Sharon Brigner

Deputy Vice President of State Government Affairs, PHARMA

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Part-time nurse and Deputy Vice President of State Government Affairs for PHARMA, an association representing pharmaceutical research companies

Sharon Brigner on KCRW

Prescription drug abuse is nothing new, but now it's being called epidemic, "from the Hollywood hills to the hollows of West Virginia."

Abuse of Prescription Drugs Is Being Called a 'National Epidemic'

Prescription drug abuse is nothing new, but now it's being called epidemic, "from the Hollywood hills to the hollows of West Virginia."

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