. >> no one is going to say not to s not a medical necessity just to use oxycontin. >> a meeting about the possible consequences of a new fda regulation to allow oxycontin prescriptions for children as young as 11. opioid addiction. s according to the state rep who filed a bill awarding the fda. her legislation would bands -- prescriptions of oxycontin for anyone under the age of 11. >> we are in the middle of an epidemic. >> the fda made the change back in august. >> it' s addictive. >> this is about the war on addiction. >> a slew of witnesses testified or the joint committee on mental health substance abuse that the move could be a band-aid >> please know mine and other people' s stories. we know firsthand what this drug does to people. -- the american cancer society and cancer action network filed this letter in opposition to the bill saying in essence, some patients need the strongest possible pain medication. >> we want to make sure that barriers are not put in place for cancer patients and others suffering from pain from getting the medication that they need to manage their pain

the doctor will readily write me a prescription for ox oxycontin. even though i told him i had an addiction problem. i told him i'm in recovery for addiction and then i asked him at the conclusion, you know my back really hurts, do you mind if you could prescribe me some oxycontin? he was about to write it on the prescription pad and he said, didn't you tell me you were in recovery? i said yes. that's where we are in our medical system today. you have cancer in your family? you have stroke? you better be on lipitor, you've got high cholesterol. or cancer you better be on screening but a history of mental illness or alcohol or drug abuse, they don't ask, to be sure you don't get caught in the cycle. >> we appreciate you sharing with us patrick kennedy. >> thank you so much jonathan, i appreciate it. >> still ahead, researchers have been using drones to check endangered killer whales and what they've found is encouraging. the news and some pretty cool pictures, next. also why legos of all things mites be hard to find this holiday season. dirty work? >

, and they get an opiate-based medication prescribed to them like vicodin or percocet, sometimes oxycontin. or they've had a family member that that's happened to that didn't use the medication and so they're just keeping them in the house and the prescription, you know, in the medicine cabinet. and they take one, and they feel high from it, and they begin taking those pills regularly, or trying to get them from their doctor. and then the doctor eventually cuts them off because the regulation and laws surrounding that are getting very serious. so once that gets cut off, those opiate addicts really turn to the streets to find a.. a bigger... a supplement. right. which is usually heroin, and it's actually less expensive than the prescription forms. so, i don't think a lot of people just make the leap from marijuana or alcohol to heroin. they tend to come in from these other routes, where, you know, it's taking a prescription that your doctor gives you because you have a broken ankle-- doesn't necessarily seems dangerous but if you're on those for several months, trying to get off them is not

when they were releasing auntie cocked and -- oxycontin.atients would get tolerant to the pain relieving effect and meet higher doses. it would be difficult for people to come off because of the .ependence the campaign that was launched was focused very much on getting the medical community to see these good reasons for not using opioids as barriers to compassionate pain care. the medical community was led to believe that the risk of addiction was very low. the statistic that doctors were presented with was that much less than 1% of your patients whatever get addicted. we were led to believe that the drugs were more effective than they really are when used long-term. what you really want our doctors who can weigh risks versus benefits of any medicine when considering whether or not they should prescribe it. minimized thethat risks, we let the commute we left -- we left the medical -- the scale was really tipped in favor of prescribing aggressively. host: i want to share with you one story. carrie dixon joined the president in west virginia.

randy: a bill to ban doctors from writing oxycontin prescriptions for kids gets its first public hearing today. state representative diana dizoglio of methuen says the gateway drug to heroin. her legislation would prevent anyone under the age of 17 from getting it. an fda decision from last august allows oxycontin prescriptions for children as young as 11 under certain medical circumstances. a teenager is accused of using a hatchet to vandalize a planned parenthood clinic in new hampshire. police in claremont say the damage is extensive. they tell us the teen broke in yesterday morning, destroyed computer and lab equipment, and cut phone lines. he' s also accused of damaging the plumbing which flooded both the clinic and a pizza restaurant next door. the same clinic was damaged earlier this month when someone spray-painted graffiti on the it' s crime is related. emily: finding a parking spot on boston' now, it is a little bit harder. randy: the companies those city' s defense this morning. players and their coach have a reason to celebrate. the big win bringing an even bigger accomplishm

randy: a bill to ban doctors from writing oxycontin prescriptions for kids gets a public hearing today. diana dizoglio of methuen says the powerful painkiller can become a gateway drug to h eroin. her legislation would prevent anyone under the age of 17 from getting it. an fda decision allows oxycontin prescriptions for children as young as 11 under certain medical circumstances. teenagers accused of using a hazard to vandalize a planned parenthood clinic in new hampshire. police in claremont say the damage is extensive. -- the the teenager is accused of using a hatchet. he' s also accused of damaging the plumbing, which flooded the clinic and a pizza restaurant next door. the same clinic was damaged early this mud when someone spray-painted graffiti on the front of the building. it is not known if yesterday' s crime is related. emily: there are fewer street parking spots for you in boston. gone to -- these players and their coach have a reason to celebrate. the big win. emily: ahead in news to go. new message options for iphone users. for the girl scout meeting... ok! for the soccer t

. >> i put vodka in poland spring water bottles and i put oxycontin in bayer aspirin bottles. >> stahl: patrick kennedy is talking about how he fed his addictions while he was a congressman. what he writes in his book is some pretty explosive stuff about himself and about his famous family. are you worried about how the family is going to react? >> i know how some of them are going to react. >> stahl: they're not pleased. >> no. >> stahl: they're angry. >> they're angry. >> logan: what have we learned about the holocaust that we didn't know before you began your investigation? >> i learned that you like to see other people dying in front of you, killed by other people when you are sure you will not be killed. >> logan: it was a dramatic finding, one of many revelations this selfless french priest discovered about the holocaust that we never knew before. >> the method that he's used, extraordinary. we can understand minute by minute what happened in hundreds just had fog. >> kroft: i'm steve kroft. >> stahl: i'm lesley stahl. >> safer: i'm morley safer. >> whitaker: i'm bill whitaker. >

police say that a pharmacist, along with his wife and another person, illegally sold oxycontin out of a pair of pharmacies. approximately 500,000 oxycontin pills were distributed over a five-year period with a street value of more than $15 million. the couple used some of the proceeds to buy a $2 million home in connecticut. steve: skyfox hd over the scene of a partial building collapse in astoria, queens. the building under construction when the roof gave way. injuries. according to the department of buildings, they were putting up a six-story apartment building at the site. at the school. a student died after playing a game. 16-year-old thomas jakelich collided with another player. his family says at first he seemed to be normal. but then was rushed to the hospital. he had internal bleeding. the city medical examiner's office is still trying to figure out exactly what the cause of death was for that student. steve: students with special needs can get a college education thanks to a program in new jersey that encourages them to reach for the stars. dari: stacey delikat was there as t

fda recently approved oxycontin appropriate for young patient in severe pain after surgery or cancerient, but they fear that children who wind up getting it won't need it. it's linked to a rise in heroin addiction and overdose deaths. many critics say it's overprescribed for adults. >>> a school lunch that lasts 25 minutes to give children enough time to eat food. kids will eat more fruits and vegetables if they are given 25 minutes of seated lunchtime. children who were given less time finished less of their entrees and made unhealthy choices. >>> "action news" team is out working on stories beginning at 4:00 p.m. alicia vitarelli is live in the newsroom. how was the weekend. >> reporter: it was great. two sisters separated 40 years ago reunited when they realized they were just more than friends. >>> ahead in big talkers this little girl was rushed to the e-r after a boy hit her in the face at school. that's where her mother said someone added insult to injury. what a worker said that made her pen an open letter to the hospital. >>> most of us are observing columbus day but in nine

in 2010 we passed out another oxycontin in america to keep every adult american high for a month.bscriptions. enough to keep every american with a dose for that year. so, you know, we shouldn't be surprised that as we pass out these painkillers,really without thinking before we do it, we then drive people to a cheaper form of opiate, which is heroin. we've got to change the way we disfda approved legal drugs sold and dispensed, mostly by the health care industry. >> when you devoted your entire state of the state address to this, were you hoping for what we' seen today? were you hoping for an effect beyond just vermont? >> absolutely. in the respect that every governor is facing this. this is a huge challenge. this is really a crisis. and i can tell you in the little state of vermont where wr we value our quality of life, this is one thing that will take us down. folks i addicted to this stuff will steal, lie, cheat, do anything to get it. our job is to stop treating it different than any other disease, discriminated against this disease. and instead say this is a sickness, this i

there's also one massachusetts lawmaker that's hoping to prevent doctors from prescribing oxycontin to children saying that oxyis a gateway drug to heroin. live from the statehouse, nicole england." >> jadiann: a day of kindness is being held in honor of colleen ritzer, the danvers high school reached murdered two years ago on this day. part in random acts of kindness and share them on social media using #kindness4colleen. >> the patriots preparing for a showdown against the jets. the pats are undefeated, the jets 4-1 and new england players are ready for the challenge, especially now that darrelle revis is back with new york. >> he makes it tough because he's -- i said yesterday, he's -- his instincts are incredible. he's one of those guys that sees everything on the field. >> it's the rivalry. it's a big game. >> jets and patriots, this goes back to before we was evening thinking about football. the intensity around the building has been real big for this game. >> the pats have won eight of the last nine games against the jets and sunday's game starts at 1:00 at gillette. >> jadiann:

would prevent physicians and the dentists if supplying patients with more than a 72 hour supply of oxycontin and -- >> i said many times i had never seen anything with the kind of negative momentum that this particular issue has. >> reporter: the bill would give doctors the. u power to -- -- right now only judges can do that. >> nothing to be embarrassed about. these drugs are too dangerous for the human brain. >> reporter: other provisions pain management training for doctors who provide opioids. substance abuse training for students athletes and expanded access to treatment beds. >> i went to emergency rooms tons of times and i got turned away because there was nothing they could do. >> reporter: we spoke to some recovering addicts. >> kids todays have no idea. >> reporter: baker would end the practice of sending female addicts to m.c.i.framingham treatment. >> when i was there i was so sick they give me no help and it was' horrible. >> reporter: the practice started in 1987 and governor baker apologized at the news conference here today saying 28 years is way too long. he says this will c

. >> i put vodka in poland spring water bottles and i put oxycontin in bayer aspirin bottles. >> stahl: patrick kennedy is talking about how he fed his

. >> he went to oxycontin and then heroin because the oxy became too expensive. >> i would pawn stuff from the house, and i even pawned all of my mother's jewelry and even my grandfather's wedding ring. >> he had been drug free and cleaned for about 75 days, and he relapsed. >> reporter: he o.d.'d. >> they didn't have any hope. i stood there while my only son was given the last rites. >> reporter: corey suffered brain damage. >> that means i went without oxygen to my brain for, like, two and a half to three minutes. >> reporter: he had to relearn almost everything and will never recover completely. >> he's so fortunate that he has no memory loss at all. the part of his brain that was damaged is the part that controls his motor skills. >> i actually have a better memory than her. [ laughter ] >> reporter: today corey and his family are on a mission speaking to young people and their parents about the dangers of opiates. >> make one kid think about me when they come across drugs so that they can steer themselves in the right direction. >> the three most dangerous words you could say are

kennedy's new book breaks the silence around his >> i put vodka and po lab spring water bottles i put oxycontin in bayer aspirin bottles. whatever goes on we keep it behind closed doors. reporter: tom whey len has written books about the family. >> i think for a historian like myself. this is going to be a bountiful crop to harvest because if the kennedys are opening up being honest about what actually happened i think some things might be rewritten about history. reporter: mental health professionals say what kennedy is doing is critical in fact mcclain hospital is honoring him with the annual mcclain award this year for his work advocating mental health issues. >> this is a disease that doesn't target certain population. reporter: mcclain psychiatrist says coming cleaning about addiction is healthy. >> it is a great example of giving courage to the people who are afraid to come out to seek treatment. reporter: treatment patrick kennedy says gave him his life back and at the cost of breaking his family's code of silence he says it was worth it kristina haeger web site news. >>> this is a shock

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. >> crit can call of fda destrition last august allows oxycontin prescriptions children as young as age 11. >> one of the biggest challenges is p tsd. ed: one of the biggest challenges for our veterans is ptsd. there are many programs to help in the bay state and brand-new research focused on the brain. heather: emily riemer takes us inside the lab focusing on finding new treatment. >> these are brains that look normal that don't have any damage or lesions. >> they don't know for sure news one looked. brain bank dedicated to the study of ptsds the first of its kind. tech incomes are looking forking makers this very seen in other brain disorders hoping to find better treatment. there are certain treatments that reduce in fla mation. certain treatments that heal blood vessels. and any of these structures are going haywire, then we can focus our treatment on those thing. >> it will take type. fou. there are ter pis that can help. >> stein in 2013 at the va teaching veteran ares diagnosed with ptsd how to may. by playing how to heal. >> are not thinking about the problems but thinking a

this man handed the pharmacist a note indicating he had a gun and that he demanded all of the oxycontin. after getting some drugs, police say the robber took off in a lowered to the ground. sean: londonderry schools are facing a tangle offender regulations after opting out of the national lunch program last londonderry pulled its high school out of the first lady' s lunch program after it saw how much food ended up in the trash. now, because of the discrepancy, the usda a reclassify the high school where all district lunches are made as a food processing facility, which could trigger a cascade of regulatory problems. they' re hoping to obtain a waiver from the usda. erin: it has been seven years since the tornado tore through the state leaving miles of destruction in its wake. a family in deerfield lost hundreds of trees in the disaster and now the town is taxing their property for a view they never wanted. the russell' s say they love the privacy of being nestled in by old evergreens. the 2008 tornado decimated hundreds of trees and change to the character of their property. after year

they say this man handed the pharmacist a note indicating he had a gun and demanded all the oxycontin. after getting some drugs police , say the robber took off in a dark colored sedan that was lowered to the ground. sean: londonderry schools are facing a tangle of federal regulations after opting out of the national school lunch program earlier this year. last night the school board agreed to reach out to new hampshire' s congressional delegation for help on this matter. londonderry pulled its high school out of the first lady' s lunch program after it saw how much food ended up in the trash. but it kept the middle school and elementary schools involved. now, because of the discrepancy, the usda may reclassify the high school, where all district lunches are made, as a food processing facility, which could trigger a cascade of regulatory superintendent nathan greenberg is hoping one of new hampshire' s senators or reps can obtain a waiver from the usda. erin: take a look at all this damage. it has been 7 years since a tornado tore through the state killing one person and leaving , mil

him at the conclusion, my back really lurts, d hurts, u mind if you write me prescription for ox oxycontin? then he says, didn't you tell me you are in recovery? if you have a family history of mental illness or alcoholism they don't ask first of all. if they did and they found out that you did, they would say hey what are you doing to make sure you don't get caught in the same cycle. >> the fact that you wrote about your family history of alcoholism with your parents why did you decide to discuss that and not just focus on your own issues and your own recovery? >> because jonathan there's no way to separate my story from my parents' story. and you know my parents are the single greatest influence in my life. this is my story. talking about how i grew up with a home that was an alcoholic home where my mother had untreated for most part alcoholism, where my father suffered from untreated post-traumatic stress. that is my story and i will be living with the impact of that my whole life. >> so do you blame them for your troubles? >> no, no, no. i understood what they faced were medical issues

encouraged them to prescribe the latest, newest, most wonderful drug for long-term pain management, oxycontinome patients may be afraid of taking opiods because they're perceived as too strong or addictive. but that is far from actual fact. less than 1% of patients taking opioids actually become addicted. >> sales initially and falsely proclaimed as not addictive, absolutely skyrocketed from $45 million in 1996 to 3.1 billion in 2010. that same year, perdue tweaked the way that we're making oxy in an attempt to, they said, limit its addictive qualities. finally the government and law enforcement took a harsh look at the drug and it became much harder to get legally which sucked for the thousands and thousands who by now had a serious habit. >> i am ruth, a family physician in greenfield, massachusetts, and i grew up here. my dad was actually a small town doctor out here. i'm a total generalist, but for the last four, four and a half years, a larger part of my practice has been focused on addiction to opiates. >> i got put on pain medication. then when they started disappearing, everybody else

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police say they found oxycodone and oxycontin in house number one.house number two over there police say they found five children, an 18-month-old girl, a 4-year-old girl, a 7-year-old boy, a 9-year-old boy and a 13-year-old girl. they say their living conditions were most disturbing. >> the conditions were terrible, from the initial stench that you got at the doorway. there was a severe infestation of both rodents and roaches, as well as other insects and the kids were just not in a safe environment. >> the five kids were placed in the custody of child protective services, but out in the community people have some strong thoughts about what happened here. >> no child should have to live in such an environment. >> terrible. terrible. it's just terrible. >> reporter: and the kids? >> feel sorry for that. i love kids. >> it's not right at all. >> the mother of the five children has not been charged, but police say the investigation into this whole case is still ongoing. in st. mary's county, pat collins, news 4. >>> prince george's county police are in

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friends back in the legislature in kentucky, former colleagues of mine, were very aggressive on oxycontin prescription drugs and put forth a prescription drug come ways to manage prescription drug abuse. and it seemed to be very successful with it. some of the physicians were really having to manage it very closely. we thought we were getting a big candle on the support of the problem. all of a sudden heroin became a big component in kentucky. it became can somebody tell me, i had lunch yesterday with one of our drug task force leaders and he said it's easy to get hair women now than prescription drugs i in kentucky. i'm in a legal prescription drugs. we have to attack the demand for it as well. one of the questions i have, those of you practice in this area, dr. halverson, censure not an empty, but anyone who like to add to, i know there are caps on what taxes changes for buprenorphine. the question is do you think the current caps should be lifted? if not why? if so, how? so any of you who practice in this area. >> i can address it initially. the short answer is yes, but safely. we've i

oxycontin. he was charged with criminal mischief and possession of controlled substance, released on $500 bail. sean retired from the nhl in 2012. set to marry "sports illustrated" swimsuit model hillary roda this weekend. checking out twitter. you want to show the picture? apparently he is tweeting out his prescription list, to show it is legal that he had those prescriptions on him. it is concerning because it is all of the stuff pretty addictive. >> that is quite a prescription. >> he has got quite a list of prescriptions that he is taking. everything from adderall to oxy. >> his twitter feed he calls himself, self-described lover and hater. he said some interesting things during his career. hope he doesn't have a problem. that is between him and authorities and his doctor. >> well, he is getting married this weekend. we hope everything gets resolved quickly. >> the united nations, a new a guy is charged with accepting all kinds of gifts, bribes, luxury items. >> rolexes. >> illegally. the fo

. >> look what happened with oxycontin.lly needed by cancer patients. they had a profit motive. look at tobacco. they sold cigarettes, no it's not addictive. because they have a profit moti motive. same thing with the alcohol industry. now we're going to introduce a new commercial industry. i have no problem with people who are adults can make their own decisions. but the impact on our children, we're seeing the increased prevalence of marijuana use amongst our kids, that's going to have an impact on our whole society. >> and studies, colorado, you have a test study and you think back to your cause that it's not helping. >> it's not helping at all. >> -- tax revenue. >> we're seeing the use amongst teenagers skyrocket. that cannot be good for our country. >> all right. patrick kennedy, brand-new book is called, "a common struggle." >> that's right. >> and you're doing good. >> i feel good. >> you look like you're in great shape. >> thank you. >> good job. >> coming up straight ahead. just about an hour and 15 minutes from r

problems through the magic of technology that another when people a hobby for me with is the narcotic oxycontin or extended release form of a drug has been rough for her longtime, hydrocodone but new technology made so they could release its medication slowly over time and this made it supposedly resistant to being abused. and, of course, everyone knows now that you can just crush up those bills and snort them or find ways to inject him. so in a lot of cases what you see is, it's another chapter in that where we've ended in a truck that takes care of those past problems. this one really is magic. what's interesting about that is it claims to magic, claims to transformation, like this is the pill that will give you your dreams with no cost. that's kind of a consumer culture promise. that's what the new car is going to do for you. and it's less something that in the long span of medicine has been associate with what a doctor promises you. but what happened at the beginning of the 20th century and a special with the discovery of antibiotics like penicillin, inmates injured his suddenly medicine di

the key is purdue pharma, one of the producers of oxycontin produced so much more than what is with a throughout america. and then you add on top of this the suicide rate is twice the homicide rate. and the common aspect of this tucker is we don't talk about it we don't talk about it in our own families. how are we expecting the president or congress to talk about it when we are feeling so ashamed. >> except with marijuana. that's the one thing we talk about. and the general consensus is among cool people, including the president it's great. marijuana is fine. better than alcohol. a new survey says that of adults in the last year, 9.5% had used marijuana, that's up from 4.1%. most people don't see that as a problem. do you. >> well, it's just like the wide availability of ox i con continue that's got us into this new epidemic of opiates. the problem is the commercial aspect of it. when you have an industry, tobacco industry, liquor industry whose profit margin is based upon who they can addict, that's basically it so they target kids. we saw this from big tobacco, joe camel. trying to

. >> you're talking about oxycontin. >> yes and that's not all of them. there are people that need pain medication. i want to be very clear. i know people need medication and they should have it, but that's when it should be distributed. not to a person who gets a tooth pulled or a knee worked on. they have done this. they have saturated and it's the docs that have to bear responsibility. they don't get proper training -- well, now it's changing but they didn't get training in these medications because we banned opioids in 1914. reporter: so, let's get specific, what do you think we need to do, do we need legal action, do with you need new laws restricting further? it's all of the above. we have to be much more vigilant. are get injured, we make sure we're talking to them and know what they're prescribed. reporter: you'll recall governor patrick tried to step in and ban, i believe it was. >> it was hydro. >> right and the courts said you can't do that. >> right. john the fda approved these drugs and certainly we believe the fda should look at them. this e

friends back in the legislature in kentucky, former colleagues of mine, were very aggressive on oxycontin and prescription drugs and put forth prescription drug -- ways to manage prescription drug abuse and it seemed to be very successful with it. some of the physicians were really having to manage it very closely. and we thought, wow, we really are getting a big handle on the supply of the problem, which supply is still a problem. you've got to tax supply and all of a sudden heroin became a big component in kentucky. i had lunch yesterday with one of our drug task force leaders. he said it's easier to get heroin now than prescription drugs in kentucky. i mean, illegal prescription drugs, use of prescription drugs. so we have to attack the demand for it as well and what you guys do. so one of the questions i have for those of you who have practiced in this area, dr. halverson, you said you're not an m.d. i know there are caps on what practices can use for bupinorphine. my question is do you think the current cap should be lifted, and if not, why? and if so, how? so any of you that practic

we need to fix that as whelp it former colleagues of mine were very give on oxycontin and put forth prescription drugs -- ways to manage prescription drug abuse. and seems to be very successful. some of the physicians were really having to manage it very closely. we thought wow, we're getting a good handle on the supply of the problem. and all a sudden heroin became a big component in kentucky. i had lunch yesterday with one of our drug task force leaders. he said it's easier to get heroin than prescription drugs in kentucky. so we have to attack the demand for it as well. one of the questions, those of you who practice in this area, he said you're not an md, but even when i answer, i know there are caps on what practices can use for beunorphin. the question is, do you think the current cap should be lifted, and if not, why, and if so, how? so any of you who practice in this area. >> i can address it initially. the short answer is yes. but safely. we've identified this medication as diverted and in some cases abused. i have patients i treat for abuse. they show up and i treat them for that. now