It appears that the DEA looked the other way as one of the nation’s largest wholesale drug distributors continued to ship highly addictive painkillers for nearly four years after a judge recommended it be stripped of its license for its “cavalier disregard” of thousands of suspicious orders fueling the opioid crisis.
DEA Waited 4 Years To Penalize Opioid Distributor After Judge’s Recommendation: Why? Answer Might Make You Angry
