KATIE ZEZIMA:

Well depends on who you ask. the White House said that they have taken steps to try to combat this epidemic, which as you said is killing tens of thousands of people a year. You know the White House has said that they have loosened rules to make it easier for people to get into treatment. They are going to come out with basically an ad campaign to let people know about how you know how much this epidemic is affecting the United States for people and allow people to you know really tell their stories. Advocates on the other hand say that they really have not done that much. Cities and states still have not gotten money to help fight the crisis. Advocates said a number of the things the White House want to do, you know get more people into treatment are all good things but they haven't actually seen any measurable progress yet.