Highlights of New Hampshire Speech re Drug Addiction 3/19/18
Scourge of drug addiction will stop. 116 die a day from opioids. 100's of years and never been like this. 40,000 people died in 2016. 6 billion add'l in new funding to combat crisis going into 2019. Nat'l Prescrip Take Back - 900,000 lbs. of unused scripts. l,500 lbs. of fentanyl. Told China and Mexico don't send it! don't send it! don't send it!
Prosecuted 3000 drug crime offenders, including pharmacists, physician assist. Operation Granite Shield. 151 drugs traffickers arrested in NH. If we don't get rid of drug dealers we're wasting our time. have to get tough! Toughness includes death penalty for big pushers. we will find you. we will get you. and we will arrest you. standing ovation. Maybe our country is not ready for death penalty. I'm ready for death penalty. audience laughs.
Addl'l steps: non addictive pain killers; major fed'l litigation against over-prescribing; spending a lot of money on large scale roll outs of comm'ls showing how bad drug addiction is (POTUS likes this). scare them. Crisisnextdoor.gov new website.
90% of drugs come from southern border where eventually democrats will agree with us to keep the DAMN DRUGS OUT! standing ovation. Ending sanctuary cities is crucial to stopping drug addiction crisis. He's calling on Congress to block funds for sanc cities. Lawrence,MA is primary source of fentanyl. major drug smuggling operation busted there. MS-13 arrested. Invites cop who busted them on stage. get up here tough guy! I love tough guys! audience laughs and claps. We will win this fight!. We will win!