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(The Slice) - Washington, D.C.: On Tuesday at the White House Pres. Trump gave an Oval Office briefing on the Opioid Crisis, announcing $1.8 billion in grants for state and local governments. While the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention  (CDC)  is getting an additional $900 million (0ver 3 years)  to help states track overdose data, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration was awarded $932 million in grants to provide treatment, recovery and prevention. Some of the money  will help homeless drug addicts get off the streets and go toward mental health services. Trump said the grants will be  "used to increase access to medication and medication-assisted treatment and mental health resources, which are critical for ending homelessness and getting people the help they deserve.  So many problems are caused by this problem." Alex Azar, Sec. of Health and Human Services said the funding was secured from C...

buzzz worthy. . . Irish singer Sinead O'Connor claims in a FB post that Arsenio Hall was Prince's drug dealer. An on-going investigation into the recently departed music icon's cause of death has not ruled out the possibility of a drug overdose. The post reads: "Two words for the DEA investigating where prince got his drugs over the decades.... Arsenio Hall (AKA Prince's and Eddie Murphy's bitch) Anyone imagining prince was not a long time hard drug user is living in cloud cuckoo land. Arsenio I've reported you to the Carver County Sherrif's office. Expect their call. They are aware you spiked me years ago at Eddie murphy's house. You best get tidying your man cave." Prince penned the O'Connor hit, "Nothing Compares to You." At some point their relationship soured as she alleged Prince punched her. Hall denies giving drugs to Prince and his rep called the claim "absolutely false, ridiculous and...