Morrisey had lobbying ties to drug distributor he’s now investigating
From the article:
On Aug. 20, lawyers with the state Department of Military Affairs and Public Safety asked Morrisey’s permission to sue McKesson – along with 12 other prescription drug distributors previously named in a lawsuit filed in Boone County by former attorney general Darrell McGraw in 2012. DHHR officials put in the same request to Morrisey. At the time, the state agencies didn’t know Morrisey’s office had filed a subpoena for McKesson’s records.
Morrisey alleges that San Francisco-based McKesson flooded West Virginia pharmacies with pain pills, helping to fuel the state’s “drug epidemic,” according to court filings.
Let’s follow the “drug trail”… pt sees prescriber… prescriber writes Rx… pt takes Rx to pharmacy… pharmacy fills Rx… pharmacy reorders from the wholesaler… The wholesaler has NO RELATIONSHIP with the pt… never sees the pts.. never sees the Rx… and they are accused of FLOODING PHARMACIES WITH PAIN PILLS…?
NEWS FLASH… wholesalers only send to pharmacy what they order from the wholesalers !
I guess that since addiction rates have stayed the same for the last 40 yrs… and we are spending TEN TIMES as much… fighting the war.. does this mean that we have to keep using more and more people to basically TREAD WATER ? Does that suggest that the war on drugs is basically failure and is for all practical purpose… cannot be won ?But it would seem that those involved in fighting this war.. is being forced to find new sources of revenue to fund this war..
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There is MONEY involved in the war on drugs. Police departments are confiscating property and selling it. They get to keep 80% of the money. In most cases, there is never an indictment. You are guilty until proven innocent. The DEA, with their fines of pharmacies and physicians, are raking in MONEY too.