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Rush Limbaugh's decision to enter drug rehabilitation has drawn new attention to the problem of prescription drug abuse. A panel shares the most up-to-date information on legally prescribed drugs that are potentially addictive.
Barry Meier, staff reporter for "The New York Times" and author of "Pain Killer: A 'Wonder' Drug's Trail of Addiction and Death" (Rodale)
Beth Davidson, director of the Addiction Treatment Center at Suburban Hospital
Dr. Nathaniel Katz, assistant professor of anesthesia at Harvard Medical School and chairman of the advisory committee to the anesthetic division of the Food and Drug Administration
Marian Wright Edelman looks back over three decades of activism on behalf of the nation's children. Her organization, the Children's Defense Fund, is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year, and she has written an introduction to a new collection of essays about childhood that has been published to commemorate the milestone.
Marian Wright Edelman, Founder & president of the Children's Defense Fund
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