Hal Rogers: “In my rural district in Kentucky, it is an epidemic of the abuse of Oxycontin, particularly, but methamphetamines as…”

“In my rural district in Kentucky, it is an epidemic of the abuse of Oxycontin, particularly, but methamphetamines as well. And we have had dozens of young people die from the overabuse of these very addictive drugs, and it truly is an epidemic, and it strikes rich and poor, urban and rural. It does not matter. Wonderful families are broken up by this. People dying, families ruined, no place to go for treatment, no hope involved. And I want to compliment the gentleman for further drawing attention to this real epidemic that is sweeping the whole country, not just the cities, but I think probably especially now the rural areas. And I compliment him for bringing this up again, but also the chairman and him for including funds to help us fight it.”