And Catherine, thank you very much, everybody. Mr. President, thank you for your leadership for signing an executive order that tells the truth about one of the greatest challenges that our country faces. Addiction is not a moral failure. It is a disease. It's chronic. It's treatable. And for too long, our nation has responded with fragmentation, with stigmatization and silence instead of science, compassion, and coordination. Today, President Trump changes that with the Great American Recovery Initiative. (04:44–04:50)
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Asserts that addiction is a chronic, treatable disease, not a moral failure.
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