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SHRED

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Sun Oct 15, 2017, 10:51 PM Oct 2017

60 Minutes opioid crisis...must see [View all]

One of the best segments in a long time.
Outrageous.




Ex-DEA agent: Opioid crisis fueled by drug industry and Congress


https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ex-dea-agent-opioid-crisis-fueled-by-drug-industry-and-congress/



Drug Companies Sure Are Cozy With Trump’s Pick to Solve the Opioid Crisis
Yes, the same companies that helped fuel the crisis in the first place.


When Marino was nominated, “my jaw dropped,” says Andrew Kolodny, who directs opioid policy research at Brandeis university and leads Physicians for Responsible Opioid Prescribing. “I knew he was the guy who had championed the bill that weakened the DEA at a time when we need them to be able to do their job more effectively. If he was someone who cared about the opioid crisis, he never would have pushed through that bill.”


http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2017/10/drug-companies-sure-are-cozy-with-trumps-pick-to-solve-the-opioid-crisis/

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