Rational Radio Daily With Steele And Ungar

Why would a West Virginia town of 400 people need a supply of nine million opioid pills? Scott Higham of the Washington Post, along with his colleague Lenny Bernstein, did a joint investigation with 60 Minutes in order to find the answer. The group’s reporting revealed that Congress, at the urging of lobbyists for three of the biggest pharmaceutical companies, passed a law limiting the Drug Enforcement Administration’s ability to curtail suspicious behavior by drug providers. In essence, it prevents the DEA from cracking down on the spread of highly addictive opioids and narcotics to black market providers. Higham, a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter, joins Michael Steele and Rick Ungar to discuss this bombshell story. The guys also examine how President Trump was able to form an unlikely alliance between evangelicals and nationalists to solidify his political base.