DEA Calls For Huge Cut In Opioid Production Due To Ongoing Epidemic

The Daily Caller – Plans to reduce the manufacturing of opioids by 25 percent in 2017 are underway, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) announced Tuesday, citing a shrinking market and the epidemic of abuse as central reasons. Opioid is the name of a general category of pain medicine that includes more well-known drugs like codeine, oxycodone, hydrocodone, morphine and fentanyl, among many others.

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