Ex-pharma chief charged with flooding Appalachian towns with opioids

[KY_EnviroGuy]

8. Now, it's very difficult for patients who need the drugs to get them.

And that's from legit doctors that are scared to hell to prescribe. But it does not stop the corrupt doctors.

I see the problem as one of systemic corruption from top to bottom because everyone in the supply chain knows there's far more pills going into these areas than what would be used for normal medical treatment.

So it goes from crooked doctor to crooked pharmacy to crooked distributor to crooked manufacturer.

Seems that the flow of these addictive drugs should be closely monitored real-time by a government agency, looking at per capita usage for each area. Why didn't alarm bells ring somewhere before 5,264 pills could be prescribed for every man, woman and child in Kermit, WV?

Apparently, the piecemeal system that's in place has too many holes (snip):

The criminal charges came days after the release of DEA data revealed that drug distributors delivered more than 75bn opioid pills across the country between 2008 and 2012.

The charges will be of concern to executives of other distributors because they include accusations that the company ignored DEA warnings to report suspiciously high orders for opioid pills.

It appears that right now, the DOJ is playing whack-a-mole games......