IN 2011, RECORD SHORTAGES OF PRESCRIPTION DRUGS: Because of federal regulations. “The number of prescription drug shortages shot up to a record 267 in 2011, nearly four times the level of just seven years ago, a new report says. It’s a shortage made in Washington. . . . As is often the case, government price and output controls are largely to blame for shortages, which have killed at least 15 people since 2010.”