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shrink the pool and that is a >> woodruff: in fact, the percentage of working adults in the labor force is at the lowest level since 1979. in an interview on bloomberg tv, alan krueger, the chairman of the white house council of economic advisors, said that reflects a number of factors. >> it's natural that people will retire as they get older and we're going to be facing that trend for some time to come. but also when you go through difficult economic times, when unemployment rises as it did during the recession, you tend to see people leave the labor force. some go back to school, ...

heating units-- freezing temperatures with little clothing options, blankets-- all of these are in short supply. >> brown: we examine a major ruling on the morning after pill, as a federal judge ordered the fda to make it available, without prescription, to women and girls of all ages. >> woodruff: mark shields and david brooks analyze the week's news. >> brown: and we close with the story of an expose of hidden off-shore bank accounts around the obe. >> the first consequence, i guess, is that a secret world is no longer secret, and it's going to send shivers through this world. >> w...

First of all, ten kids go out and might smoke a joint or they go on a friday night to a party and ten of them will drink. nine of them will go on the rest their lives, they'll probably continue to use in moderation or they'll stop. one of them won't. their life will just unravel. it makes absolutely no sense whatsoever. until you understand that this is a brain disease. and then because they're ill, they will do things. my son was this lovely, kind, moral person. and before it was over, he was on the streets, he was shooting up heroin. he was stealing from us. he stole from his little brother ...

And stressed out, if they're experiencing some trauma in their lives, if there is has been abuse, if there is a difficult divorce or the loss of a loved one. some kids have with, you know, their wiring, kids have. if you have these kinds of problems, you're more likely to have drug problems. what parents can do is pay very, very special attention, and as soon as they suspect that there's a problem, don't try to figure it out yourself. go see a doctor. get professional help. >> david, pew released a poll this week that showed that a majority, for the first time, a majority of americans say that...

Treated. and the reason is that we have a system that relies on tradition and it relies on pseudoscience and relies on best guesses instead of on science. we have this as a disease. we know how to deal with disease. we turn to medicine. there's a range of treatments. you mentioned aa, the 12 steps earlier. that saves the lives for a lot of people. it doesn't work for everybody. there are behavioral treatments, medication has been shown, especially for people who have addictions to opiates like heroin, it can save someone's life. and so what we need is we need a -- if somebody has cancer, they ...