Politics & Government
Poll: Improving Safety at Pharmacies
What can be done to reduce the violent crime at drugstores?
Public officials are scrambling to find a way to better protect drugstores from the violence that has claimed six lives in the last several months.
The ideas range from limiting prescription painkiller sales to highly secure, state-run stores to expanded drug-treatment programs and adding armed guards at every pharmacy.
What do you think? Is the recent violence an aberration? Do we need to do anything to make pharmacies safer?
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