Could the DEA have done more to prevent the hundreds of thousands of opioid-related deaths over the past 20 years? According to the Justice Department, yes
” of being addictive. Purdue even offered up free Oxy hats, plush toys and mugs as promotion — along with plenty of coupons for free samples. Around 2000, people started crushing the drug into a powder, so it could be snorted and injected, according to aon prescription drugs. Around 2010, Purdue reformulated the medication — making it turn into a jelly if crushed — and people began turning to heroin, which could give the same effect for a fraction of the cost.
“From 1999 to 2013, opioid-related deaths grew by 8% per year,” Horowitz said. “Then, from 2013 to 2017, opioid-related deaths further grew by about 70% per year.”The report conceded that the D.E.A. had “recently taken steps to address the opioid epidemic, but more work remains.
They went on to point out that “an increasing number of individuals and corporations are facing civil and criminal charges for actions that have fueled the opioid crisis. Pursuing civil actions against some of the nation’s largest drug distributors, in fiscal year 2017, DEA secured more than $194 million in civil penalties, which is more than the total of the prior seven years combined. As of August 2019, DEA has secured more than $51 million in civil penalties in the current fiscal year.
In addition, the DEA said they have seen a decline in certain opioid prescriptions, down 36 percent from
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