"My #PharmaFleece Award this month goes to Big Pharma companies like @PurduePharma for their role in igniting the opioid crisis. These companies flooded the nation with billions of deadly painkillers, falsely claiming they were less addictive & harmful than they knew them to be."
"In 2016 alone, Big Pharma produced 14 billion opioid doses - enough for every American adult to have a 3-week supply of painkillers. We must hold Big Pharma accountable for the obscene greed & excess production that fueled this crisis."
"You can read more of my thoughts on the litigation against these companies here:"
@SenatorDurbin