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To: Sun Tzu who wrote (361892)	1/30/2018 9:59:20 PM
From: Wharf Rat	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 541958

"The bill, introduced in the House by Pennsylvania Congressman Tom Marino and Congresswoman Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee" Marsha Blackburn up big in Tennessee Senate race: poll Jan 16, 2018 - Rep. Marsha Blackburn held a commanding lead in the Aug. 2 Republican primary forSenate in Tennessee, according to a new poll commissioned for the Club for Growth. The conservative advocacy organization has endorsed Blackburn in the open-seat contest to replace retiring Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn nn

To: Sun Tzu who wrote (361892)	1/30/2018 10:50:50 PM
From: NAG1	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 541958

Sun Tzu, Most of this came abut due to the Congress neutering the Law enforcement (DEA) on behest of the Drug Companies that product the opioids. cbsnews.com Look up Joe Rannazzisi. Former DEA chief prosecutor JOE RANNAZZISI: If I was gonna write a book about how to harm the United States with pharmaceuticals, the only thing I could think of that would immediately harm is to take the authority away from the investigative agency that is trying to enforce the Controlled Substances Act and the regulations implemented under the act. And that's what this bill did. The bill, introduced in the House by Pennsylvania Congressman Tom Marino and Congresswoman Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee, was promoted as a way to ensure that patients had access to the pain medication they needed. Jonathan Novak, who worked in the DEA's legal office, says what the bill really did was strip the agency of its ability to immediately freeze suspicious shipments of prescription narcotics to keep drugs off U.S. streets -- what the DEA calls diversion. There was a show called Reveal on NPR and the episode was called Too Many Pills that talked about this very issue and they interviewed Rannazzisi right after he retired. Here is the link again. It was a very interesting show to listen to. revealnews.org