04/15/2009
https://www.congress.gov...
"I wish we didn't have to be here today. I wish we didn't have a persistent and growing drug epidemic in this country--one that is ravaging our communities and killing our young people."
"In Maryland, it is, indeed, a public health epidemic and a public health emergency."
"Every day 46 Americans die from prescription opioid overdoses. That's two deaths an hour--17,000 annually."
"More Americans now die from drug overdoses than from car accidents."