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10/16/17 10:27 AM

#273845 RE: BOREALIS #273844

DEA responds to explosive "60 Minutes" report about opioid crisis

CBS News October 16, 2017, 7:37 AM

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/opioid-crisis-dea-responds-60-minutes-report/

Matrix999

10/16/17 11:25 AM

#273846 RE: BOREALIS #273844

This story saddens me! Five young people overdosed a few months ago in my hometown and one died. I worry about our boys and our grandchildren. One of my youngest best friends died a few years ago from drugs. He was devastated for a long time.

But as long as the citizens united ruling stands, big money from whomever runs this country.

It's a GOP pushed ruling but at this stage of the game big dark money threatens anybody fighting against it.

BOREALIS

10/16/17 1:48 PM

#273847 RE: BOREALIS #273844

Sen. Manchin calls on Trump to withdraw Marino’s nomination as drug czar in wake of Post/‘60 Minutes’ probe

By Ed O'Keefe, Scott Higham and Lenny Bernstein October 16 at 1:14 PM


Rep. Tom Marino (R-Pa.), left, talks to Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.) in November 2015. (Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg News)

Congressional Democrats reacted sharply Monday to reports that President Trump’s nominee to serve as the nation’s drug czar helped steer legislation that made it harder for the government to take some enforcement actions against giant drug companies.

One Democratic senator called on Trump to withdraw the nomination of Rep. Tom Marino (R-Pa.) [ https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/rep-tom-marino-drug-czar-nominee-and-the-opioid-industrys-advocate-in-congress/2017/10/15/555211a0-b03a-11e7-9e58-e6288544af98_story.html?utm_term=.4bbf9a6c879b ] to lead the Office of National Drug Control Policy, a position requiring Senate confirmation. Another quickly introduced legislation to undo the law that Marino championed and that passed Congress with little opposition.

In a statement, Sen. Joe Manchin III (D-W.Va.) said he was “horrified” to read details of an investigation by The Washington Post and “60 Minutes” that detailed how a targeted lobbying effort helped weaken the Drug Enforcement Administration’s ability to go after drug distributors, even as opioid-related deaths continue to rise. He called on Trump to withdraw Marino’s nomination

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/manchin-calls-on-trump-to-withdraw-marinos-nomination-as-drug-czar-in-wake-of-post60-minutes-probe/2017/10/16/b73ee1be-b287-11e7-be94-fabb0f1e9ffb_story.html?utm_term=.403a19950d4c