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How Safe Are Our Prescription Drugs?

Hosted by Lawrence O'Donnell Apr. 24, 2008
How do unsafe drugs reach the marketplace? Is the Food and Drug Administration overwhelmed by the supply and demand for drugs and incapable of guaranteeing the safety of the four billion prescriptions our pharmacies will fill this year? Lawrence O'Donnell  guest hosts.
How do unsafe drugs reach the marketplace? Is the Food and Drug Administration overwhelmed by the supply and demand for drugs and incapable of guaranteeing the safety of the four billion prescriptions our pharmacies will fill this year? Lawrence O'Donnell guest hosts. Today's WWLA is a re-edit of this morning's To the Point

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Host:

Lawrence O'Donnell

Producers:

Sonya Geis, Katie Cooper

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