Political Quotes

“I rise with my colleagues, Senators Grassley, Capito, and Durbin to introduce the Preventing Pill Mills Through Data Sharing Act. Millions of pills flooded small communities throughout the Nation to fuel the opioid epidemic we are facing today. Despite the fact that opioid manufacturers and distributors were required to keep complete and accurate records relating to the sale, delivery, or disposal of opioids through the Automated Reports and Consolidated Ordering System, often referred to as ARCOS, and to detect and disclose suspicious orders of opioids to the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), these substances still reached our streets. That is why my colleagues and I previously introduced the ``Using Data to Prevent Opioid Diversion Act,'' which was enacted as part of the ``SUPPORT Act'' in 2018. As a result of that law, DEA is now required to provide to opioid manufacturers and distributors anonymized information related to the number of distributors serving a single pharmacy or practitioner, and the quantity and type of opioids being delivered to each. This information, coupied with the internal controls that these companies already use in their efforts to determine the legitimacy of opioid orders, is assisting manufacturers and distributors in their efforts to better prevent these substances from being diverted to someone other than the intended recipient who has a lawful prescription.…”