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EXPERIENCING UP TO SEVEN

INDIVIDUALS A DAY DYING FROM THE

MISUSE AND THE ABUSE OF

PHARMACEUTICAL DRUGS.

WE HAVE THREE TIMES AS MANY

PEOPLE DIE EVERY YEAR FROM

PRESCRIPTION PILLS VERSUS

HEROIN. COCAINE,

AND METHAMPHETAMINE COMBINED.

THEY STARTED GOING TO

PHYSICIANS' OFFICES.

THEY STARTED GETTING DRUGS FROM

"LEGITIMATE SOURCES."

AND ALL OF A SUDDEN. YOU CAN SEE

THE INFLUX IN PAIN MANAGEMEN CLINICS.

YOU CAN SEE THE INFLUX

IN LEGALIZED DRUG DEALING.

BROWARD. WHICH IS THE FOR LAUDERDALE AREA. IS THE

EPICENTER OF THIS PILL MILL

EPIDEMIC.

AND WHAT WE SAW WAS THAT IN THE

FIRST SIX MONTHS OF 2008.

67% OF THE OXYCODONE NATIONWIDE

THAT WAS PUT OUT BY DISPENSING

PRACTITIONERS CAME OUT OF

BROWARD COUNTY. FLORIDA.

THE ENTIRE MID-EASTERN QUADRAN OF THE U.S.. ALL THOSE STATES

HAD A PRESCRIPTION DRUG

MONITORING PROGRAM.

WELL. WHAT THAT DID IS STARTED

TO DRIVE DRUG SEEKERS--AND I'M

NOT GONNA USE THE TERM PATIENT.

IT DROVE DRUG SEEKERS FROM THOSE

STATES INTO THE STATE OF

FLORIDA.

PRESCRIPTION DRUG ABUSE IS

RISING. BUT THE INNOCENT VICTIMS

ARE THE INFANTS BORN EXPOSED TO

OPIATES IN UTERO.

BROWARD COUNTY. FLORIDA,

HAS SEEN A QUADRUPLE INCREASE

AND MORE THAN HALF OF THE PEOPLE

TAKING PRESCRIPTION DRUGS ARE

WOMEN.

THEY'RE--OVER THE LAS SEVERAL YEARS THERE.

THERE'S BEEN NO REGULATION

WHATSOEVER IN TERMS OF PATIENTS

BEING ABLE TO GO TO DIFFEREN OFFICES AND GET PRESCRIPTION

PILLS. AND BECAUSE OF THAT,

YOU HAVE AN INFLUX OF PEOPLE

ACTUALLY COMING FROM OTHER

STATES TO GET THESE MEDICATIONS.

SO AS THE NUMBER OF ADULTS AND

WOMEN RISE TAKING THESE

PRESCRIPTION PILLS. IT'S NO

SURPRISE THAT THEY'RE HAVING

BABIES THAT ARE DEPENDENT ON

PAINKILLERS.

YEAH. THERE YOU GO,

OKAY. LOOK RIGHT THERE.

HE'S MAKING A BUY.

YEAH. HE'S MAKING THE BUY

WITH THE GUY IN THE BROWN.

HE'S GOT HIS MONEY IN HIS HAND.

HE'S SHOWING HIM SOMETHING.

THE DRUG DEALERS. WHEN THEY'RE

DEALING WITH PRESCRIPTION DRUGS.

GET THE INSURANCE COMPANIES.

MEDI-CAL OR MEDICAID.

THESE PROGRAMS PAY FOR THESE

DRUGS. AND THEN THEY'RE RESOLD.

IT STARTS WITH PEOPLE THAT WE

CALL CAPPERS THAT GENERALLY

DRIVE AROUND INDIGEN NEIGHBORHOODS. ANYWHERE WHERE

PEOPLE ARE RECEIVING GOVERNMEN BENEFITS. PRIMARILY MEDICARE.

THEY'RE USUALLY NEVER SEEN BY

A DOCTOR.

SOMEBODY IN THERE WILL WRITE

A PRESCRIPTION.

THEN THEY'LL PAY THAT PERSON TO

GO TO A PHARMACY AND FILL THA PRESCRIPTION. AND THEN THEY'LL

GIVE THOSE DRUGS BACK TO WHAT WE

CALL A CAPPER.

THEY WILL TAKE THOSE DRUGS TO

SOMEBODY THAT'S GENERALLY

INVOLVED IN ORGANIZED CRIME

HERE IN L.A.

THEY'LL TAKE THEM BACK TO RETAIL

PHARMACIES THAT THEY OWN.

THEY'LL TAKE THEM BACK TO WHA THEY CALL CLOSED-DOOR PHARMACIES

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