Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20170311:04:50:00
They were manufactured by american firms, prescribed by american doctors and sent to pharmacies by american drug wholesalers or distributors. some of the nation's biggest companies. >> you have those rogue doctors prescribing incredible numbers of opioids. you have the pharmacies dispensing large numbers of oxycontin and hydrocodone and then you have the drug wholesalers which are shipping from the manufacturers to the pharmacies. >> tommy priest has lived in kermit his whole life. he served on the town council for 17 years. he's now chief of the volunteer fire department. >> it was a great li...