House panel plans to grill opioid distributors

By Robert King

Published April 12, 2018 6:42pm ET

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House panel plans to grill opioid distributors — This Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2017 photo shows an arrangement of pills of the opioid oxycodone-acetaminophen in New York. Abuse of painkillers, heroin, fentanyl and other opioids across the country has resulted in tens of thousands of children being taken from their homes and placed in the foster care system. | (AP Photo/Patrick Sison)

A House panel will question major drug distributors about pill dumping in West Virginia.

The House Energy and Commerce Committee’s oversight subcommittee said Thursday it would bring in the drug distributors for a hearing May 8. The hearing follows a committee investigation into how large amounts of powerful painkillers ended up in small communities.

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