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Published September 23, 2011, 12:00 AM

Drugs in short supply


A board listing drugs in short supply at the University of Utah Hospital, in Salt Lake City, in late August 2011. At hospitals across the country, "scoring drugs" has taken on a new meaning. Hundreds admit buying medicines at exorbitant prices from "gray market" dealers taking advantage of, and possibly exacerbating, a record shortage of life-saving prescription medicines.(AP Photo/Jim Urquhart)
Read the article: U.S. hospital drug shortages endangering patients while running up expenses