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Sunday, April 8, 2012

Washington state on the front lines in battle over use of painkillers

Dr. Jane C. Ballantyne, right, a Seattle pain expert, meets Christine Link, who has a degenerative joint disease and wants a painkiller prescription renewed. Ballantyne sees patients referred for evaluation under the new Washington law