Video: The Fix Weighs in on Rx Epidemic

By Gabrielle Wuhl 07/13/12

Executive Editor Anna David appears on the Dr. Drew Show to discuss the impact of prescription drug abuse on newborn babies.

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Fix Executive Editor Anna David appeared on The Dr. Drew Show this week to discuss how America's painkiller epidemic is taking a toll on the babies of addicted mothers. She was speaking with Dr. Drew and Dr. Jonathan Fararoff of Cleveland's Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital. "We, as a society, have got to keep drilling it into people's heads that just because it comes in a pill bottle does not mean it's safe and okay," said David, a recovering prescription pill addict. "That is a massive problem that we don't seem to be making any headway in."

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