Did Congress turn a blind eye to drug companies pumping drugs to American streets?
“T he worst drug epidemic in U.S. history.” That’s how CBS’s 60 Minutes termed the opioid drug crisis a national emergency that has claimed 200000 lives over the last two decades.
The news program aired a report in mid-October (in cooperation with the Washington Post) charging that the drug industry with the help of Congress pumps drugs onto American streets helping fuel a crisis that now takes the lives of 175 people every day according to one estimate.
But under the sway of large contributions from the drug industry Congress turned a blind eye charged the report even passing a controversial law in 2016 that made it harder for the Drug Enforcement Agency to enforce the rules.
A short time after the shocking investigation President Trump announced that he would deliver a special statement on the subject at the White House. I went to the event because I was curious to see how the president would react especially after campaign promises to “drain the swamp” of Washington lobbyists.
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