Trump Aims To Cut Prescriptions By A Third In New Opioid Plan, But Call For Death Penalty Nabbing Most Attention
President Donald Trump's plan to battle the opioid crisis includes a fresh public-awareness campaign about drug abuse, a research-and-development partnership between the National Institutes of Health and pharmaceutical companies into opioid prescription alternatives, tougher sentences for fentanyl traffickers, and screening of all prison inmates for opioid addiction.