Opinion: Bernie's new bill could imprison drug CEOs who lie about opioids

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  • 4 years ago
Bernie Sanders wants to tackle the the opioid crisis by attacking it from the top down: by punishing every single Big Pharma CEO who lies about how addictive painkillers really are — with prison sentences.

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