Jeff Sessions is trying to restore his trust from the boss. His boss is President Donald J. Trump.

@predictable, Martin, as I have stated my belief previously, I won't repeat myself. My wife just finished the statistics class in her doctoral program and she could use the numbers from states reporting about opiate overdoses and help the "do nothing positive" congress understand what would be effective policy to address the opioid "crisis". One of the things they should always be able to do as a body is to remove the emotion from decision making, but they look at the pics like the ones that Time devoted an entire issue to last week and have a knee-jerk over-reaction.

@gman007, I've detected evidence that the most powerful emotion the engulfs a politician is assurance that his/her beliefs are being supported by statements from almost anybody else. The degree of their confidence in their rectitude varies according to the number or reputation or financial achievement of the approving persons, the extent to which beliefs dominate their demand for facts, whether their supporters call them to account for questionable conclusions or simply cheer what s/he says, the extent to which s/he is allowed to preach more than s/he is pressed to perform measurable activities, thus how much of their credibility is based on secret consultations and thoughts and prayers rather than publicly transparent accounts of their stewardship, etc. On the other hand, sometimes a strong case based on detailed reporting and reliable data lies fallow until a story or a picture or a tragedy seizes the imagination and throws it into the arena of public consideration. Too often, any political reaction is an over-reaction for a time; that's why wise leaders try to calm the winds of public opinion until the atmosphere is right for constructive analysis, documentation of potential consequences, development of a full range of optional solutions, and a good night's sleep before launching an offensive toward a solution.

@gman007

I wrote my first letter to a magazine last week after I read the opioid special edition. I was disgusted.

Jim

What magazine?

@wsh66

Time

The whole issue was about street drug addiction. Not a peep about the legitimate opioid medication for pain control. It was almost exclusively about heroin abuse.

Jim

Just leave our pain meds alone. Should be on a case by case situation. I'm 72, have an incurable disease and, you're right. The "jelly bean" tylenol is a joke. As I say, "oh, yeah, she's cut her arm off, give her a tylenol" what a joke.