOINT TASK FORCE IN FLORIDA, WORKING
WITH PARTNERS ACROSS THE HEMISPHERE -- THE TASK FORCE IS
THE INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR DRUG INTERDICTION EFFORTS.
THEY DO LIFESAVING WORK EVERY SINGLE DAY.
THE COASTKE SURE GUARD MEMBERS SERVING ON THE
FRONT LINES ARE GIVEN THE RESOURCES THEY NEED TO DEFEND
AMERICA AND OUR VITAL INTERESTS IN OUR HOME -- OWN HEMISPHERE.
THEY WORK TO PREVENT DRUGS FROM ENTERING OUR COUNTRY, WE
MUST MAKE SURE THAT LEFT OVER EXPIRED PILLS ARE NOT ADDING TO
THE DEATH AND DESTRUCTION AMONG OUR FELLOW AMERICANS.