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Too Big to Prosecute.
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Academic Video Online
- 60 Minutes
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- McKesson.
- Public Health.
- Substance Abuse in Health Care.
- Administration of Justice.
- Drugs and Medications.
- Drugs and pharmaceuticals.
- Addictions.
- Drug abuse.
- Local Subjects:
- McKesson.
- Public Health.
- Substance Abuse in Health Care.
- Administration of Justice.
- Drugs and Medications.
- Drugs and pharmaceuticals.
- Addictions.
- Drug abuse.
- Genre:
- News story
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (16 minutes)
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS), 2017.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Original language in English.
- System Details:
- video file
- Summary:
- A joint investigation with The Washington Post into the DEA's case against the country's largest drug distributor, McKesson, that fueled the opioid epidemic. McKesson failed to monitor suspicious orders and knowingly supplied doctors and pharmacies that were fronts for drug rings, ultimately fueling drug abuse in America. Intimidated by the corporation, the DEA's own attorneys did not want to pursue the case. McKesson was finally fined and is now subject to independent monitoring, a sentencing deemed lenient by many. Includes interviews with: David Schiller, former DEA assistant special agent; Helen Kaupang, former DEA agent; Joe Rannazzisi, former DEA agent turned whistleblower; Maggie Hassan (Senator, D-NH).
- Notes:
- Title from resource description page (viewed January 16, 2024).
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