Trump ignores his own commission’s advice on opioids
After an appropriate nod to prevention, which is indeed a potentially efficient means of stemming the epidemic, Mr. Trump launched an extended attack on his predecessor’s record, accusing President Barack Obama’s administration of having reduced drug prosecutions and failing to achieve longer sentences in those drug-related cases it won.
.. For much if not most of the Obama presidency, users obtained opioids through legal channels — starting with doctor prescriptions. At least Mr. Obama’s administration sought to clamp down on that through tightened national prescribing guidelines late in his term.