WASHINGTON, D.C.-- With an estimated 46 people dying every single day in the United States due to overdoses of legally-acquired opiates, the nation’s painkiller abuse epidemic is becoming impossible to ignore - even for the U.S. government. In an attempt to investigate the pharmaceutical industry’s role in the explosive growth of drug abuse
Senator’s Probe Into Opioid Makers Omits Largest Manufacturer From Her Home State
A Missouri senator recently opened an investigation into the pharmaceutical industry’s role in the nation’s burgeoning opioid addiction epidemic, but notably omitted one of the biggest opioid manufacturers from the probe. The company happens to be based in her home state.