Facebook is ‘enabling’ illegal opioid sales, says GOP lawmaker

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Rep. David McKinley, R-W.Va., charged Wednesday that Facebook is making the nation’s opioid addiction worse in the U.S. by allowing online pharmacies to sell drugs illegally on the social media site.

At a House committee hearing, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said “of course” it should be illegal for online pharmacies to sell opioids without a prescription. But McKinley said it happens all the time on Facebook.

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