DRUGS/TRUMP FAMILY/MELANIA: “First lady Melania Trump on Thursday [9-29-17] led her first roundtable discussion on a policy issue, signaling she is adding the opioid crisis and its effects on families and children to her portfolio…
Some of the invitees’ lives were directly affected by opioid abuse and others work in the drug recovery field. Other attendees included Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and Kellyanne Conway, counselor to the President…
Grisham added Trump is focusing on youth drug prevention and education to help combat the epidemic at the earliest ages, something the first lady reiterated in her brief opening remarks at Thursday’s event.
‘With the many issues (children) face as they are growing up, drug addiction, especially opioid abuse, is one of those issues,’ said Trump, who was wearing a crisp white shirt under a black suit jacket. ‘I look forward to working alongside the Presidential Opioid Commission, and people such as yourself, to do all we can to teach children the dangerous consequences of drug abuse.’…
The addition of the opioid crisis to Trump’s agenda comes as the nation’s drug problem spirals out of control, with overdose death rates mounting by the thousands.”
-Kate Bennett,”Melania Trump hosts opioid abuse roundtable,” CNN Politics, CNN.com, Sept. 29, 2017 11:14am