Dem senator calls for 'war on drugs'

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A new "war on drugs" is necessary to combat West Virginia's opioid crisis, Sen. Joe Manchin
said Tuesday.

The West Virginia Democrat's phrasing was a throwback to a highly criticized Nixon-era program of the same name.


"We need to declare a war on drugs," Manchin said on CNN Tuesday when asked what President-elect Donald Trump should do about the opioid situation.

"We've got some places that are really having some success rates, Jake, and most of them are run by reformed addicts," Manchin told host Jake Tapper

http://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/311289-dem-senator-calls-for-war-on-drugs-gets-mocked-online

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I asked a couple of days ago if this guy was a Dino ....he just proved my point..

[rurallib]

1. we shoulod have a war on his daughter's drug company that sell life saving epipens

for an outrageous markup. They could be making huge bucks at $50 a pen and she's selling them for $300.

Opioids are a problem, Joe Manchin, but so is your daughter's outrageous overpricing that may cause some child to die needlessly.

[geomon666]

2. Declare war on drug companies.

Until then, go fuck yourself, DINO bastard.

[yeoman6987]

3. Joe mansion is the most likely of 23 Democratic seats to lose in 2018

He's trying to save his seat that went 42 percent above Hillary for trump.

Not excusing this war on drugs things but that's why he's doing this.

[Warren DeMontague]

4. Last one worked so well, huh?

How about we start treating it like a public health issue, instead of a law enforcement one.

Oh, and states that have legal marijuana have seen a reduction in opiate abuse.