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Sessions: Drug overdoses ‘top lethal issue’ in the US
By: Associated Press//August 29, 2017//
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GREEN BAY (AP) — Attorney General Jeff Sessions is calling the epidemic of drug overdose deaths “the top lethal issue” in the U.S. and urging everyone “create and foster a culture that’s hostile to drug use.”
Sessions delivered the remarks on Tuesday to the National Alliance For Drug Endangered Children, which is holding its annual conference in Green Bay. Sessions told his audience that preliminary data show that nearly 60,000 people died from overdoses in the U.S. in 2016 — the largest number in the country’s history.
Sessions spoke for about 25 minutes and left without taking questions.
At one point, he accused Hollywood, the media and government officials for sending “mixed messages about the harmfulness of drugs.” He didn’t name any government officials.
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