By EMERY P. DALESIO 2010-10-15T13:26:23Z RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- Starting next year, dozens of states will begin knitting together databases to watch prescription drug abuse, from powerful painkillers to diet pills....
States Linking Prescription Databases, Fight Abuse
By EMERY P. DALESIO, Associated Press
Fri, 10/15/2010 - 6:26am
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