Trevor Noah Explains Why Trump Declaring Opioids a 'National Public Health Emergency' Is BS

Back in August, Trump declared the crisis a "national emergency," saying he would spend "a lot of time, a lot of effort and a lot of money" to resolve the issue. Thursday afternoon, however, the president declared the crisis a "national public health emergency" under federal law, which the comedian praised him for doing --until he realized there is a big difference between the two labels.

"That's right, people -- Trump finally came through," Noah said on "The Daily Show" Thursday night. "He did it. He declared the opioid crisis a national public health emergency, which I just realized is not a thing. God damn, he got us again."

"You see, a national emergency means the government would have had access to $23 billion to help fight the opioid epidemic," the comedian explained. "That's what Trump promised. What Trump actually signed was a public health emergency, which gives the government access to a fund that currently has $57,000 in it. That's a huge difference."

"Put it this way," he continued, "if you had to go to rehab, who would you want funding it? The CEO of Verizon, or Craig, who works at Verizon?"

The situation has gotten so severe, it was recently discovered that a pharmacy in a small town in West Virginia with a population of less than 400 had ordered 9 million hydrocodone pills in the span of two years.

"Holy sh-t! Nine million pills for 400 people?" Noah said. "Even if one of those people is Charlie Sheen, that still leaves 8 million pills unaccounted for."