Posted on 10/10/2017 7:22:08 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
HUNTINGTON, WEST VIRGINIA – First lady Melania Trump offered her support to those dealing with the nation’s opioid epidemic while touring a drug recovery center for infants Tuesday in West Virginia, the state with the highest rate of babies born dependent on drugs.
Lily’s Place, the first of its kind in the nation, works with addicted mothers’ newborns who are enduring the torment of drug withdrawal. It also offers treatment to parents.
“I want to be here to support you and give a voice to Lily’s Place and also for the opioid epidemic,” the first lady said during a roundtable discussion. “We need to open the conversation to children and young mothers how it’s dangerous to use drugs and get addicted to it.”
The nonprofit facility was opened in 2014 by a group of volunteers and health care workers. Its website says the facility provides care for about 100 infants each year.....
(Excerpt) Read more at japantimes.co.jp ...
that is good of her.
It might help a few not to use.
Now that is a First Lady.
Those poor babies have to suffer withdrawal———and this is the 1st center in the nation.
I’m afraid that it won’t be the last.
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Sure beats anything Moochie ever did
And someone on the left will find a way to trash her for this.
Mark these words.
Yep. S.O.P. for the libs
A West Virginia non-profit for addicted white babies would be the LAST place Moochelle would ever be seen.
Very, very true
I just love having this woman as 1st Lady!
We could have wound up will Bill Clinton as first predator.
IIIMMMMMPPPPPEEEAAAACCCCHHHH!!!
Over 80 million folks in America are some how involved in their own or somebody close recovery. It’s a huge struggle facing many that cuts across political class race geographical boundaries early on the campaign president trump started talking about this. It one of the things he knows about the people that there swampees don’t. People trying to get better
We have to go to the Japan Times to read about her visit? I take it that this was not a featured story on CNN. If they covered it at all it would be about what she wore and how she was wearing a $3000.00 outfit.
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