‘We feel like our system was hijacked’: DEA agents say a huge opioid case ended in a whimper
Investigators wanted a $1 billion fine and criminal charges brought against McKesson. Instead, they got a $150 million fine and no charges.
Hasnain says:
It does not surprise me that the DEA would lightly enforce on things that could actually stop the epidemic.
"Schiller said DEA lawyers would repeatedly ask: “Why would you go after a Fortune 50 company that’s going to cause all these problems with Ivy League attorneys, when we can go after other [DEA registration holders] that are much lower, that are going to put up no fight?
“And I said, ‘That’s exactly why you want to go after McKesson. They’re the prize. They’re the ones that are going to send a message to the thousands of mom-and-pops, to other big distributors, to the manufacturers, that this is no longer acceptable.’ ”"
Posted on 2017-12-18T05:48:40+0000