Smith Wholesale Drug Company also said no. The denials drew an angry response from GOP Rep. David McKinley of West Virginia, where federal figures show 884 people died from drug overdoses in 2016. Members of both parties accused company officials of missing signs of suspicious activity. The government requires distributors of controlled substances to report suspicious drug orders to the federal Drug Enforcement Administration and to deny questionable transactions. Investigators said 20.8 million opioid pills were shipped from 2006 to 2016 to Williamson, population 2,900.

Source: ABC News May 08, 2018 15:39 UTC