“Carve your name on hearts, not tombstones. A legacy is etched into the minds of others and the stories they share about you.” ~ Shannon L. Alder
A recent article in the “Washington Post” exposes the criminal behavior of former Congressman Tom Marino (PA) along with newly elected US Senator Marsha Blackburn (TN). Their actions in tying the hands of the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) and giving free reign to pharma and drug distributors to supply huge quantities of dangerous opioids throughout the country has resulted in hundreds of thousands of addictions and deaths. Marino reportedly received $100,000 in campaign contributions from the drug companies, and Blackburn, who also sponsored the bill, received $120,000.
As a background, Marino introduced the bill, the “Ensuring Patient Access and Effective Drug Enforcement Act”, in 2014 and again in 2015; it failed both times. The 2014 version was opposed by the DEA and the Justice Department, but the 2015 version was a go as an attempt to “work with the pharmaceutical companies” who had heavy lobbying behind it. The legislation’s aim was to weaken the DEA’s authority to take enforcement action against drug distributors who supplied unscrupulous physician and pharmacists with opioids for diversion to the black market.
The partnership between Marino and Blackburn in the promotion of the opioid epidemic throughout the country resulted in the drug industry spending at least $102 million lobbying Congress on the legislation between 2014 and 2016. McKesson Corporation, AmerisourceBergen, and Cardinal Health spent $13 million lobbying in support of the bill.
Tom Marino’s congressional career ended last year shortly after winning re-election (and subsequently resigning) in his district in PA and being disgraced by President Trump withdrawing his name as drug czar of the U.S.
The hero in this “Post” article is former head of the DEA’s Office of Diversion Control, Joe Rannazzisi whose career and reputation were intentionally destroyed by Marino and Blackburn. Joe can now hold his head high once again and deserves to be acknowledged as a hero. Now let’s work at having the Marino bill repealed once and for all and Marsha Blackburn investigated for her role in being a partner with the pharmaceutical industry and their distributors in fueling the opioid epidemic. The citizens of Tennessee deserve better representation as the drug epidemic further engulfs them.
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Marianne Perez, Salem-News.com Investigative Reporter, is an Activist for Victims of OxyContin and Purdue Pharma throughout the United States and Canada. In July 2007, she testified against Purdue Pharma in Federal Court in Virginia at the sentencing of their three CEO's - Michael Friedman, Howard Udell and Paul Goldenheim - who pleaded guilty to charges of marketing OxyContin as less likely to be addictive or abused to physicians and patients. She also testified against Purdue Pharma at a Judiciary Hearing of the U.S. Senate in July 2007. Marianne works with government agencies and private attorneys in having a voice for her daughter Jill, who died in 2002 after being prescribed OxyContin, as well as the voice for scores of victims of OxyContin. She is currently working on a book that exposes Purdue Pharma for their continued criminal marketing of OxyContin.
Marianne is a nurse, graduated in 1991 as president of her class, and also has a Paralegal certification. Marianne served on a Community Service Board for the Courier News, a Gannet newspaper in NJ, writing articles predominantly regarding AIDS patients and their emotional issues. She was awarded a Community Service Award in 1993 by the Hunterdon County, NJ HIV/AIDS Task Force in recognition of and appreciation for the donated time, energy and love in facilitating a Support Group for persons with HIV/AIDS.
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US Senator Marsha Blackburn’s Disturbing Legacy
Written by: Marianne Perez
Published on: September 15, 2019
A recent article in the “Washington Post” exposes the criminal behavior of former Congressman Tom Marino (PA) along with newly elected US Senator Marsha Blackburn (TN). Their actions in tying the hands of the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) and giving free reign to pharma and drug distributors to supply huge quantities of dangerous opioids throughout the country has resulted in hundreds of thousands of addictions and deaths. Marino reportedly received $100,000 in campaign contributions from the drug companies, and Blackburn, who also sponsored the bill, received $120,000.
As a background, Marino introduced the bill, the “Ensuring Patient Access and Effective Drug Enforcement Act”, in 2014 and again in 2015; it failed both times. The 2014 version was opposed by the DEA and the Justice Department, but the 2015 version was a go as an attempt to “work with the pharmaceutical companies” who had heavy lobbying behind it. The legislation’s aim was to weaken the DEA’s authority to take enforcement action against drug distributors who supplied unscrupulous physician and pharmacists with opioids for diversion to the black market.
The partnership between Marino and Blackburn in the promotion of the opioid epidemic throughout the country resulted in the drug industry spending at least $102 million lobbying Congress on the legislation between 2014 and 2016. McKesson Corporation, AmerisourceBergen , and Cardinal Health spent $13 million lobbying in support of the bill.
When Joseph Rannazzisi, the chief of the Drug Enforcement Administration‘s Office of Diversion Control, strongly criticized the bill, Marino and Blackburn demanded that the drug diversion enforcer be investigated by the United States Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General. Nothing came of the investigation, but Rannazzisi was removed from his position and ultimately retired in October 2015.
Tom Marino’s congressional career ended last year shortly after winning re-election (and subsequently resigning) in his district in PA and being disgraced by President Trump withdrawing his name as drug czar of the U.S.
The hero in this “Post” article is former head of the DEA’s Office of Diversion Control, Joe Rannazzisi whose career and reputation were intentionally destroyed by Marino and Blackburn. Joe can now hold his head high once again and deserves to be acknowledged as a hero. Now let’s work at having the Marino bill repealed once and for all and Marsha Blackburn investigated for her role in being a partner with the pharmaceutical industry and their distributors in fueling the opioid epidemic. The citizens of Tennessee deserve better representation as the drug epidemic further engulfs them.
Here are links to the Post article today and one of several articles I wrote about Marino for my newspapers. com/graphics/2019/ investigations/drug-industry- plan-to-defeat-dea/? noredirect=on
https://www.washingtonpost.
Marianne Skolek Perez gov/imo/media/doc/Skolek% 20Testimony%20073107.pdf
Investigative Reporter exposing the manufactured opioid epidemic writing for Global News Centre, Salem-News.com, Sons of Liberty Media, The Washington Standard and Freedom Outpost
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