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Half of Americans took prescription drugs in 2008, report says
by Lianne Dane

A survey released Thursday by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention suggests that almost half of Americans took at least one prescription drug per month in 2008, marking an increase of 10 percent since 1999. Across the same period, spending on prescription drugs more than doubled to $234.1 billion. Full story

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