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WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has laid out a new plan for tackling the deadly opioid epidemic that has ravaged communities across the nation. But some of the president’s proposals have proven ineffective in the past.

From renewing his call for “spending a lot of money” on commercials to scare young people from experimenting with drugs, to pushing for the death penalty for certain drug dealers, Trump’s ideas are sometimes driven more by his gut instincts than past success.

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A look at some of his claims:

TRUMP: “That’s the least expensive thing we can do, where you scare them from ending up like the people in the commercials. And we’ll make them very, very bad commercials. We’ll make them pretty unsavoury situations.” — Speech in New Hampshire on Monday.

THE FACTS: There is some evidence that anti-drug messages focused on teenagers’ need for independence can be effective. But the older “scared straight” approach described by Trump has shown few positive results.