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TexasTowelie

(117,233 posts)
Fri Apr 7, 2017, 02:35 AM Apr 2017

Kasich discovers opioid crisis

Gov. John Kasich said recently that when it comes to the opioid overdose epidemic, Ohio is “paying the price right now for a lot of the neglect that happened in the past.”

Well, no kidding. Mr. Kasich has been governor since 2011. During that time, Ohio has become the nation’s leader in opioid overdose deaths. We’re No. 1, which is humiliating and shameful for Ohio. And it happened during this governor’s watch.

So the governor should take a good, long look in the mirror when he talks of neglect.

Ohio had 2,106 deaths blamed on opioids in 2014. That number rose by more than 20 percent in 2015. There are no solid numbers yet for 2016, but Montgomery County, which includes Dayton, added 12 additional beds to its coroner’s office in 2016, and it still wasn’t enough, so the 2016 numbers will probably outpace those of previous years.

If blame has to be assigned, Mr. Kasich would be a logical person to point the finger at. For too long in 2016, the governor was on the campaign trail, touting his $2 billion rainy day fund as his chief qualification for being president. Even after Donald Trump won the Republican nomination, Mr. Kasich continued to be an absent governor, positioning himself for a 2020 presidential run during appearances in New Hampshire.

Read more: http://www.toledoblade.com/Featured-Editorial-Home/2017/04/07/Toledo-Blade-featured-editorial-John-Kasich-discovers-opioid-crisis.html

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Kasich discovers opioid crisis (Original Post) TexasTowelie Apr 2017 OP
And he's still running for president ladym55 Apr 2017 #1

ladym55

(2,577 posts)
1. And he's still running for president
Fri Apr 7, 2017, 04:25 PM
Apr 2017

That's why he's pretending to care about the opioid crisis. The saddest thing is that the counties MOST affected are also the counties that went heavily for tRump and will lose the most under the new administration.

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