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Prescription Drug Abuse

Prescription Drug Abuse

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Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2011 | 7:30 p.m.

They're legal, prescribed by a doctor and as close as mom and dad's medicine cabinet. And they're claiming lives at an alarming rate. Is Nevada doing all it can to monitor prescription drug abuse by doctor-shopping patients and over-prescribing professionals? Plus, church or cult? The Mormon religion is getting national attention in the Republican presidential race. Is faith fair game? We'll ask former Clark County Commissioner Bruce Woodbury. He's Mormon, too!

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