Wednesday, November 4, 2015

Huffington Post: Chris Christie Makes Emotional Plea To Rethink Drug Addiction Treatment

By Sam Wilkers and Scott Conroy, Nov. 1

UPDATE: Christie's talk on addiction, part of the HuffPost original series '16 and President, has been viewed more than three million times on Facebook and has been shown repeatedly on cable news.

BELMONT, N.H. -- While campaigning recently during happy hour at Shooter's Tavern here in this small New Hampshire community, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) related a pair of personal anecdotes to elucidate why he thinks the United States should change the way it handles drug addicts.

After speaking in highly personal terms about his late mother's smoking addiction, Christie recounted an emotional story about a law school friend who became addicted to prescription painkillers.


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