we do need to have government accountability, and that is why conditionality of aid effecting government change is the w...
I was the first governor in America to declare a real state of emergency on this issue because we decided that we needed...
We also need more targeted and aggressive Federal enforcement interdiction efforts when it comes to fentanyl and these o...
It is very effective.
We do need help from the Federal Government on expanding Medically Assisted Treatment. That is the only way that you can...
People that are addicted need treatment, and they need help, and we are trying to get them the help they need rather tha...
It has to take a comprehensive approach. It is the early education and the prevention, and then it is the treatment for ...
But the folks that are bringing in these large quantities of deadly drugs, knowing that they are going to kill our citiz...
I think we do need more Federal funding with some flexibility for each state.
We want to protect the folks that actually have drug addictions and not treat them just as law enforcement cases.
$6 billion stretched across the country is not going to go very far.
We are doing exactly that, actually. I was just talking with our czar who is heading up this entire emergency operation.
We need more Federal funding. And not to say that $6 billion is not a lot of money; it is to the taxpayers. But it is a ...
This is not just a health issue. Or just an education issue or just a crime prevention issue; it is across almost everyt...
The frustrating part is just imagine if we had not taken all the steps we have taken, how many deaths we would have had.
I think at the Federal level, we have to focus on mental health and substance abuse issues together because, in many cas...
I am a states' rights guy, and I believe that much of the innovation is happening out in the states.
We are hitting that from a number of different directions.