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    How Safe Are Our Prescription Drugs?

    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?  Also, Congress sees evidence of a Syrian reactor six months late, and why Democrats and Republicans will need new Electoral College strategies this year.  Lawrence O'Donnell guest hosts.

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    KCRW placeholderBy Lawrence O'Donnell • Apr 24, 2008 • 1h 0m Listen

    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? Also, Congress sees evidence of a Syrian reactor six months late, and with more states up for grabs in November, Democrats and Republicans will have to change their Electoral College strategies. Lawrence O'Donnell guest hosts.

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      Lawrence O'Donnell

      MSNBC

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