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J. D. Vance: “Pharmaceutical companies...could actually insulate…”

Featuring: J. D. Vance, Republican | Vice President of the United States | National

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Joe Rogan Experience #2221 - JD Vance - Part 1

Published | Video Starts at 1:00:28

And so they figured out, I guess, that if they gave some Native American tribe some fraction of a fraction of a penny of the royalties from the sale of opioids, that they could Pharmaceutical companies...could actually insulate themselves from litigation around the prescription opioid epidemic [by giving royalties to Native American tribes]. And I guess this guy was just like, thought it was so dirty that he was like, I can't work for this organization anymore. (1:00:28–1:00:48)

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Asserts that pharmaceutical companies may use royalties to Native American tribes to avoid litigation.

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