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Home 🌿 Marijuana Politics 🌿 President Obama Says It’s Time To End The War On Drugs And Start The War On Addiction 🌿President Obama Says It’s Time To End The War On Drugs And Start The War On Addiction
CHARLESTON, West Virginia — With his eye on multiple conflicts across the globe, President Obama traveled to the capital of West Virginia on Wednesday afternoon (Oct. 21) to talk about a different kind of war: the battle against addiction.
“This crisis is taking lives,” said Obama at the beginning of an hour-long community conversation about the impact of prescription drug abuse in West Virginia and across the nation. “It’s destroying families, shattering lives across the country … white, black, Hispanic, young, old, rich, poor, urban, suburban … One of the problems is too many families suffer in silence.”
Speaking at the East End Family Resource Center to a packed audience of local dignitaries, community members and parents of addicted teens, Obama talked about how his administration will fight prescription drug abuse and help families struggling with the stigma of addiction.
“One of my goals when I came into office...
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