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The Daily Show - The Opioid Crisis: Trump Blames Mexico & Big Pharma Blames Addicts
While Donald Trump keeps pointing to the southern border as the source of America’s opioid crisis, U.S. doctors and pharmaceutical companies are behind aggressive efforts to prescribe patients highly addictive doses of drugs like oxycodone and fentanyl for excessive financial gain.