Tweet - "Between 1993 & 2015, DEA allowed production of oxycodone to increase 39-fold and hydrocodone to increase 12-fold. With higher quotas, opioid prescriptions soared -- from 76 million in 1991 to 245 million in 2014 -- and overdose deaths quadrupled to more than 33,000 in 2015."

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"Between 1993 & 2015, DEA allowed production of oxycodone to increase 39-fold and hydrocodone to increase 12-fold. With higher quotas, opioid prescriptions soared -- from 76 million in 1991 to 245 million in 2014 -- and overdose deaths quadrupled to more than 33,000 in 2015."

"Since 2016, DEA has met with me several times & worked to lower opioid quotas 2 years in a row. Aggregate production quotas are now down by an average of 41 percent from where they were in 2016"

"However, drug companies still flood the market with an estimated 14 billion opioid pills -- enough for every adult in America to have a one-month prescription."

"That is far too high. I'll continue to work with DEA to bring these opioid quotas down to a lower level of legitimate medical need. "

"With over 200 million opioid prescriptions written and tens of thousands of people dying, Congress & the DEA have a responsibility to act."

@SenatorDurbin

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