Policy Prescriptions: Clinton and Trump on drug addiction
CONCORD, N.H. — Hillary Clinton calls the scourge of heroin and opioid addiction a “quiet epidemic.” Donald Trump marvels that overdoses are a problem in picturesque American communities.
“How does heroin work with these beautiful lakes and trees?” he said recently in New Hampshire. “It doesn’t.”
Both presidential candidates agree drug addiction is a major problem in America, but only Clinton has offered a detailed plan to tackle it as part of her campaign. The Democratic nominee has outlined a $10 billion plan to give states more money for prevention, treatment and recovery programs. Trump has long centred his plan on stopping the flow of illegal drugs by building a wall along the southern border.
More recently, he has called for expanding enforcement as well as treatment programs, but he has offered no specifics on costs.