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Yanked off the market to keep it from prisons. july, 2011, the replacement drug is yanked from prisons, too. in 2012, some prisons propofol, the drug famous for association with the death of michael jackson, you might remember. but in august 2012, the manufacturer of that drug as well, also yanked their distribution system for that drug, specifically to make sure it couldn't get into prisons in the united states. they limited their distributors for the drug said none would be allowed to sell the drug to a prison system or anybody else that would sell it to a prison system. last year, 2013. rep...

So january 2011, the first drug gets yanked off the market to keep it away from prisons. july 2011, the replacement drug gets yanked from prisons too. then in 2012, some prisons move toward a drug called propofol. that's the drug that is famous for its association with the death of michael jackson, you might remember. but in august 2012, the manufacturer of that drug as well also yanked their distribution system for that drug, specifically to make sure it couldn't get into prisons in the united states to be used in lethal injections. they limited their distributors for the drug and said none o...

about the shortage of critically important cancer medicine. as a doctor, you never want to deny your patients any sort of treatment, but last year alone doctors here in the united states had to tell more than a half a million cancer patients that one of those medicine was used to treat patients with ovarian cancer like this woman, i met her last november. >> you feel like you are in a fight with one hand tied behind your back. we said let's go with what we have and see what happens. the cancer rapidly recurred. >> this week, there's a temporary fix. the fda announced they will allow ...

science are have to offer us. first, news i want to share about the shortage of cancer medicatio medications. you never want to deny patients treatment. doctors had to tell half a million cancer patients the drugs they needed weren't available. we are not talking about the developing world, we are talking right here at home. one of those medicines was doxal. it's used to treat women with ovarian cancer like renee. i met her last november. >> you feel like you are in a fight with one hand tied behind your back. we said let's go with what we have and see what happens. the cancer rapidl...