Alison Young Investigates

Disaster victims need to be wary of scams

More than a dozen Georgia counties have been declared disaster areas due to flooding. As in any disaster, there will be people looking to take advantage of the victims: contracting scams, disaster relief schemes, questionable charity drives -- and more. This article gives tips for protecting yourself.  Disasters give rise to scams

Pharmacy mistakes can injure, kill

An estimated 3 percent of prescriptions filled by pharmacies have potentially harmful errors: The wrong drug, wrong dosage or wrong directions. In Georgia, state regulators investigate dozens of prescription misfills each year. Patients have been given the blood thinner warfarin, instead of their prescribed diabetes drug; an Alzheimer's treatment instead of sleeping pills; an antidepressant instead of an allergy medication, according to a review of pharmacy board disciplinary records.    The harm in pharmacy misfills

Look to yourself to avoid trouble hiking in state parks

When hikers are injured, killed or have other incidents in Georgia's state parks, the trouble is usually of their own making, a review of Georgia Department of Natural Resources incident logs shows. While crime is rare, visitors find plenty of other ways to get into trouble. Dozens get so lost that park officials have to launch searches, according to search and rescue reports. Georgia state parks: How to avoid trouble