HOUSTON - Maybe we were distracted by the narcotics flooding across our border...or just naive...but there's now evidence that a so-called legitimate pharmaceutical distributor with warehouses in Ft. Bend County allowed tens of millions of opioid doses to seep onto the "black market".
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This week in a seizure of historic proportion - the drug enforcement administration confiscated 700 million doses from Woodfield pharma - calling the operation essential to "preserving the health and safety" of a nation enduring a record number of fatal overdoses.
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DEA drug bust in Fort Bend County
The WYP panel talks about recent FOX 26 exclusive coverage of colossal drug bust in Fort Bend County
700 million doses amounts to 27 tractor-trailer loads.
Should we be at all surprised that DEA believes "the diversion" of these drugs is a major source of addiction?
FOX 26 Exclusive coverage of Ft. Bend County drug bust