While drug overdose deaths surged in Appalachia, top execs at drug distribution giant AmerisourceBergen twice circulated an email of a parody song ("To the tune of The "Beverly Hillbillies" TV theme) that makes fun of "pillbillies" addicted to OxyContin. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/drug-distributor-employees-emailed-a-parody-song-about-pillbillies-documents-show/2020/05/23/823f148e-9cf4-11ea-a2b3-5c3f2d1586df_story.html?fbclid=IwAR0xBfNbVgJ1xtx0VaG0s_Pufj7MORV42_9pnb_Hq0gcPOkiEfgyZu-OdAw">https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/...

"I sent this to you a month or so ago -- nice to see it recirculated https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🙂" title="Slightly smiling face" aria-label="Emoji: Slightly smiling face">" one AmerisourceBergen exec wrote.

The email subject line: Saw this and had to share it...

This disgusting email was circulated by the company execs RESPONSIBLE for stopping the flow of prescription opioids to the black market in places like southern WV and Eastern KY

The parody song includes lines like: "A bevy of Pillbillies...Pill Mills, that is. Buy some pills. Take a load home. Y& #39;all come back now, y& #39;hear?" The Post has the song in full.