"We have no alternative. We have to win for our youth," he added.

Trump held a briefing on the issue at his private golf course in central New Jersey, where he is on a 17-day working vacation. Drug overdose is now the leading cause of accidental death in the United States, and opioid overdose deaths have nearly quadrupled since 1999; at least 100 Americans die each day.

Opioids range from heroin to prescription pain relievers like OxyContin and Vicodin.

"Nobody is safe from this epidemic that threatens young and old, rich and poor, urban and rural communities, everybody is threatened," the president said.

Trump's drug commission, led by New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, recently called on Trump to declare a national emergency to deal with the opioid crisis.

Trump said his administration is also "working with law enforcement officers to protect innocent citizens from drug dealers that poison our communities. Strong law enforcement is absolutely vital to having a drug-free society."

Attorney General Jeff Sessions already announced that the Justice Department was dispatching 12 federal prosecutors to cities ravaged by addiction. Those prosecutors will focus exclusively on investigating health care fraud and opioid scams that are fueling the nation's drug abuse epidemic.

It's part of Sessions' new DOJ program called the Opioid Fraud and Abuse Detection Unit.

"This sort of data analytics team can tell us important information about prescription opioids—like which physicians are writing opioid prescriptions at a rate that far exceeds their peers; how many of a doctor's patients died within 60 days of an opioid prescription," said Sessions.

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