PRESCRIPTION DRUG PETITIONS--Tom Bridges, of Ohio AARP, lifts a box containing some of 143,000 signed petitions, while Dave Kolbe, left, and John Gallo, of the Ohio AFL-CIO unload the boxes, at the loading dock at the Ohio Secretary of State's office, located in the Borden Bldg., in Columbus, Ohio, on Thursday, Dec. 26, 2002. The petitions, which call on the General Assembly to pass a Prescription Drug Fair Pricing Act, were collected by the Coalition for Affordable Prescription Drugs. (Jack Kustron/Photoj.com)