| Hans-Günter Meyer-Thompson | International
USA. Watchdog finds DEA was 'slow to respond' to opioid epidemic
USA. Watchdog finds DEA was 'slow to respond' to opioid epidemic
The Drug Enforcement Administration was "slow to respond" as America grappled with a rising opioid epidemic, the Justice Department's inspector general said in a report Tuesday that faulted the agency for cutting back use of a key enforcement tool and continuing to raise production quotas even as the number of deaths rose. (medicalxpress.com, USA, 01.10.2019)
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2019-10-watchdog-dea-opioid-epidemic.html