President Donald Trump awards the Medal of Honor to James McCloughan, who served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War, during a ceremony at the White House on July 31, 2017.President Donald Trump declared a national emergency on the opioid crisis on Thursday.
The decision's in line with what the White House Opioid Commission recommended on July 31.
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More than 183,000 people died from overdoses related to prescription opioid painkillers like oxycodone, hydrocodone, fentanyl, and morphine over the last 15 years.
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