i make more. stay tuned. >> take care. gerri: hello, everyone, i'm gerri willis. today on the show, amazon's new all you can read plan for a flat fee of 9.99 a month. we'll tell you what is included and not included in the deal. big changes coming to air travel after the shoot-down of that malaysian airliner. and did the airline fly over a war zone to save money? we have the best, worst products sold on tv infomercials. what is worth your money and what is not. "the willis report" where consumers are our business starts right now. we begin tonight with the federal crackdown on fedex. as illicit drug trades explodes online, regulators are honing their sites on fedex accusing the carrier of shipping

prescription drugs from illegal online pharmacies. a former under cover special agent for the dea joins me now. robert mazer, is the author of, the infiltrator, a memoir about his life undercover with drug lord pablo escobar's colombian cartel. we can not show his face for his own protection but he is joining us now from florida. robert, welcome to the show. great to have you here. explain to our viewers a little bit about your career as under cover agent. >> sure. i was a federal agent for 2 years. for the greatest portion of that i worked on attacking and identifying command-and-control of the colombian cartels and their money launderers. for the all but five years i did that in traditional sense. with search warrants and informants and those types of resources. but, for five years i volunteered to become a long-term under cover agent and to infiltrate the money laundering systems of the

cartel. so i got the opportunity to do that. and to see how the cartels run first-hand basis. i wound up laundering for purpose of getting evidence needed to indict hundreds of individuals, i functioned as a money launderer for the cartel. gerri: we're showing pictures now of lots and lots and lots of cocaine seized by you as you were doing this undercover job. so you know a thing or two about how all of this works. tell us about the government's charges against fedex. basically they're saying that the company conspired to deliver prescription drugs for illegal internet pharmacies. how so? >> well, they allege that, basically, driven by profit, fedex made decisions to provide courier service to some companies they specifically knew were run by individuals who had been indicted. and that were companies that were created to take over the business. that was done by those that were

shut down it also claims that it set up a payment system for, internet prescription drug suppliers in a different manner than for any other type of customers to protect themselves they knew full well there was very good possibility that some of these prescription drug providers, internet providers, were going to be indicted and shut down. in the past when that had happened they lost a substantial amount of revenue that was due because it was given, services were given out based on credit. gerri: so is this government charge credible to you? you were deep inside the illegal drug industry. did you see anything happening between fedex and these narcotics drug lords? >> i liken this to the relationship between international banks and drug cartels. when i dealt with senior management within international banks they knew that i was

representative for the medellin cartel. but they cite ad paper trail and plausible deniability so they could take on the high-risk accounts. an indictment is just an allegation. so this still need to be established in a court of law but the allegation is that similar to the way banks operated in the past where they have taken on high-risk accounts, intentionally knowing they were moving dirty money, in this instance the allegation is that these, that these courier service, fedex knew full well they were moving illicit diverted prescription drugs. gerri: i can tell you, if you're a regular american trying to find that drugs that don't cost an arm and a leg, seeing fedex might make you think this is legitimate website. tell us how consumers looking options for buying drugs and

want to buy them inexpensively can make sure they're not buying them from an illegal site? >> with respect to whether or not somebody is operating illegally, there should be a visit to the doctor. there should be various protocol done before prescription actually gets filled. these companies clearly weren't doing that. you have to really look at the heart of this problem. the heart of this problem was created by pharmaceutical companies that created oxycontin and oxycodone drugs, admittedly after having, pled guilty to misleading the public and misleading government agencies, that these drugs were not addictive and that there were certain time release factors incorporated in the drugs, they sold and made billions of dollars high marketing these drugs. what happened? those people dependent upon opiates,.users, people who wanted to be abuse painkillers -- heroin users.

they wound up getting these drugs. that is why we had so much of this type of prescription opiate available to the public. and, if you look at the case that was brought against purdue pharma in 2007, they admitted that they falsely marketed this that has created explosion much pain killing centers and doctors and that issue painkillers. >> that we've seen that and certainly very complicated topic, robert. as you go, very quickly tell us what are the risks of these online pharmacies to consumers, to real people out there who might want to take some of these drugs, to buy something cheaper. should they do it? >> well, if they have a legitimate prescription and they're dealing with a company that is verifying that, then that is not an issue. the issue really boils down to

whether or not the internet prescription provider is going through the appropriate protocols. so, as long as the consumer has gone to a doctor, this is legitimate prescription, getting them filled in different areas is perfectly legal. only when those people want these drugs who don't have the right type of prescription seek them that the problem is created gerri: consumers can get hurt bying them online from pharmacies telling drugs that are tainted, not what they're cracked up to be, there are lots of dangers on both side. this is complicated topic. i hope you come back to talk to us more about it. thank you. >> thank you. gerri: wow, interesting stuff, right? well, another consumer story today you will want to hear about. amazon launching an all you can read ebook subscription service called, kindle unlimited. for just 9.99 a month you can read and listen to any book you

want practically but is it too good to be true? here with all you need to know about the service, mashable tech editor. pete, welcome back to the show. i overstated it. it is not every book in the world, right? >> not every book in the world. not even every book on amazon's kindle's store. it is about 600,000 books. that is a lot but still not the same three million or so i believe that the kindle store has. it is in the millions. gerri: so only a fraction of what the kindle store has. here is my real question because i think we all sort of compete to the get red hot book out right now that might be turned into a movie of the week or show up on television, will they have the red hot books? >> not all of them. some of them. you need all publishers to participate if you will have those books and so far several of them are not playing. harper collins, simon & schuster they will be in. gerri: those are two big houses. >> two big houses. others are not commenting with a

cursory look at titles available, only certain select things are available. having that said, there are popular books available. "harry potter" series. "lord of the rings" trilogy. not like these are know-name books but not be might want. gerri: only a fraction of what the kindle store has. what about newspapers and magazines? >> not part of this. they are handled separately. they are available on kindle just for separate prescription fees. gerri: i love this idea. more books the better. let's all get reading this summer and find extra time to read a good book. how successful will this be? do you think competitors will follow hard on against them? >> it's a really good question because basically applying, the netflix model to books. does it really translate? with netflix you have people already watching tv and movies in their homes and you're kind of, the habit is already there. so that kind of works. with kindle, reading books, people like on average, only spend a few minutes a day actually reading books.

i mean certainly there are book manies worms and people who put their read several a month. this will be worth it for them. there is no way to cultivate a habit people aren't doing. hard to see if this will be successful. there are not many other people within the space. it is very hard to get the publisher participation. you have service called oyster and scrubbed are both in. they have roughly equivalent number. 400,000 or 500,000 books. we'll see. amazon is big player. if anyone can change things it's them. gerri: quick question before you go. will this put a fire under that big dispute this company has with america's publishers? because they are constantly fighting with them. >> i'm glad you used word fire, that is actually the name of their, some of their products. is it going to affect it? i would think so. i think, it is not necessarily going to be antagonizing them because they will be keeping a close eye on this to see how popular it is. one more point i want to make. if you already have a kindle and

amazon prime member, you don't really need this. amazon already has the amazon kindle owners lender library. gerri: that's right. >> it is virtually the same content. about 500,000 books. it is not audio books. audio books are involved in kindle unlimited, about 2,000. if you already have a kindle and prime you don't need this, just so you know. gerri: interesting details. pete, thanks for coming on. have a great weekend. >> certainly, my pleasure. gerri: a lot more to come this hour including your voice. your serves voice is important to us. during the show facebook me or tweet me @gerriwillisfbn. i will read your comments. what changes can flyers expect after the shoot-down of the malaysian airliner? did this happen because the airline was flying over a war

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that would have been impossible. gerri: the tragedy of the malaysian airlines crash gives nervous flyers even more reason to be worried tonight. earlier today president obama condemned the apparent missile strike that brought down the civilian jetliner. >> yesterday malaysian airlines

flight mh17 took off from amsterdam and was shot down over ukraine near the russian border. nearly 300 innocent lives were taken. men, women, children, infants, who had nothing to do with the crisis in ukraine. their deaths are a outrage of unspeakable proportions. >> how do we know? how do we know if the plane we're boarding will fly over a war zone and does that put us at risk? joining me tonight, mark murphy, a travel expert. thanks for coming on. >> yay. gerri: that is the question. how do i know what flight path my pilot chosen? >> in many flights you're flying over war zones like afghanistan and other hot spots and syria, place in the middle east. you are doing that but the idea is that faa looks at routes and what is going on the ground and send out notice to airmen if you have to change altitudes and

change direction. that is something you know in advance. the what happened this is russian-made missile that can go 75,000 feet in the air, even though they said fly above 35,000 feet which was the notice, it made no difference if russia targets a commercial early jetliner. gerri: was that the notice. >> that was notice from a few days ago. gerri: even if the government was saying would not kept me safe. >> absolutely not because of the equipment they used the missile system. gerri: the pilot has a lost discretion here, right? >> not really. that flight plan is put in place. gerri: generally? >> no. the air traffic controllers will pick you up. in fact they were scheduled to fly at 35,000 feet and ukrainian air traffic controllers brought them down to 33,000. not that made adid i recognize but they make adjustments country to country. air traffic controllers are handing the plane off as it travels to new space. they're literally followed along all the flight path. gerri: that's interesting. there was something the faa

issued, they called it a notice to airmen? does that make sense to you? >> yay. they let you know if there's a hot spot or something you need to be concerned about. that goes out and that is what a notam was. gerri: this is not american plane. do they not get notices? >> they do not. they don't get the notices. they certainly can monitor that stuff. this was under euro control and this was an approved routings by european traffic control. that is the challenge. gerri: nobody thought a missile would fly that far into the air, right? >> they knew that missile system was there, the question when you target with that missile system, you're targeting five minutes beforehand, tracking it and being able to shoot it up to 12 miles. they saw the plane. we don't know what was going on in their heads. did they think it was ukrainian jet? if so, if so, did they just choose the wrong target. that is really terrible. gerri: apparently the technology with the weapon system is so complicated that it will choose a target for you.

and it will go after larger target and make up its own mind. the devil in the details here, did these people firing this quit, did they have much if any train in shooting weapons? >> who knows. that is for the politics of what is happening there. who are these people fighting on the ground? are they actually russians? is this terrorist incident? in my opinion no. gerri: mark, it is interesting. i know a lot of flyers are nervous and industry probably a little worried scratching their chins too because this impacts industry and its profits. >> here is what i would say. this is such a crazy incident i feel so bad for malaysia airlines. gerri: and families. >> just terrible, terrible for all involved but you have to look at this and say, what is the lakely hood? you're flying from l.a. to new york. what is the likelihood. gerri: i would have thought the malaysian airlines plane wouldn't be shot down. >> what are the odds? terrible for those families. my heart goes out to them. mark, thank you. >> thank you.

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>> what do we say? >> very crispy and good. i'm surprised. can i keep eating it? gerri: that for you. >> so good. >> bacon lover, we think it is great. $7, shipping and handling. comes with two. really great for eggs, salad or ice cream for salty sweet treat. >> not my cup of tea but for the bacon lovers. gerri: that is kind of fun. i have my questions. i like the vie dale yaw chopper. >> this is great in our test. for $20, onions i always cry. this one when you put it in, it won't. may require a little bit of force. this one i don't know where we placed it in, it comes out. i need to push a little bit harder t comes out evenly. you see ones i prepared, it comes out beautifulally. your eyes will not tear and

great for stir-fry. we recommend this. gerri: that is interesting. we have the snuggy. i'm going to put one on while you tell me about it. >> definitely. gerri: hold on to that? >> so the snuggies, they have been around forever. in our tests they did shrink after multiple washes. people found it comfortable. is this really something that you need? exactly. people found the sleeves are a little bit long. so it is comfortable. gerri: like this? got it. >> actually meant to go the opposite way so it is open in the back. gerri: not supposed to be open in the front. i like this. >> some people actually wore it like that they preferred it. otherwise you need a belt to enclose it. i blanket is probably safer bet. >> okay, because why? >> with this one, people found, you see the sleeves are super long. may get in the way if you eat or sleep or do something else. blanket is probably better option. gerri: now you like a lot of things but you don't like everything. what did you think of this product if.

>> this one definitely help with leaks. but even after multiple layers we put on we found some things were still leaking. you have to put on a layer. it is pretty -- gerri: go ahead. >> pretty messy. gerri: supposed to create a seal. >> supposed to create a seal. we found it was really messy. it has harsh chemicals. if you're doing it, do it outside. do it in open areas. tough let it dry 24 hours before you put another coat on. that is one we pass on. gerri: rachel we have one more product here. >> so you took the men's version. i will take the women's version. we seen commercials, gone all over this is another one we made a pass on. for $20, $10 shipping and hank lynn stick with normal dumb bell. gerri: you don't like these. >> we would not recommend. this is 2 1/2 pound. you look heavier one. you're better off with traditional dumbbells in this case. >> see this stuff on tv all the time. how many of these products are put on television?

when would you say proportion of good products to bad products? >> in this arena i would say5% of them aren't going to live up to all the claims. they tend to be overexaggerated claims. gerri: i see there is something like 1200 of them or something? >> the numbers keep on rising. i look at them, i want to buy it, i want to buy it. i know after testing it not all of them will live up to the claims. gerri: great job, rachel. -- 75%eat to see you. here is our question tonight, do you buy products from infomercials. go on to gerriwillis.com and vote. i will give results at end of tonight's show. next, nothing says like summertime like cooking out with your family and friends with a snuggy. we'll show you how to make a world class burger. we'll feed the people in the plaza here. ♪

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. gerri: it's friday and on "the willis report" that means it's time to fire up the grill. and today, we're making a burger that's going to rock your grill. with me today, the executive chef of the monarch grill in new york city. super cool stef. michael great to have you here. >> good to be here. gerri: we're going to make a super secret sauce to go on the burger. >> super secret sauce. gerri: what's in it? >> equal parts of dijon mustard. gerri: is this ketchup? >> ketchup. gerri: what else? >> chili oil here. we're going to whisk that in. gerri: that looks hot. >> it's got a little heat, blended chilies, pickled jalapenos, roasted red peppers. gerri: pickles jalapenos?

never heard of that. >> and chopped scallions. gerri: gorgeous. i need to taste it. this is the end product right here. that is good. i want to make that. that looks great. >> very simple to make, lot of great flavor. gerri: what else are we going to do? look at this burger, my friend. i have to point that out. that's gorgeous. mango salsa. how do we do that? >> work over here. a nice ripe mango. gerri: how do you cut those up, they're so hard? >> we're going to do that right now. easy spot to stand it up and we have guidelines here to take the skin off. gerri: then there's a big seed in the middle. >> we work with half of it here and keep cutting down until you feel the resistance which this one doesn't have too much here. what you would do on this, then you would start going on a little bit of an angle. gerri: what else do we have in the salsa here?

>> the other stuff is chopped red onions, little cilantro, jalapeno peppers. gerri: what's that? >> smoked paprika for the corn salad. lime juice, extra virgin olive oil. gerri: perfect. what do we do next? >> what would you like to do. gerri: the herbed marinated chicken breast which you pulled out before. >> it is real simple. a bunch of different herbs. i have golden chives. gerri: do you pound those with like a big hammer? >> i butterfly them with a knife. that's good enough. it cooks quickly, great for the summertime. gerri: nice on a grill. >> he's got great knife skills. >> thank you. gerri: these are just beautiful. >> parsley works, basil works. >> and looks like you put the corn salsa here?

>> the mango on top. all these things are made to go together, you can do them with fish, with pork. gerri: this is great. mango is a great flavor, a great summertime flavor. when you're cooking for the grill in the summertime. what kind of flavors do you put together? >> i like to use bright flavors, spice, chilies. gerri: heat? >> a little lemon and lime and bunch of herbs to keep it bright. gerri: we talked about the corn salad here, right? and you put some of this beautiful cheese in. what is this? >> this is feta that you put over the top of the corn and the tomatoes and the basil. gerri: is that for flavor? gives it that smoky? >> gives the smokeenes, the aroma of the smoke. >> i need to ask but the

burgers, that's traditional. how long do you cook them, and do you get them so they're not raw in the middle? >> i like to cook closer to medium. depends on the grill and the heat. on the grill, four to five minutes on each side, depending on the heat. gerri: okay, as you bring this altogether, it's all about the presentation. what do you do to make sure everybody feels it's a special meal and they're getting something different? >> we just try to make it -- >> like this! >> exactly. like that. looks nice, not too played with and complicated. gerri: you know what i like to do is have people help me make the meal. it makes them part of the whole thing. look at the people here, they want to be part of the whole thing. all right, we're going to hand out some of this. this side. we have work to do yet. chef, thank you, absolute pleasure having you here. >> nice to be here. gerri: and thanks to home depot that provided us with the grill to make the food.

we have great consumer stories this week, stories of empower. and ordinary people doing extraordinary things. we also took a look at best and worst gourmet foods, trying to grab your taste buds' attention. listen to this. >> we have the avocado ice cream. if you talk about this, i'll eat. >> this is from a product line called magnolia. avocado is one of the super foods. they put it on subway sandwiches, now can you have it for dessert! we're seeing avocados in everything, and one of the things that we may now see in the freezer case. gerri: it's everywhere, you've got apple streudel drink? >> it's not apple cider. >> this is like peanut butter only made from cookies. this is called gooey on the inside. they come out with different

flavors of cookies. they mush the cookies up, they make them like a peanut butter, and i think it's pretty good, don't you? >> on wednesday, we took a look at tricks used by retailers, trying to make you think you're getting a great deal when you're not. number one, it is the original price of an item is a big fat lie. j.c. penney had the blender, the original price was $145, sale price was $99. at target and a bunch of other retailers, it was listed for $99 and on sale for $99. gerri: i have one of these, the kitchen aid artis an mixer. if you want to know the real price, good luck. >> kohl's is selling it for $349 as was home depot and a few others. >> how do i know what the price should be? >> pull up the smartphone, it will scan the barcode and say hey, the price should be this.

gerri: also this week, we spoke to the vietnam vet whose story of a trip to lowe's went viral. he's been trying get a new wheelchair from the va for years but took ordinary folks to help him out. >> we went to lowe's to look for fencing and the bolting and the wheelchair and the wheelchair staff. this guy sal, his mother has been in a wheelchair for 30 years and his father is a vietnam veteran had sat me down. he helped me into another chair, and just assured me that everything will be taken care of. >> it was a swat team. i had nothing to do with it. he came with his box of tools. gerri: you heard from a lot of people. >> yes. gerri: after the story went viral. the fact that store breaks down in lowe's. the lowe's employees fix it

gratis, they say thank you. >> i said thanks for helping me. and they said we're honored. gerri: and later this week, ceo of stu leonard stores showed how he turned a personal tragedy into a force to help others. >> you know a lot about kids and waters. what are you telling people? why should they be so careful? >> this time of the year, nice and warm out, parents are out with kids, you are thrilled to have kids around the water. what happened to us, i thought my wife was watching our son and she thought i was watching them, and there was a little bit of miscommunication, and as a result we lost our son to a drowning. we wrote a little book ourselves, we sold 160,000 copies. we don't make any money, they are $4.95 each. and a free app. gerri: it's a cartoon, fun for kids. i've read it before, i've seen

it. >> you can sing the song? gerri: you sing the song. >> don't jump in until you learn to swim, cover your chest with a safe life vest. and i do this with the kids, grown-ups must watch you in the pool ♪ >> what a terrific guy, and stu leonard, jr., has raised a million dollars turning a true tragedy into something really good. but first we're going to feed our people right here with this beautiful food. take a peek, and then make this young handsome man take the plate. pass it around. thumbs-up? >> that's amazing. gerri: thumbs-up? people like it. people like it. [ laughter ] [ laughter ] >> yeah! want to know how hard it can be... [ laughter ] >> yeah! ...to breathe with copd? it can feel like this.

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. gerri: okay, the wildly popular video game, you heard of it, call of duty black ops 2 is getting unwelcome attention from jail! the ex-dictator of panama manuel noriega is suing the video game maker for using his name and likeness and damaging his reputation. how? i don't know! does the jail bird's case has wings. we'll bring in fox news analyst. what is going on here? >> i'm not going to say he's the guy you want to bring home to mother. >> you can't, he's in jail for murder. >> to use the exact alias name of pineapple face, i don't know you can get closer to knowing it's him. he has list of bad deeds such as murder, drug trafficking, money laundering and depicted this character guilty of crime. gerri: what does he want?

. >> he wants money. >> no judge or jury is going to award this guy -- forget about the law. gerri: forget about the law? never say that. >> i got her going. >> you're not going to award this guy a penny. he was ousted in 1989, nearly 30 years ago. they have no idea who noriega is, pineapple face. >> they are saying they're making money off his name. gerri: nobody knows him. >> it may just not be kids. >> oh, no. >> we have a force of violence and destruction in our society and it's reflective of people's choices, he is who he gerri: it's not just kids who play the game. >> there is an issue of transformative, in other words, if i transform a little bit and i would say in this case that he's going to lose on the transformative theory because it's not necessarily --

gerri: my lord, it looks exactly like him. >> come on, work with me. gerri: looks exactly like him. >> people sue because likeness is taken for something that is good and something highlighting them and bring them up. he's touted as a jerk, as a murderer and all, that why would you want to bring that to the court's attention, that's me, the murdering person there. >> that may go more to motivation and whether or not it is a likeness or depiction of him. i think one problem, i will say that a lot of states prohibit people from profiting from the crime. if he wins the money, he'll know exactly what he's going to do with it. gerri: son of sam law. >> thank you for making my point. bill is talking about son of sam laws, exactly that. you cannot profit from your crime. he's sitting in jail for murder. this is the second or third jail term. you can't profit off of that. >> that may be the case as i brought up. however, that doesn't mean he has a case, it's not a

motivation, it's a factual realistic reason for the money. >> why not cry crocodile tears for him. gerri: you never know, you never know who's going to show up in these video games. as a matter of fact, we were looking around to see who we might know in video games. take a look at this picture. the control room is going, what is gerri talking about? [ laughter ]. >> oh, no! >> i demand payment, i've been damaged. >> looks like a depiction or likeness. >> transformative and putting us in a nice light. gerri: and it's all players. lindsay lohan is also in on the game. lindsay suing, but the nfl makes a ton of doe for that. >> lindsay lohan is not going to win this lawsuit. yeah, it does look like her, it

could be a million other blond bim betts in california. there was a real model they used by the name of shelby wielander, they used another model. she can't sue in this case. >> it looked just like her, they put in the hotel she goes to. gerri: they get paid for this. >> the nfl guys have a better case than either one. if it wasn't for their notoriety, they wouldn't be selling anything. these people, even lindsay lohan has the market on actresses with trouble, nor does noriega have the market on people who do bad things. but the players, if they weren't who they were, they wouldn't be selling anything. gerri: i'm trying to follow your logic. guys nice job. we packed a lot into, that including pictures of you guys. thank you. we want to hear from you, we

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. gerri: if you go out to a party or a bar tonight, you'll probably see somebody puffing away on an e-cigarette. is this trend of vaping getting out of hand, and are our kids targeted by big tobacco? addiction expert joins me with his perspective on e-cigs. easy peacey, how is a pack of marlboroughs easy than e-cigs? >> no actual tobacco on e-cigarettes, it is water vapor flavored with something, one of the biggest concernsers flavoring targeted to kids. names sound like -- gerri: cotton candy, watermelon, you name it. hundreds of new flavors out all the time and the e-cigs smell like that. >> yes, they do, they smell like that. it's targeted to young people. we thought as health provideers that we had a handle on the smoking problem in america, largely due to taxation because the cost of cigarettes.

gerri: extraordinary. >> is extraordinary. tobacco companies don't care because they have india and china. gerri: let's get back to e-cigs and not the makers, i'm interested in this product i don't think people understand the downsides of them. you're opposed to e-cigs why? >> smoking anything is a difficult and dangerous thing to do. smoking is something that should be eradicated from the culture. we understand that's a fantasy. gerri: that sounds like i'm being told what to do by big government. isn't there a better way to stop? >> taxation. gerri: you mentioned taxation, social pressure caused so many people to quit. i'm in the category, it's not nobody. let's get back to e-cigs and what these are and what the dangers might be. one of the things that are frustrating, nobody tested these things to find out what impact it's going have on people over the long haul? >> right, no long-term studies

on them. they haven't been around long enough to understand the long-term effects on it. people think they are safer than smoking cigarettes. gerri: are they? >> possibly. nobody knows for sure, there is no empirical evidence to support or deny. that however people think without the tar, and nicotine is a very addictive substance, people will get addicted to these things for sure. on balance it might be less harmful than smoking, it's not harmless. gerri: we had poison experts on the show who say if you break open one of these things, the active ingredient is toxic and some kids are getting sick and going to the hospital. >> absolutely, without question. that speaks more to the household that they're in. any dangerous substance, it's up to the individual family to protect small children for sure, whether it's a poison or ajax or whatever it is, they're not safe. i think that's the thing. people think they are harmless, they're not harmless. no way. nicotine is a harmful

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