{"id":6742,"date":"2017-05-14T05:00:21","date_gmt":"2017-05-14T09:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=6742"},"modified":"2017-05-12T08:56:58","modified_gmt":"2017-05-12T12:56:58","slug":"communities-key-to-fighting-opioid-crisis-hhs-secretary-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=6742","title":{"rendered":"Communities Key To Fighting Opioid Crisis, HHS Secretary Says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(By Rachel Martin, Ashley Brown, Barry Gordemer and Rebecca Hersher for NPR)<\/p>\n<p>In March, President Trump<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/2017\/03\/29\/521954061\/trump-holds-listening-session-on-opioid-addiction\">called<\/a><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>opioid abuse in the U.S. &#8220;a total epidemic,&#8221; and<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/the-press-office\/2017\/03\/30\/presidential-executive-order-establishing-presidents-commission\">issued an executive order<\/a><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>creating a commission focused on combating the opioid crisis.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/health-shots\/2017\/05\/12\/527936103\/communities-key-to-fighting-opioid-crisis-hhs-secretary-says?utm_campaign=KHN%3A%20First%20Edition&amp;utm_source=hs_email&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=51860279&amp;_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_SHDX043bqe6-g8UZxXGPXnU2astNKquY34paSWfGIjp2Rh5kXWf4YXsIIewmt22cNoqQDoTZLIeg9u2V6KDJKmpByKQ&amp;_hsmi=51860279\" target=\"_blank\">Continue reading article here&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/NPR-logo.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3902\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/NPR-logo.png\" alt=\"NPR logo\" width=\"152\" height=\"55\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/NPR-logo.png 152w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/NPR-logo-150x55.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 152px) 100vw, 152px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<pre><strong>Notice<\/strong>: The link provided above connects readers to the full content of the posted article. The URL (internet address) for this link is valid on the posted date; medicarereport.org cannot guarantee the duration of the link\u2019s validity. Also, the opinions expressed in these postings are the viewpoints of the original source and are not explicitly endorsed by AMAC, Inc.; the AMAC Foundation, Inc.; or medicarereport.org.<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(By Rachel Martin, Ashley Brown, Barry Gordemer and Rebecca Hersher for NPR) In March, President Trump\u00a0called\u00a0opioid abuse in the U.S.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6742","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-emerging-health-issues"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6742","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6742"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6742\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6743,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6742\/revisions\/6743"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6742"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6742"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6742"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}