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Who's to blame for the opioid crisis?

Hosted by Warren Olney Jun. 09, 2017 National

Some of the lawyers who took on Big Tobacco are now going after Big Pharma. It’s all about the deadly epidemic of opioid use. Are the drug companies to blame? What about the users? Later, on today’s Talking Point: making sense of Britain’s upset election.

Photo: Defense Department health care beneficiaries makes prescription drug disposal easy for expired and unused medications with a "bring back" program at military treatment facilities. (U.S. Air Force)

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Credits

Host:

Warren Olney

Producers:

Luke Vander Ploeg, Gideon Brower, Evan George