Gavel with drugs Trump has vowed since his 2016 campaign to curb drug abuse, which caused more than 64,000 overdose deaths last year. (Photo: Shutterstock)

President Donald Trump proposed seeking the death penalty for some drug dealers, complimented a Clinton Foundation program that provides free overdose drugs to schools, and pledged to boost research for non-addictive painkillers as he outlined his plan to combat the opioid-abuse epidemic.

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