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less. forty people overdose on painkillers ever day in the united states. >> i would like to sigh that physicians had nothing to do with it but i think we have. >> reporter: dr. douglas griffin says the cdc's if you recommendation will give more backbone to the fight they have already begun. >> this is a difficult position for primary care physicians because people are in pain. >> reporter: dr. griffin says years ago they were encouraged to be liberal with pain medication which has left patients in a vicious cycle. >> they need to have those conversations with their doctor and then look for other alternatives. there are many other medications that can be used. >> reporter: other alternatives like dry needling, a fairly new practice that is gaining attention. >> we are finding an area that seems tight and we are looking for the muscle to twitch a little bit you start to develop a lot of that tension j physical therapist says people who suffer from connick pain

needling and it could help break a cycle of dependency on medication. >> goant give up. there are lots of different methods out there. -- don't give up. >> reporter: dr. griffin hopes it will create change in the community. a recent study finds there is also a problem with people abusing anti-anxiety medication. you probably know the tree pollen season has arrived but you don't have to feel missable all spring. allergy special is suggest staying inside on high pollen count days and keep the windows closed. showering and washing your hair before bed can help keep that yellow stuff off your pillows at night. if you do get an tax of the sniffles, try saline nasal sprays and allergy medications. a good excuse to stay inside and watch basketball or just wral tv news.

clean-up is this saturday. park rangers say there is than usual. the lake rose to very high levels in january because of heavy rain that pushed trash onto two popular camping areas and into the woods near heavily used hiking trails. the clean-up is tomorrow from 9:00 to 1:00 at the new hope overlook access to jordan lake state recreation area. that is off pea ridge road in new hill. >> the weather in the afternoon won't be so hot but maybe they can get a little work done in the morning. >> exactly. i'm hoping. sometimes, if it is two or three hours earlier than we expected, it may ruin everybody's plans in the morning too. so we always encourage you to, number one, tune in to greg and mike this evening and mike and automaticky over the weekend. mike will show you the radar and be able to let you know what time the rain will start t certainly looks like it will be

we are talking about the azaleas. some of them are beginning to bloom. they are not at peak. it is running a the earlier i believe than some jurors if my memory serves me correctly. we tend to have our peak of azalea blooms in the garden about mid-april, a the bit after easter depending on how certainly beautiful out there. sprim is popping out all over. but they're in the at peak yet. so i think this weekend because it will be -- the weather won't be so great, you probably want to hold off but getting into next week when we start to warm up again, probably a great time to start coming to pay us a visit over here on western boulevard. 66 is our current temperature. it looks warmer than that. we've had warmer temperatures than that all week with this sunshine. it feels fantastic. our dew point really low at 31. it has this beautiful crisp feel to the air and all that sunshine. fantastic. a little warmer down south. 69 in fayetteville and clinton.

everybody is seeing sunshine this morning. with the recent warm-up, the pollen started to explode across the area. it is low for weeds, high for trees and especially oak and pine. it is that pine pollen that sends the clouds of yellow dust everywhere t hasn't gotten too bad yet. you will notice it. you have a probably seen it on the car hood. i like to bring 199cushions and whatever else i can do to protect everything outside from the pollen. grasses are now moderate too so it is about to be that time of year. my daughter just told me yesterday, she said mommy, i can start to feel it in my throat. so here it is, that pollen season. a couple of clouds out there. for the most part, everything is nice and quiet for us. it will stay that way for the rest of this afternoon. everything just looks beautiful. here a look at satellite and radar. we have a front that is down south. this is a mainly stationary front.

and up toward the coast of north carolina spreading moisture back in across the area starting about lunchtime tomorrow and lingering into the early-morning hours of sunday. futurecast, we kick off here just about lunchtime. beautiful clear skies for the rest of the day. if you are heading out for dinner this evening, it will be a little cool but perfectly clear. you will not need your umbrella. we begin to cloud up first thing saturday morning at 7:00 a.m. and before hundred time, we are see something showers across the area. those showers continue through the afternoon and through sunday morning. that is sunday morning at 7:00 a.m. they will begin to lift out of the area but even behind that band of rain that you can see on futurecast, there could be some drizzle and some patchy light showers remaining through the afternoon on sunday. it stays cold. once that system moves by, we'll have a rush of cold air that comes in. so 71 for this afternoon. foaling good because our high saturday just 57. it will be cloudy all day. our chance of rain ramps up as we get through the day especially during the afternoon

way chance of rain early and then that chance begins to taper off through the afternoon. -- we start with a chance of rain. 33 on monday morning. 29 on tuesday morning. we haven't seen them post this yet but the weather service is hinting they may post a frost or freeze advisory or warning for monday or tuesday with these very cold temperatures. the record low is 22. so we'll be kind of close to that. our normal is 41. then temperatures will warm up a little bit more by the middle of next week. we'll talk more about that. >> we'll dig coat out but we can put them away again. >> thank you. we'll call day win-win situation. >> uber announces a new program that could let drivers get their money right away. >> plus, gone are the days of chalk boards and classrooms. coming up, how heeders of tomorrow are getting ahead using technology of today. >> today at 4:00 on wral, the adult coloring craze.

looks at the increasing popularity and the health benefits that come with it. >> and at 5:00, 5 on your side's monica laliberte has this week's restaurant report.

county uber is testing a way to give its ivs e option of being paid instantly. they are launch ago pilot program in san francisco that is intended to help their drivers collect their pay faster. it will allow drivers to deposit funds into an act flu go bank. -- there you go bank.

motivation from amazon's virtual assistant to reach their goals. alexa can communicate what fitbit knows about the vitals. she might respond that you've taken 4500 but you still got 1500 mother to go -- more to go to make your daily goal. most of us remember the gao good old chalkboard our teachs are used in school. now, teachers are using state of the art technology. >> reporter: firveght grade math and science teacher says teaching has changed over years. >> when i first started teach, we had an overhead projector. >> reporter: keeping up with technology, sarasota county schools approved a $10 million budget to purchase active pap els. >> technology is such an effective tool to me to deliver my instruction.

school in the district will have one replacing the old active board. student luke says he is happy to the upgrade. >> last year was the active board. there was a lot of glaressable it glitched and it took so long to load. >> reporter: students that are using these panels say they are very similar to a tablet because of the touch screen capabilities and hd quality video. these new boards are glare free, play video, can operate remotely plus the maintenance cost is very low. >> they grew up with the touch screen devices. >> reporter: maya says this active panel make learning an interactive experience. >> i can see it and come up to the board and i learn better. >> this generation, most of the kids have electronic devices so they know how to work them t allows the teacher and student to have two-way interaction with each other. >> reporter: and what do the students think about being one of first classrooms with this

sailing. sorry. a community response to an alarming new survey about american men. >> coming up, arielle clay is live with what police have to say about the statistics and responding. >> plus n this digital age, most phone books make their way to the recycling bin. for some, they are in high demand. why the publishers say they will continue to produce the

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