19, October 2017 Opioid Crisis
A 60 Minutes-Washington Post investigation exposed the unholy alliance between Congress and lobbyists to weaken the DEA’s ability to fight opioid abuse.
Sadly, many former DEA officials succumb to the siren song of easy money by quitting the agency and joining lobbying forms that use their expertise to render the DEA virtually impotent in their efforts to curb opioid use.
A federal whistleblower is demanding why Congress passed a bill by unanimous consent, with no objections, to limit the DEA’s power to fight opioid abuse.
The new law makes it much easier for drug distributors to ship pain pills from manufacturers to distributors to local stores facilitated by rogue pharmacies and doctors.
Tom Marino of Pennsylvania and Marcha Blackburn of Tennessee sponsored the bill as quid pro quo for donations they received from big pharma unconcerned they were condemning thousands of Americans to an early death.
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