{"id":27080,"date":"2017-10-15T21:24:07","date_gmt":"2017-10-16T02:24:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/law.marquette.edu\/facultyblog\/?p=27080"},"modified":"2017-10-15T21:29:41","modified_gmt":"2017-10-16T02:29:41","slug":"marquette-law-review-article-featured-in-prescription-painkiller-expose","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/law.marquette.edu\/facultyblog\/2017\/10\/marquette-law-review-article-featured-in-prescription-painkiller-expose\/","title":{"rendered":"Marquette Law Review Article Featured in Prescription Painkiller Expos\u00e9"},"content":{"rendered":"

In cooperation with\u00a060 Minutes<\/em>, the\u00a0Washington Post\u00a0<\/em>has published a fascinating new story about the behind-the-scenes efforts of actors in the pharmaceuticals business to soften regulatory enforcement<\/a> at the just the time that the nation’s opioid problems were reaching epidemic proportions. The story would be an engaging read for anyone, but Marquette folks may note a particular point of interest: the\u00a0Post\u00a0<\/em>prominently quotes a forthcoming article in the\u00a0Marquette Law Review<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

According to the Post\u00a0<\/i>story, the federal Drug Enforcement Administration has long had authority to block suspiciously large shipments of prescription painkillers that pose an imminent danger to the community. In the late years of the Bush Administration and early years of the Obama Administration, the DEA became increasingly aggressive in using this authority to target businesses that were involved in questionable ways with the distribution of opioids. The\u00a0Post\u00a0<\/em>reports that these businesses pushed back, initially finding some success through lobbying the Department of Justice. However, they seemingly had their greatest success when Congress passed, and President Obama signed into law, changes to the DEA’s enforcement standards and procedures.<\/p>\n

This legislation is the subject of the\u00a0Marquette Law Review\u00a0<\/em>piece, authored by John Mulrooney and Katherine Legel. Mulrooney is an administrative law judge with the DEA. Legel, a graduate of Marquette Law School, was a judicial law clerk with the DEA. Of the 2016 law, they write, \u201cIf it had been the intent of Congress to completely eliminate the DEA\u2019s ability to ever impose an immediate suspension on distributors or manufacturers, it would be difficult to conceive of a more effective vehicle for achieving that goal.\u201d This and other aspects of the law review article are noted in the\u00a0Post’<\/em>s reporting. Student-editors who have been working on the article should feel gratified to see the piece playing such a prominent role in the ongoing efforts of journalists, policymakers, and academics to better understand the multitude of factors that may be contributing to the current opioid crisis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In cooperation with\u00a060 Minutes, the\u00a0Washington Post\u00a0has published a fascinating new story about the behind-the-scenes efforts of actors in the pharmaceuticals business to soften regulatory enforcement at the just the time that the nation’s opioid problems were reaching epidemic proportions. 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