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Opioid Epidemic

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Trump on opioid report

During an impromptu Q-and-A session in the White House Rose Garden, CBS News chief White House correspondent Major Garrett asked President Trump about a joint investigation by CBS' "60 Minutes" and The Washington Post on the opioid crisis. The report found that Congress helped disarm the Drug Enforcement Administration. Rep. Tom Marino, R-Pennsylvania, a chief advocate for the bill at the center of the investigation, is Mr. Trump's nominee to be federal drug czar.

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WaPo's Lenny Bernstein on opioid crisis

A "60 Minutes" - Washington Post investigation found that, at the height of the opioid crisis, Congress passed a law that may have allowed the epidemic to worsen. The bill, introduced in 2015, was promoted as a way to ensure patients had access to the medication they needed. But a former DEA official said the law made it hard to stop distributors from sending prescription drugs to "bad pharmacies and doctor's offices." The Washington Post's health and medicine reporter Lenny Bernstein, who co-authored his paper's report, joins "CBS This Morning" from Washington.

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DEA's opioid crackdown derailed?

Ninety-one people die every day in America from opioid drug overdoses. In a joint investigation by "60 Minutes" and The Washington Post, whistleblowers explain how the drug industry, with the help of Congress, turned the epidemic into a full-blown crisis. "60 Minutes" correspondent Bill Whitaker and Washington Post investigative reporter Scott Higham join "CBS This Morning" for a preview of Sunday's report and to discuss their explosive findings. Watch the full report on Sunday, Oct. 15 at 7:30 p.m. ET and 7 p.m. PT.

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