Welch to push for changes to drug diversion law

Rep. Peter Welch, D-Vt. File photo by Elizabeth Hewitt/VTDigger
WASHINGTON — Rep. Peter Welch, D-Vt., will push Congress to take action on recommendations to tweak a 2016 law that some say hindered law enforcement’s ability to battle the opioid epidemic.
A joint investigation by the Washington Post and 60 Minutes last year raised concerns that the new policy restricted too severely the Justice Department’s ability to immediately suspend prescription drug shipments that are susp