Trump builds on Obama opioid policy
(WorldNews Health)

WASHINGTON - Deep within President Donald Trump´s plan to combat opioid abuse, overshadowed by his call for the death penalty for some drug traffickers, is a push to expand the use of medication to treat addiction. It´s a rare instance in which Trump isn´t trying to dismantle Obama administration policies, and where fractious Republicans and Democrats in Congress have come together. Trump declared last month that `we´re making medically assisted treatment more available and affordable,` even as Congress was working to approve $1 billion for a new treatment grant program for opioids as part of the massive government funding bill. Not to offer such treatment is like `trying to treat an...