Crime Inc.: Counterfeit Goods
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Nearly 7 million Americans ages 12 and up are abusing prescription drugs each month, according to DEA figures from 2009. Who is the real culprit behind this rising epidemic -- doctors, pharmacies, pharmaceutical companies, or the consumer? Retail sales of prescription drugs topped $300 billion in 2010 alone, and criminals are doing everything they can to get a piece of the market. Between bribed medical professionals and online "rogue pharmacies," powerful prescription medicines like Oxycodone and Vicodin are falling into the wrong hands—with tragic consequences. Crime Inc. and Carl Quintanilla take a hard look at the addiction that's spreading in America.
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Prescription Drug Addiction
The National Drug Institute on Drug Abuse reports 48 million Americans have misused prescription drugs and its now the leading cause of fatal overdoses nationwide.
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The National Drug Institute on Drug Abuse reports 48 million Americans have misused prescription drugs and its now the leading cause of fatal overdoses nationwide.
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Pain Medication
In the past decade pain has becomes big business in the US. The FDA reports between 2000 and 2009, prescriptions for pain medications jumped from 174 million to nearly 300 million a year.
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In the past decade pain has becomes big business in the US. The FDA reports between 2000 and 2009, prescriptions for pain medications jumped from 174 million to nearly 300 million a year.
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