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- A commentary likens President Donald Trump’s appeal to a drug, calling his rhetoric a quick-fix for distressed Americans.
- Trump promises simple solutions to the opioid crisis and job loss but offers no detailed plans.
- Four people overdosed on heroin in Middletown, Ohio, in one day, a pattern police call commonplace.
- Residents link rising heroin use to factory closures, payday lenders, divorce and cultural loss, describing social decay.
