1 00:00:00,0 --> 00:00:04,869 FRANCE AND THE UNITED STATES. 2 00:00:04,871 --> 00:00:27,23 [APPLAUSE] 3 00:00:27,25 --> 00:00:20,367 ANNOUNCER: IN HIS WEEKLY ADDRESS, PRESIDENT TRUMP TALKS 4 00:00:20,369 --> 00:00:22,269 ABOUT PRESCRIPTION DRUG ABUSE AND OPIOID ADDICTION. 5 00:00:22,271 --> 00:00:27,573 SENATOR JEAN SHAHEEN GIVES THE DEMOCRAT -- JEANNE SHAHEEN GIVES 6 00:00:27,576 --> 00:00:30,944 THE DEMOCRATIC WEEKLY ADDRESS. SHE TALKS ABOUT HEALTH CARE LAW. 7 00:00:30,946 --> 00:00:32,546 [CAPTIONS COPYRIGHT NATIONAL CABLE SATELLITE CORP. 2018] 8 00:00:32,548 --> 00:00:38,819 TRUMP: IT IS GREAT TO BE WITH YOU. 9 00:00:38,820 --> 00:00:42,355 I WANT TO TALK ABOUT OPIOID ADDICTION, WHICH CLAIMED 10 00:00:42,357 --> 00:00:43,689 HUNDREDS OF LIVES EVERY DAY IN 2016. 11 00:00:43,691 --> 00:00:49,663 MY ADMINISTRATION WANTS TO USE EVERY TOOL AT OUR DISPOSAL TO 12 00:00:49,665 --> 00:00:53,299 COMBAT THE OPIOID EPIDEMIC, WHICH INCLUDES GETTING TOUGH ON 13 00:00:53,301 --> 00:00:59,672 THE OPIOID EPIDEMIC PICTURES AND POISON INUTTING THIS 14 00:00:59,674 --> 00:01:01,408 OUR COMMUNITIES. WE HAVE TO GET REALLY TOUGH AND 15 00:01:01,409 --> 00:01:08,514 NASTY, WHAT EVER IT TAKES. WE HAVE TO GET THIS OUT OF OUR 16 00:01:08,516 --> 00:01:12,518 COMMUNITIES. IT INVOLVES ALL OF US THINKING 17 00:01:12,520 --> 00:01:13,753 MISUSE -- PREVENTING MISUSE FROM STARTING AT HOME. 18 00:01:13,755 --> 00:01:21,527 WE'RE CALLING ON ALL AMERICANS TO PREVENT PILL ABUSE AND THEFT 19 00:01:21,529 --> 00:01:25,765 BY CLEANING THEIR HOMES OF POTENTIAL HE DANGEROUS EXPIRED 20 00:01:25,767 --> 00:01:26,967 AND UNNEEDED PRESCRIPTION DRUGS. VERY IMPORTANT. 21 00:01:26,969 --> 00:01:31,638 OPIOID ABUSE AND ADDICTION CAN IMPACT EVERYONE. 22 00:01:31,639 --> 00:01:35,908 EVERYONE KNOWS SOMEONE WHO HAS BEEN IMPACTED. 23 00:01:35,910 --> 00:01:40,847 THAT IS WHY WE CALL THIS THE CRISIS NEXT DOOR. 24 00:01:40,849 --> 00:01:43,83 MOST AMERICANS WOULD ABUSE PRESCRIPTION DRUGS GET THEM FROM 25 00:01:43,84 --> 00:01:48,355 SOMEONE ELSE'S LEFTOVER PRESCRIPTIONS. 26 00:01:48,357 --> 00:01:52,526 MISUSING PRESCRIPTION OPIOIDS CAN BE A GATEWAY TO GET THE 27 00:01:52,527 --> 00:02:02,201 HEROINE ADDICTION, OR THE -- TO OR THEHEROIN ADDICTION, 28 00:02:02,203 --> 00:02:03,236 MISPLACED USED OF FENTANYL-LACED DRUGS. 29 00:02:03,238 --> 00:02:10,277 THAT IS WHY DRUG TAKEBACK DAY IS -- ISITALLY IMPORTANT 30 00:02:10,279 --> 00:02:13,147 VITALLY IMPORTANT. LAST YEAR, AMERICANS TURNED IN 31 00:02:13,149 --> 00:02:17,216 MORE THAN 9000 POUNDS OF UNNEEDED OR EXPIRED DRUGS. 32 00:02:17,218 --> 00:02:23,190 WE CAN DO BETTER THIS YEAR. GET RID OFTURDAY TO 33 00:02:23,192 --> 00:02:28,162 YOUR UNNEEDED OR EXPIRED PILLS SO YOUR HOME DOES NOT CONTRIBUTE 34 00:02:28,164 --> 00:02:35,302 TO AN OVERDOSE OR FUEL AND ABUSE -- FUEL AND ABUSE 35 00:02:35,304 --> 00:02:37,638 AND ADDICTION PROBLEM. PROTECT YOURSELF, FAMILY, AND 36 00:02:37,639 --> 00:02:40,707 LOVED ONES. FIND A PARTICIPATING DISPOSAL 37 00:02:40,708 --> 00:02:49,382 SITE NEAR YOU BY VISITING AY.DEA.GOV, AND 38 00:02:49,384 --> 00:02:50,951 TOGETHER PEOPLE FIGHT THIS CRISIS. 39 00:02:50,953 --> 00:02:54,421 I HAD THE HONOR OF VISITING LAST YEAR IT DEDICATED SERVICE 40 00:02:54,423 --> 00:03:00,626 INTERAGENCY JOINT TASK FORCE IN FLORIDA, WORKING 41 00:03:00,628 --> 00:03:04,697 WITH PARTNERS ACROSS THE HEMISPHERE -- THE TASK FORCE IS 42 00:03:04,699 --> 00:03:08,468 THE INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR DRUG INTERDICTION EFFORTS. 43 00:03:08,470 --> 00:03:11,938 THEY DO LIFESAVING WORK EVERY SINGLE DAY. 44 00:03:11,940 --> 00:03:18,744 THE COASTKE SURE GUARD MEMBERS SERVING ON THE 45 00:03:18,746 --> 00:03:22,548 FRONT LINES ARE GIVEN THE RESOURCES THEY NEED TO DEFEND 46 00:03:22,550 --> 00:03:26,85 AMERICA AND OUR VITAL INTERESTS IN OUR HOME -- OWN HEMISPHERE. 47 00:03:26,87 --> 00:03:33,626 THEY WORK TO PREVENT DRUGS FROM ENTERING OUR COUNTRY, WE 48 00:03:33,628 --> 00:03:36,964 MUST MAKE SURE THAT LEFT OVER EXPIRED PILLS ARE NOT ADDING TO 49 00:03:36,966 --> 00:03:41,100 THE DEATH AND DESTRUCTION AMONG OUR FELLOW AMERICANS.