Senator Durbin: Pharma Makes a Fortune on Prescriptions
Senator Richard Durbin of Illinois says that there is no town too small or wealthy enough not to have heroin overdose deaths in his state. At a hearing of the Senate Judiciary Committee, he says there has been a dramatic rise in legally writing prescriptions to Americans such that every American adult has a bottle of pills, leading in part to an epidemic of abuse. Criticizes the Food and Drug Administration for dreaming up a super opioid for children, asking where is Congress in this? Describes problems faced by the town of Dixon, Illionis, saying that there are not enough resources to treat those addicted.
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