The 'Accidental President' And The Heroin Epidemic

Mr. President, what in God’s name are you doing? Your Attorney General, Jeff Sessions, has turned the clock back in our country almost 35 years. Our nation’s heroin epidemic is a health crisis and will never be solved with a lock-’em-up-and-throw-away-the-key solution. Despite all intelligent research leading to a mandate conclusion that incarceration will not ever diminish drug addiction and the radical negative effects it has on our economy, “My Favorite Martian,” Jeff Sessions, has just ordered federal prosecutors to chase far harsher sentences against drug-addict-criminals. Mr. Trump, who is going to pay for all these non-violent new criminals? You couldn’t even get Mexico to pay for your wall. Furthermore, I certainly hope you understand that the Appalachian states hit hardest by the opioid epidemic will implode the population of our prisons with an extremely large poor black population. And Mr. President, that is just wrong! In fact, it’s un-American. Mr. President, you have a daunting task in front of you. But you can’t “Make America Great Again” by sitting back and watching 4,367 American children die every month from an accidental overdose of heroin. That’s right, 144 people a day die from an accidental overdose of opioids. Mr. Trump, I was born with a brain injury. Doctors at Children’s Hospital in Boston told my parents I’d never be able to walk normally. Young children are mean. My early...
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