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Author: Michelle Theriault Boots; Updated: February 15; Published February 15 Gov. Bill Walker issued an order Tuesday officially declaring the state’s opioid crisis a public health disaster. The disaster declaration was designed to create a legal basis for the state to issue a medical “standing order” that allows community groups, law enforcement and members of the public to […]

Author: John Wagner, The Washington Post WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump on Thursday declared the country’s opioid crisis a national emergency, saying the epidemic exceeded anything he had seen with other drugs in his lifetime. The statement by the president came in response to a question as he spoke to reporters outside a national security briefing […]