The Whistleblower
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60 Minutes' whistleblower
Why has the country's opioid problem become a national emergency? A high-ranking whistleblower from the DEA explains how the drug industry--and Congress--fueled an epidemic
"This is an industry that's out of control"
A high-level DEA whistleblower says drug distributors knew they were fueling the opioid epidemic by shipping large quantities of the addictive medications to pain clinics and rogue pharmacies
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Common pain relievers linked to heart risks
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Opioid maker backs off aggressive marketing
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Purdue Pharma to stop promoting opioids
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New treatment for pain
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Arrest amid opioid crisis
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Attorney fighting opioids
Mike Moore calls himself a "country lawyer from Mississippi," but don't believe it. He's a 65-year-old David who has found his next Goliath: the big drug manufacturers. Moore says the industry understated how addictive opioids could be. He took on tobacco companies in the 1990s and won a $246 billion settlement. Mark Strassmann reports.
Hill reacts to "60 Minutes" and Washington Post report
West Virginia Democrat Sen. Joe Manchin says he was horrified to learn that a bill everyone approved made the opioid epidemic worse. It sailed through the Senate last spring with the backing of the Justice Department and members of both parties, so no one in Congress thought to question it. Nancy Cordes reports.
Opioid epidemic
A joint investigation by "60 Minutes" and The Washington Post is sending ripples through Washington. In the report, a former DEA insider-turned-whistleblower accused drug distributors, aided by Congress and lobbyists, of fueling the opioid epidemic. Bill Whitaker has more from the investigation.
Fentanyl exposure
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Wash. city sues pharma co.
The city of Everett, Washington, is filing a lawsuit against Purdue Pharma, the maker of the painkiller Oxycontin, alleging the company supplied the drug to suspicious physicians and pharmacies, contributing to the growing epidemic of drugs in the community. Kenneth Craig reports.
Opioid drug scheme?
A new criminal case raises questions about how some in the medical community are pushing the use of addictive painkillers. Six former executives and managers from Arizona-based drugmaker Insys Therapeutics face conspiracy charges over what a federal prosecutor calls a racketeering scheme. Jim Axelrod reports.
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Trump policies at odds with emerging understanding of COVID's long-term harm
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