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by Overtonwindow 1206 days ago
The DEA has to justify its existence somehow...
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The DEA is not just chasing street drug dealers. They also went after US companies that helped manufacturing the opioid crisis with oxycontin and fentanyl and tried to shut them down.

Unfortunately, big pharma talked to their congressmen buddies to limit the action of the DEA. (see Ensuring Patient Access and Effective Drug Enforcement Act)

So you’re saying they’re just chasing street drug dealers
> Unfortunately, big pharma talked to their congressmen buddies to limit the action of the DEA. (see Ensuring Patient Access and Effective Drug Enforcement Act)

Yet again with enough _protection money_ the feds go after the low hanging fruit.