Breaking Baddest, Badder Than The World Has Ever Known

Did anyone catch 60 Minutes last night? It exposed collusion between Drug Distributors the federal government (both Congress and the Obama and Trump administrations) in tamping down and finally snuffing out the DEA (Drug Enforcement Agency for non-wonks) efforts to clamp down on illegal opioid marketing, distribution and sales. Fortunately, never fear, the Trump administration is on it, and I mean all over it.

Here's what Trump & Co. have done so far to combat an epidemic that has taken the lives of nearly 200,000 souls since 1999...64,000 alone in 2016...

...wait for it...





...still waiting? Please continue to hold...


It has yet to declare the opioid epidemic a national emergency.

I guess we can all heave a collective sigh of relief. And while we're still waiting for them to extract their heads from the tuchises, we can always enjoy a little humor. I like the idea of Trump, who wouldn't so much as give someone a tissue if they sneezed (instead, he'd quickly spritz himself in anti-bacterial sanitizer), leading efforts to roll back one of this country's major public health crises. As with other major policy challenges, he more likely to be a part of the problem than the solution. Or as Bryan Cranston's Walter White would say, "He IS the danger. HE is the one who knocks."