The Opioid Crisis: Part 2 What’s Congress Got to Do With It?
In case you missed the explosive investigative report conducted by 60 Minutes and the Washington Post, I urge you to spend a few minutes and watch it. Tragically in the midst of this growing epidemic, the DEA was in 2016 legally handcuffed by a law passed by congress and signed by former President Obama that intervenes with their ability to enforce the law.
A federal whistleblower is asking why Congress passed a bill by unanimous consent, with no objections, to limit the Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA) power to fight opioid abuse.
A “60 Minutes“-Washington Post investigation found that the bill, which was signed in 2016, may have allowed America’s deadly opioid epidemic to worsen.
Former DEA agent Joe Rannazzisi told “60 Minutes” correspondent Bill Whitaker that the law — which deals with drug distributors who ship pain pills from manufacturers to drug stores — makes it harder to stop distributors from sending millions of prescription pills to “bad pharmacies and doctor’s offices.”
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Washington Post reporter on how Congress may have fueled …
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5 days ago – A “60 Minutes“-Washington Post joint investigation exposes how a law may have allowed the opioid epidemic to worsen.
Ex-DEA agent: Opioid crisis fueled by drug industry and Congress …
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6 days ago – Now in a joint investigation by 60 Minutes and The Washington Post, Rannazzisi tells the inside story of how, he says, the opioid crisis was …
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6 days ago – The DEA’s ability to go after drug distributors was weakened even as … continue to rise, a Washington Post and ‘60 Minutes‘ investigation finds.
The government’s shameful role in the opioid crisis – Washington Post
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5 days ago – The government’s shameful role in the opioid crisis … investigation of the opioid-overdose epidemic by The Post and CBS’s “60 Minutes. … The investigation revealed how this vital DEA enforcement mission was badly …
Washington Post reporter on how Congress may have fueled …
https://www.cbsnews.com/…/opioid-epidemic-60-minutes-washington-post-investigati…
5 days ago – A “60 Minutes“-Washington Post joint investigation exposes how a law may have allowed the opioid epidemic to worsen.
Ex-DEA agent: Opioid crisis fueled by drug industry and Congress …
https://www.cbsnews.com › 60 Minutes › 60 Minutes Politics
6 days ago – Now in a joint investigation by 60 Minutes and The Washington Post, Rannazzisi tells the inside story of how, he says, the opioid crisis was …
Latest On 60 Minutes Washington Post Opioid Investigation – CBSN …
https://www.cbsnews.com/…/20171019214715-latest-on-60-minute…
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Watch “Latest On 60 Minutes Washington Post Opioid Investigation“, a CBSN video on CBSNews.com. View …
The opioid epidemic: How Congress and drug … – Washington Post
https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/…/investigations/dea-drug-industry-congress/
6 days ago – The DEA’s ability to go after drug distributors was weakened even as … continue to rise, a Washington Post and ‘60 Minutes‘ investigation finds.
The government’s shameful role in the opioid crisis – Washington Post
https://www.washingtonpost.com/…opioid…/44f0d210-b297-11e7-be94-fabb0f1e9ffb_s…