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The opioid crisis in the United States now rivals the Vietnam War in terms of how many Americans have been killed. After calling the opioid crisis a national emergency, President Trump has officially declared it a public health emergency \u2014 a distinction with a difference. We speak with a recovering addict who was 14 when he tried oxycodone for the first time. \xa0\u201cBy everyone\u2019s standards, I should be dead,\u201d he said about his former drug dependency. Guests: Aaron Pope, who lives outside Lexington, Ky.; Julie Hirschfeld Davis, a White House correspondent for The Times. For more information on today\u2019s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily.