McKinsey never told the FDA it was working for both the FDA and opioid makers
Another gross thing they did:
A former DEA council in charge of regulating distributors then worked with them to pass a law by unanimous consent neutering this single enforcement tool the DEA had.<p>The former DEA attorney "gave the industry intimate knowledge of the DEA’s strategy."<p>Below links have gross records that reveled among other things that a Rep. sponsoring the bill emailed the lobbyists asking for questions he can ask the DEA...<p>If you haven't watch Gibney's "Crime of the Century" on HBO it touches on this incident. The context is that the DEA used a stop order against McKesson, it was one of the only tools they had. McKesson did not like this. They pushed back HARD. I understand concerns that legit non-opiate meds were held up for a few days, but this was the only tool DEA had to send a message.<p>Of course.... “Purdue was very active in influencing the ultimate definition of an ‘imminent danger to the public health or safety.’ ”<p>Humans, hell even the most obvious 'AI', could flag ginormous amounts of pills going to tiny zip codes. They put profits over people's lives. They violated the law, minimally in spirit, I believe in conservative textual reading.<p>"the sponsors and co-sponsors have received $1.4 million in campaign contributions from the industry and the alliance, according to campaign finance records."<p>It's shocking how relatively tiny amounts of money open access to decision makers.<p>Gibney's doc also reveals this addiction pushing behavior is endemic: Purdue had a government regulator sit in a motel and draft their label - which gave them the excuse to market a potentially 'less addictive' drug and we all know what happened from there.<p><a href="https://archive.is/bmCiD" rel="nofollow">https://archive.is/bmCiD</a>
<a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/whistleblowers-dea-attorneys-went-easy-on-mckesson-the-countrys-largest-drug-distributor/" rel="nofollow">https://www.cbsnews.com/news/whistleblowers-dea-attorneys-we...</a><p>I have very strong feelings about what I consider crimes of big pharma & opiates. To me, our for-profit system is a root cause of human misery. Obviously complicated issue, but I think there has to be some type of semi competitive socialized healthcare.