DEA/DRUGS/JEFF SESSIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration Tuesday [4-17-18] proposed changing federal rules to say that officials must consider how badly a drug is being abused in setting quotas for the production of the medication. Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced the publishing of the proposed rule changes in a speech in North Carolina, saying the action would help address the nation’s opioid problem, which he called ‘the deadliest drug crisis in American history.’ Under the proposal, the Drug Enforcement Administration must consider how much drugs, particularly powerful opioid painkillers, are being misused, abused or causing overdoses when setting production quotas. The DEA will be required to assess information provided by government health agencies such as the Federal Drug Administration, as well as the states. The DEA said in its notice of the proposed rule change that such fixes are necessary to ‘control the diversion of controlled substances feeding the crisis.’ The public will have a 15-day period to comment on the proposal before the DEA takes any action.”
-Del Quentin Wilber, “U.S. Proposes Quota Changes for Drug Enforcement Administration,” The Wall Street Journal, April 17, 2018 3:40 pm