Montana Gov. Steve Bullock, one of the many Democrats being floated as a possible candidate for president in 2020.
Minnesota state Rep. Dave Baker, a Republican who sponsored a failed bill this year that would have charged pharmaceutical companies a fee for every opioid painkiller they sell. It would have raised an estimated $20 million in annual funding for opioid abuse prevention and treatment.
Republican nominee for Pennsylvania governor Scott Wagner, threatening his opponent, Gov. Tom Wolf, in a campaign video posted on Facebook.
Ed Rendell, a former Pennsylvania governor, mayor and district attorney, on why he joined the board of a nonprofit seeking to open the nation's first safe injection facility where addicts can use illegal drugs under medical supervision as a way to combat the opioid crisis. Such facilities violate federal law.
Alexa James, executive director of Chicago's chapter of the National Alliance on Mental Illness.
Commissioner Anabelle Lima-Taub of Hallandale Beach, Fla., referring to Mayor Keith London.
Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott, who says he is open to the idea of decriminalizing marijuana.