8 Feb 2018 3:37 pm
Jeff Sessions makes 2 ridiculous claims about the opioid crisis in less than a minute.
Jackass.Speaking at a Heritage Foundation event to commemorate Ronald Reagan’s birthday on Tuesday night, Attorney General Jeff Sessions said his plan for solving the opioid crisis is more Bufferins and less marijuana.
Alluding to the 7 percent drop in opioid prescriptions last year, Sessions said “my goal in 2018 is to see a further decline,” adding that “we think doctors are just prescribing too many.”
“Sometimes, you just need to take two Bufferins or something and go to bed,” Sessions added.
Bufferin is an over-the-counter aspirin brand. (Misty: Yeah from the 1950's)
Sessions went on to say that while the Drug Enforcement Agency may think that “a huge percentage of heroin addictions start with prescriptions,” he thinks there’s another cause.
“We think a lot of this is starting with marijuana or other drugs too,” Sessions said.
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