Tweet - "I fear that @DEAHQ is reverting back to the short-sighted approach that led to the opioid crisis by continuing to allow Big Pharma to flood the market with billions of painkillers at volumes far greater than medical need."

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Date: Nov. 1, 2019
Issues: Drugs

"I fear that @DEAHQ is reverting back to the short-sighted approach that led to the opioid crisis by continuing to allow Big Pharma to flood the market with billions of painkillers at volumes far greater than medical need."

"That's why @SenJohnKennedy & I passed an amendment yesterday & wrote to the DEA today to reiterate that it must use its authority as a gatekeeper to protect public health from excessive opioid production."

@SenatorDurbin


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