Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20171016:10:43:00
>> so tell us about the bill that exacerbated the problem and who was behind it. >> so, tom merino was the principle sponsor of this legislation. it was written by an industry lawyer. and basically the dea's most effective enforcement tool is something called the immediate suspension order. those are used for times when there are companies that are sending down stream hundreds of millions of pills unchecked and the dea steps in and says enough is enough. we're shutting you down. so this law changes the definition of imminent threat. so companies now -- in the past, imminent threat meant, you k...
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