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Prescription Meds: New "Gateway Drug?"
February 11, 2008 12:36 PM
Today we are juggling a few different stories to air tonight. We'll be doing an update on a story we aired last year on a group of teenagers struggling with addiction to prescription drugs. A recent study conducted by the Partnership for a Drug-Free America says that one in five teens has abused prescription drugs to get high, a statistic that suggests the prescription pills may be replacing marijuana as as the so called "gateway drug." Co-anchor Cynthia McFadden looks into this startling trend and checks in with some of the teens profiled on their progress and the challenges they faced.
Ahead of the "Potomac Primaries" tomorrow (Maryland, Virginia, the District) we'll also be looking at Hillary Clinton's campaign, which just underwent a shake-up this weekend after Patti Solis Doyle stepped down as campaign manager. After losing five states to Obama this weekend, we're going to see where she stands in a race much closer than her campaign anticipated.
We are also keeping our eye on a developing story on Detroit's mayor, Kwame Kilpatrick, whose romantic involvement with former Chief of Staff Christine Beatty could become more legally complicated today if an appellate court panel decides to release documents linked to text messages between the two. The Detroit Free Press reports that these documents could show that the two lied under oath at a trial last summer about their romantic involvement. A whistle-blower lawsuit against Kilpatrick was initially filed by former Deputy Police Chief Gary Brown and former officer Harold Nelthrope, who alleged they were fired or forced to resign for investigating claims that Kilpatrick used his security unit to cover up the affair. We'll keep you posted as this and other stories develop.
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