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    1. Post Politics‏Verified account @postpolitics 15 Oct 2017

      Get ready for @60Minutes by reading our investigation (http://wapo.st/opioids ) and learning about a key personhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/who-is-joe-rannazzisi-the-dea-man-who-fought-the-drug-companies-and-lost/2017/10/15/c3ac4b0e-b02e-11e7-be94-fabb0f1e9ffb_story.html?utm_term=.e562eb59de3e …

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    2. Post Politics‏Verified account @postpolitics 15 Oct 2017

      For more than a decade, Joe Rannazzisi was at the front lines of the government’s war against opioid abuse

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    3. Post Politics‏Verified account @postpolitics 15 Oct 2017

      He was an agent in Detroit, where he watched prescription drugs flood small towns. In 2005, he came to DEA HQ. He has law & pharmacy degrees

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    4. Post Politics‏Verified account @postpolitics 15 Oct 2017

      DEA soon began bringing enforcement actions against big drug distributors for failing to report suspicious ordershttps://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2017/investigations/dea-drug-industry-congress/?utm_term=.6844c925ca94 …

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    5. Post Politics‏Verified account @postpolitics 15 Oct 2017

      “They definitely didn’t like Joe Rannazzisi,” one of his chief lieutenants said of the pharmaceutical companies.https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/who-is-joe-rannazzisi-the-dea-man-who-fought-the-drug-companies-and-lost/2017/10/15/c3ac4b0e-b02e-11e7-be94-fabb0f1e9ffb_story.html?utm_term=.e562eb59de3e …

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    6. Post Politics‏Verified account @postpolitics 15 Oct 2017

      In 2011, he was called to brief a deputy attorney general about a case. The meeting was contentious.

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    7. Post Politics‏Verified account @postpolitics 15 Oct 2017

      Then in July 2014, he clashed with congressional staffers. That call ended up with a request for an inspector general investigation.

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    8. Post Politics‏Verified account @postpolitics 15 Oct 2017

      In 2015, Justice named a new DEA chief who said he wanted to mend the rift between the agency and the drug industry.

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    9. Post Politics‏Verified account @postpolitics 15 Oct 2017

      Later that year, Rannazzisi retired after a 30-year career. Now he's a consultant for a team of lawyers suing the opioid industry.

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      Post Politics‏Verified account @postpolitics 15 Oct 2017

      Read about him and the DEA and opioid enforcement here, and tune in to "60 Minutes" tonighthttps://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2017/investigations/dea-drug-industry-congress/?utm_term=.6844c925ca94 …

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