DEA Neglects to Discipline Opioid Distributor Despite Years of Pill Flow.

The US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) allowed Morris & Dickson, one of the largest wholesale drug distributors, to continue shipping highly addictive painkillers for nearly four years after a judge recommended it be stripped of its license for its "cavalier disregard" of thousands of suspicious orders fueling the opioid crisis. The delay has raised concerns about how the revolving door between government and industry may be impacting the DEA's mission to police drug companies blamed for tens of thousands of American overdose deaths.