Commission urges President Trump to declare emergency over opioid crisis

A White House commission called for a national emergency over the opioid epidemic in a report released Monday.

By declaring a national emergency, President Trump's cabinet would be able to take action and would force Congress to find funding for solutions, according to the interim report from the Commission on Combating Drug Addiction and the Opioid Crisis.

"Our citizens are dying," the report reads. "We must act boldly to stop it."

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