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mahatmakanejeeves

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Fri Oct 13, 2017, 01:35 PM Oct 2017

Coming Sunday: The drug industry's triumph over the DEA

Retweeted by David Fahrenthold: https://twitter.com/fahrenthold

You are not going to want to miss this joint @washingtonpost-@60Minutes investigation. It's quite good.



Coming Sunday: The drug industry’s triumph over the DEA

In 2016, The Washington Post reported that cases brought by the Drug Enforcement Administration over the distribution of painkillers had dropped even as the opioid epidemic was claiming thousands of American lives each year. Now, a Post and “60 Minutes” joint investigation explains how the DEA’s ability to go after opioid distributors was weakened at a critical time.

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