Morning Jolt: Ten Observations from the White House Opioid Summit

First of all, if you ever get a chance to visit the White House, do so.

One: The White House Opioid Summit began with a short video of Fox News personality Eric Bolling describing getting the call that his son had died of an overdose. You can see it here, and it is simply heartbreaking. He warned that "'not my kid syndrome' is a killer." The coroner's report determined that Eric Chase Bolling had "cocaine, marijuana, alprazolam (commonly known as Xanax), and the opioid drugs fentanyl and cyclopropyl fentanyl in his system." Despite a rumor at the time, there was no sign of self-harm; this was an accidental overdose, ending the life of a 19-year-old University of Colorado sophomore with his whole life ahead of him.

College students can begin by seeking out Ritalin and stimulants to handle all-night study sessions and handle an exhausting schedule, and then turn to Xanax and other opioids to calm down and relax on the weekends. We need to tell our kids not merely, "don't do drugs." We need to tell them, "don't ingest any pill that didn't come from a pharmacist, because there is a ...

March 02 2018

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Ten Observations from the White House Opioid Summit Jim Geraghty First of all, if you ever get a chance to visit the White House, do so. One: The White House Opioid Summit began with a short video of Fox News personality Eric Bolling describing getting the call that his son had died of an overdose. You can see it here, and it is simply heartbreaking. He warned that "'not my kid syndrome' is a killer." The coroner's report determined that Eric Chase Bolling had "cocaine, marijuana, alprazolam (commonly known as Xanax), and the opioid drugs fentanyl and cyclopropyl fentanyl in his system." Despite a rumor at the time, there was no sign of self-harm; this was an accidental overdose, ending the life of a 19-year-old University of Colorado sophomore with his whole life ahead of him. College students can begin by seeking out Ritalin and stimulants to handle all-night study sessions and handle an exhausting schedule, and then turn to Xanax and other opioids to calm down and relax on the weekends. We need to tell our kids not merely, "don't do drugs." We need to tell them, "don't ingest any pill that didn't come from a pharmacist, because there is a ... Read More Top Stories Meghan McCain Confronts Adam Schiff Over Russia Collusion Mairead McArdle Schiff said he had no new evidence of collusion, but insisted the facts already known are "pretty... U.K. School Bans Students from Touching Snow Katherine Timpf U.K. School Bans Students from Touching Snow ADVERTISEMENT Seizing the Future Arthur Herman Arthur Herman reviews The Wizard and the Prophet: Two Remarkable Scientists and Their Dueling Visions to Shape Tomorrow's World, by Charles C. Mann.... Founder of the Evil Empire Ronald Radosh Ronald Radosh reviews Lenin: The Man, the Dictator, and the Master of Terror, by Victor Sebestyen.... Patterns and Trends Can Often Lead Us Astray Jonah Goldberg The folly of... With 'No Fly, No Buy,' a Bipartisan Group Wages War on Minorities Jibran Khan The security theater of the post-9/11 age has become practically a joke, with no better example than the No Fly List. Getting on the list is usually a simple matter of sharing a name with a... ADVERTISEMENT What NR is Reading Fools, Frauds and Firebrands: Thinkers of the New Left Roger Scruton "A masterpiece...[Scruton] neither ridicules nor abuses the writers he considers; he patiently deconstructs them...laying bare their warped assumptions and empty pretensions." - Barton Swaim, The Wall Street Journal LEARN MORE Photo Essays Cartoons of the Day: March 1st, 2018 Cartoons of the Day: February 28th, 2018 ADVERTISEMENT Follow Us & Share 19 West 44th Street, Suite 1701, New York, NY, 10036, USA Your Preferences | Unsubscribe | Privacy View this e-mail in your browser.