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Addiction to prescription pain killers a growing trend in the U.S.
Drug overdoses between 1999 and 2006 have more than doubled, from 11,000 to 26,000. The heightened numbers are reportedly linked to prescription pain killers.
Dr. Kent Robertshaw of Columbia University talks to Kiran Chetry about the growing trend of prescription pain killer addiction in the U.S.
Inkley: 'This impact could last for many, many years'
Wednesday marks one year since the Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico.
11 workers were killed in the explosion and 200 million gallons of oil were released into the surrounding environment. So, what is the state of the Gulf Coast one year after the devastation began?
American Morning speaks to Doug Inkley, senior scientist for the National Wildlife Federation, about the state of the Gulf Coast one year after the spill.
Bachmann: 'We need to get more money in the hands of real people'
Rep. Michele Bachmann talks to Ali Velshi about today's top political issues including the possibility of entering the 2012 Presidential race, the United States' deficit, and the debt ceiling.
Still a lot of uncertainty in Gulf Coast one year after oil spill
Dean Blanchard, a 25-year veteran of the seafood business, is the President of Dean Blanchard Seafood Inc. and was hit hard by last year's oil spill.
American Morning spoke with Blanchard in the wake of the oil spill and catches up with Blanchard one year later.
The 'maternity tourism' business
It's become a controversial...business. Pregnant tourists are paying thousands of dollars to have their babies born in the U.S. But that's only part of the story in this new "birthright citizenship" debate. It's an issue that, according to a CNN poll from last year, shows that the American public is split on.
This morning on American Morning, Marshall Fitz, the director of immigration policy at the Center for American Progress, and Mark Krikorian, executive director of the Center for Immigration Studies, discussed the issue with Christine Romans and Kiran Chetry.
Goldfarb: Air traffic controllers 'in a bind'
More problems for the FAA. An air traffic controller and his manager are suspended for watching a movie while on the job in Cleveland, Ohio.
It comes on the heels of incidents of sleeping controllers around the country.
Former FAA chief of staff Michael Goldfarb joined American Morning's Ali Velshi, Kiran Chetry and Christine Romans about why air traffic controllers are having trouble staying awake and focused on the job.
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