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A former New Hampshire nurse has pleaded guilty to fraudulently obtaining Oxycontin from the Hampton nursing home where she worked.
Because the nurse claimed it was for patients, that Oxycontin was paid for by Medicare or the Veterans Administration.
But the nurse used the pills herself.
That’s one small example of the huge economic burden that growing abuse of prescription drugs is placing on taxpayers and the health care system.
In the fifth and final story in our series on prescription drug abuse, health reporter Elaine Grant examines how someone else’s addiction is hitting your wallet.

On Saturday, Governor Lynch is scheduled to announce at the Concord Farmers Market that August is Eat Local month.

It's an attempt to promote local farms and locally grown foods.

But as NHPR's Mark Bevis reports, the governor does not have to do a lot of convincing.

The state is witnessing a surge in local vegetable gardens.

The CARS program is up and running.

The 1 billion dollar federal rebate program officially got into gear last week.

It offers car buyers up to 45 hundred dollars when they trade in an older car for a new one that gets better gas mileage.

And as NHPR's Mark Bevis reports, the program seems to be getting a good response in New Hampshire.

Gorham's Helen Burns grew up in a roving logging camp, in fact she was one of the few female loggers in the North Country at the time. Her friend Mary Jo Landry had a few questions about her time in the camps when they stopped by the Mobile Booth in June.

Time now for our weekly look at the state’s economy with NHPR’s Jon Greenberg. It’s part of our ongoing coverage, Working It Out. Today’s round-up touches on , among other things, blueberry picking and an economic barometer you might overlook, limousine rides.