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SoCal Connected
January 17, 2013
Up Front: Prescription drug abuse is now the leading cause of accidental death in the United States and of the majority of drug-related deaths in Los Angeles. We hear from some of those whose lives have been destroyed by the menace in the medicine cabinet.
In the Studio: Are doctors and pharmacists partly to blame for the epidemic of prescription drug abuse? Madeleine talks to L.A. Times investigative journalists Scott Glover and Lisa Girion to find out what, if any is a medical professional's responsibility.
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A man's search for his missing wife who suffers from early onset Alzheimers reveals gaps in the system meant to locate and care for the mentally impaired in California. "SoCal Connected" documents the journey to answer, where's Nancy?
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Public street disrepair is costing Los Angeles millions in costly personal injury claims.
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They’re tiny, weaponized, and carry a potentially deadly payload. They’re called “Assassin Bugs” and they can be as common as the backyard mosquito or as exotic as the so-called “kissing bug"--and they're here in Southern California, spreading some of the
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SoCal Connected's Deepa Dernandes questions Santa Barbara landlord Dario Pini.
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Examine L.A.'s unregulated short-term housing market and an indoor marijuana facility employing veterans.
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A look at the spike in the number of employers retaliating against undocumented workers.
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As new developments pop up all over L.A., many are asking, 'Who approved that?'
