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Trump's Opioid Commission Releases Recommendations

From left, North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper, former Rep. Patrick Kennedy, R.I., and Chairman, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie arrive for a President's Commission on Combating Drug Addiction and the Opioid Crisis meeting in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House Complex, Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2017, in Washington. (Andrew Harnik/AP)
From left, North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper, former Rep. Patrick Kennedy, R.I., and Chairman, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie arrive for a President's Commission on Combating Drug Addiction and the Opioid Crisis meeting in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House Complex, Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2017, in Washington. (Andrew Harnik/AP)

President Trump’s commission on fighting the opioid epidemic releases its recommendations Wednesday.

Lev Facher (@levfacher), Washington correspondent for STAT, joins Here & Now‘s Robin Young with more on what to expect.

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