Rep. David Trone (D-Md.) launched a bid for the Senate on May 4 to succeed retiring Sen. Ben Cardin (D-Md.).
In a video announcing his campaign, Trone, 67, talked about numerous issues and warned that “the clock is ticking.”
One issue was deaths due to drug overdoses.
“Every hour in America, 10 people die from overdoses. One hundred thousand preventable deaths in 2021, 100,000 more in 2022,” said Trone. “And if we don’t do something about it, another 100,000 this year and the next.”
Another issue was suicide due to mental illness.
“Every hour, another five people take their lives due to mental illness; 50,000 last year,” he said….