'We’ve been hit really hard': Student asks Booker how he'd address opioid crisis

A high school sophomore told Sen. Cory Booker she wouldn’t be old enough to vote in next year's presidential election, but she said her New Hampshire community needed more funding to fight substance abuse, including for support groups and rehabilitation facilities.

Booker is hardly the first presidential candidate to be grilled over how to stanch the spread of the opioid crisis, which President Donald Trump has declared a public health emergency. The addiction epidemic has been one of the rare points of bipartisan agreement in Congress in recent years, and liberal firebrand Sen. Elizabeth Warren find support in a conservative area of West Virginia last week when she discussed the issue.

“We need more resources, we need funding, we need people to come up here and listen to people,” she began, outlining the need for addiction recovery support groups and better rehab facilities. Booker noted that his hometown of Newark is also a low-income community suffering from the same issues.

Source: Education Headlines (educationheadlines.net)

jaketapper she was serious !!

I love how Booker talked to this young lady. Two people discussing an issue and working on a solution together. Love the respect that he showed to her.

jaketapper ummm... President Trump has been at the forefront of the opiod crisis! booker just now being pulling into the debate is pathetic and sad. he was too busy grandstanding to care

CoryBooker recently gave an excellent interview with davidaxelrod on the axe files podcast. Sorry to say he was not on my radar previously. theDemocrats are lucky to have him in the senate and the primary field.

Great questions, great answers.

“Before I give the wrong answer and say something really dumb, tell me how I should answer.”

Death penalty to dealers, doctors that know the harms. Seriously.

Same! A DAY LATE AND DOLLAR SHORT, DEMOCRATS. The epidemic that is RAVAGING communities was ALLOWED to proliferate under Barrack Hussein Obama. Intentionally? We are thankful that it’s finally being addressed by this White House admin! GOOD JOB YOUNG LADY!

Dear, you can't get funding, the money is reserved for aircraft carriers and the president's golf trips.

jaketapper Booker needs more coverage CNN MSNBC maddow You could still report on Trump. “Thanks for tuning in, Trump lied about some stuff again. Now onto actual news, Cory Booker is running for President with solid ideas and a basic understanding of economics.” Hey media, do that.

How much money have you taken from those big pharma companies you want to hold accountable We need leaders that do not take money from the ones that are at the source of our problems!

Just say no! That’s what they told us!

First off Cory Booker is a shill, like most politicians, he will say or do anything to keep his job and easy lifestyle going.

When are these kids going to be asked how do we break the caste system in schools and end the Bullying?. They ask adults for answers , it's time they provided some regarding a dangerous environment they created and still contribute to!

jaketapper Spartacus doesn't have a chance against old creepy white man Joe

jaketapper Statistics show that where needle exchange and injection sites exist there are far less deaths from overdose and higher recovery rates!

Will anythin change? Hope so

Awesome young woman, and I loved how he didn't disregard her because of her young age. Very well done Sen. Booker.

Put that teen on your staff, Senator

NHDems NHDemWomen

How to end opioid crisis? By ending the beginning.

hell he had a pocket full probably..

see how he twisted the little girls question poor CoryBooker could not answer her lol

jaketapper Well informed question and thoughtful response.

This is nonsense. Those drug criminals need prison and their property seized by the government. Those communities need to pull themselves up by their bootstraps.

jaketapper She said “substance abuse” never opioid. The pharma manufacturers did not create the black market for fentanyl & meth & cocaine. They didn’t cause the addiction in many cases. Whatever’s cheap & available is the crisis. Rehabs can be corrupt. Answer that CoryBooker

Booker buffalo's the little kids who can't vote its so sad

jaketapper This girl should be on a committee to show politicians how to help with the opioid crisis. She's so well informed

smart teen & he answered well.

He’s an invaluable friend to Big Pharma. Everything this guy says is so phony

Love my Senator!

WE NEED YOUTH.. as look at the Senate..OLD WHITE DUDES..lets make Senate look, Like AMERICA.. reflecting the Congress!! Vote out the OLD WHITE..they FAILED... OldWhiteDudeTiredOfSnowflakePatheticDudes

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