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Eugene

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Thu Aug 16, 2018, 07:36 PM Aug 2018

Trump administration proposes production quota cuts for six opioids

Source: Reuters

POLITICS AUGUST 16, 2018 / 12:01 PM / UPDATED 2 HOURS AGO

Trump administration proposes production quota cuts for six opioids

Reuters Staff
2 MIN READ

WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Trump administration on Thursday proposed that U.S. drugmakers cut production quotas of the six most abused opioids by 10 percent next year to fight a nationwide addiction crisis.

In a statement, the U.S. Justice Department and Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) said the proposed cut would be in keeping with President Donald Trump’s effort to cut opioid prescription fills by one-third within three years.

Trump on Thursday also pressed U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions to sue drug manufacturers over the opioid crisis.

“I’d like to bring a federal lawsuit against those companies,” Trump said during a meeting of his Cabinet at the White House. He did not name the companies.

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Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-opioid-manufacturing/trump-administration-proposes-production-quota-cuts-for-six-opioids-idUSKBN1L11XD
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Trump administration proposes production quota cuts for six opioids (Original Post) Eugene Aug 2018 OP
Just a matter of time and many of us/you will be needlessly suffering pain. Eliot Rosewater Aug 2018 #1
Cut supply in the legal market and what happens? unblock Aug 2018 #2
But will that stop the illegal manufacturer Historic NY Aug 2018 #3

unblock

(54,242 posts)
2. Cut supply in the legal market and what happens?
Thu Aug 16, 2018, 07:49 PM
Aug 2018

That's right, kids!

Increased supply in the illegal market!

That'll make things a whole lot better, right?

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