got another scrip of oxycontin. two scripps later she is fully addicted.ted complaining about other teeth, having other extractions. this young woman was having teeth pulled out of her just to get the oxycontin. when people are doing that that tells you this is very, powerful, powerful drug. because of the tolerance what it does to the brain and because of tolerance that develops and resistance that develops, greater dosages are needed. so using that as just one example, and i could give you a bunch more, why is it we're allowing drug companies to produce these powerful, powerful drugs that by which they are building a customer base for life by getting people on this oxycontin? it's overloading their brains and it's grabbing them and there is commercial advantage to producing customers for life. if you can get these people hooked, you got them forever, they can't get off this. so, you know, and now the fda, god bless them, they just expanded the use to children. and it seems like, we're not all rolling in the same direction here. i actually, when i was fir

so she was having teeth pulled out of her had to get the oxycontin. when people are doing that, it tells you this is a powerful drug. because of the tolerance that it does to the vein -- brain and the tolerance and resistance it develops, greater dosages are needed. that's one example and i could give you a bunch more. drugs it we are allowing companies to produce these which they areby building a customer base for life by getting people on this oxycontin. it's overloading their brains and it's grabbing them. advantage commercial to producing customers for life. now, the fda got -- god bless them, but the expanded the use to children. it seems like we are not all rowing in the same direction here. i actually filed a bill to ban oxycontin and there were more lawyers and lobbyists all over me on that i didn't have a prayer. do tos it that we could look again and the substances we are allowing people to sell. >> am not against pain management but this is ridiculous. it's off the charts in terms of the opioids we are putting out on the street. how do we a

. >> oxycontin went off like a bomb in new england. >> it started with oxy, oxycontin.many don't realize is that pills like these and heroin have a lot in common. in fact, they are so chemically similar that for an addict or an abuser, they are essentially interchangeable. no surprise, then, 80% of heroin addicts started off using pills. how does that happen for you? >> somebody in the hotel had offered us heroin. i almost looked at it like a science experiment. that was how my brain justified going through the whole process of using heroin. i sniffed it, and it had an effect, but it wasn't the effect that i was looking for. an hour later, i shot heroin. >> what were you trying to discover here? >> i just wanted relief. >> relief from? >> relief from my thoughts, my feelings, my emotions. if i have the power to choose, i wouldn't choose to use every day. >> what casey is describing is a substance use disorder. that's a new name for an age-old disorder, addiction. it's a brain disease. it causes you to seek out drugs no matter how horrible the consequences. in fact, case

find pills in your car, we arrest you for drug possession or selling drugs and you have a bottle of oxycontinnormally a 30-day supply. you got your prescription filled on the 13th -- >> you do the math. >> we do the math. if you got three pills left, you're either -- you're abusing them or selling them. we will send a certified letter to your doctor notifying him or her, hey, we stopped your patient on such and such date and they did not have the right amount of pills left. your patient is either abusing them or selling them. it's up to you, doc. we're just letting you know what's going on. if the patient overdose, we respond to their house and overdosing on a prescription the doctor prescribed to them, we're sending a certified letter to the doctor telling the doctor the patient used them to commit overdose or attempt suicide. 90% to 95% of the doctors are calling me back, can't believe the letter they got and thank us for the information. >>. >> hor or why did you come up with this? >> a couple years ago we had a group called doctors together. we have about 30 doctors that came to the meeti

. >> of all of the drugs i've seen, cocaine, amphetamine, oxycontin, this is the absolute worst. >> reporter: part of its appeal, it is so cheap. five bucks will get you high? >> five bucks will get you high. >> i remember just running, feeling like people were chasing me. >> reporter: in march, stephanie thought she was smoking pot. but it was laced with flakka, a white granular powder. >> where did you end up? >> on top of a bridge. and i was still seeing people chasing me and i was paranoid, so i jumped. >> falling into the water. most flood raids these days are for flakka. this raid yielding 140 doses and multiple users. down the street at the terminal, we saw three deals go down in under an hour. >> the guy in the white t-shirt with the black pants. >> the heavy-set guy? >> yeah. >> he's clapping his hands. >> known dealer. >> yes, ma'am. >> reporter: flakka is manufactured in china. it has been easily bought online and delivered in the mail here in the u.s. >> some of the companies even offer, if your product is seized by authorities, we'll replace it free of charge. >> reporter: deale

the c-d-c says teens who take drugs like oxycontin, vicodin, adderall or xanax... are more likely to have multiple partners and have unprotected sex. research showed about 1 in every 5 high school students reported using prescription drugs for non- medical use. parents who manage their teen's doctors visits could be doing more harm than good. a national poll found 34 percent of parents say their teen discussed their health concerns with a doctor... and less than 10 percent of teens can complete their health history independently. researchers say teens may be missing out on opportunities to learn how to take ownership of their own health... and speaking with a doctor privately gives teens a chance to disclose confidential information. you might want to pay extra for faster shipping when it comes to the things you buy online. a new survey finds its taking longer for people to get their packages this year. people are waiting nearly 7 days for items to arrive. thats 20 percent longer than last year. and if you want to send your gifts on time... today is the deadline fo

sources tell ktvu oxycontin was found in the car with a prescription made out to cores. two passengers were left behind. one of them was his brother. he has been on medical leave and was off duty at the time of the crash. >>> today in san francisco, a coalition of community groups will speak out against plans to build a new jail. a board of supervisors committee is meeting to discuss spending $215 million to fund a new jail. the coalition wants the money to go to social programs and preventative measures. san francisco's district attorney will release the results of a new study that raises concerns about building the jail. >>> over the next day or two, 40 families must boil their water or find a clean source. their water provider has told them not to drink the water because of a broken super line. affected areas include 40 homes on fallen leaf lane, penny way, lan, theis lane. >>> a contractor hit a suer line. the you tillty says people need to boil their tapwater. repairs are being made right now. >>> people in santa rosa will be paying more for water upped a new plan a

ochly could not n was found in -- oxycontin was found in the car with a prescription to him. an orange dodge charger hit two people walking in a crosswalk. look carefully at the video. you'll see a person running away from the area. police say that happened just moments after the crash. this case is bringing unwanted attention to the entire police department. >> he did experience a certain amount of notoriety, internet sensation, if you will, so it brings more attention to the case. but bottom line, he's a police officer and we hold ourselves to a higher standard. >> he was dubbed the hot cop of the castro because of his looks. he's on medical leave after being hurt on duty. if if he returns from leave, he'll be suspended while the case is being investigated. >>> today is world aids day. all across the world, people are commemorating the lives lost to aids. according to the centers for disease control, 36 million people worldwide have the disease. medical advances in hiv treatment have led many to live longer, but the concern here in the bay area is how to provide care for th

police say he had 10 oxycontin pills on him when arrested and posted before the holdup this picture of a gun and pills. police say they are still investigating whether or not lee had an accomplice. carolyn gusoff, cbs 2 news. >>> new information tonight on the nypd search for a well- dressed subway slasher. cell phone video shows a woman a couple. it happened friday night on an "a" train in brooklyn. facebook. she said she is not normally violent and there is more to the story not captured on the video. she apologized and suggests she plans to surrender to police. >>> a somber service in delaware this afternoon for in afghanistan on monday. >> reporter: defense secretary ashton carter joined families as one by one the flag-draped coffins were removed from a plane at new cassel airbase. among the victims a staff sergeant from long island who leaves behind a wife and young daughter. at the bagram airbase in afghanistan they said farewell to their fallen comrades. six service members killed by a italian terrorist who rode his motorbike into a crowd and blew himself up. among the dead 31-y

. >> he was given oxycontin for a rotator cuff injury and he was addicted from then on. >> reporter: her story is shared by millions of other parents with young adults in the strangle hold of what the center for disease control calls a prescription drug epidemic. >> we are essentially talking about heroin pills. >> reporter: doctors explained the synthetic version of heroin can be especially addictive to teens and young adults their brains experience greater sensations of pleasure and not developed at sensing risk. >> bulk of our prescribing is for common conditions where these medications are more likely to hurt patients, then help them. >> reporter: he and others are joining calls for new jersey law make tours take up assembly bill 4760, it would require doctors to talk to parents about the potential for addiction with prescribing on eyeds to minors. some argue such is unnecessary regulation on doctor/patient dialogue. >> i did not know that it was such a strong medication and that it was basically heroin. >> reporter: supporters say that parents know their teenagers better than ev

and when the doctor finally said i got to get off of this medication, it wasn't a far jump from ox oxycontin to heroin. mackenzie phillips not far for her to jump from prescription policing to heroin. but surprisingly gone from opioid are prescription medications to heroin abuse. >> what is it that their family members and friends can do to help them? >> that's a huge question that really can't be answered in a really quick sound bite but let me try. you know, it's about behaviors, the disorder lives between the ears. it's in behaviors and thinking and reactions and you know a lot of people start using because they have a childhood trauma. a lot of people start using like me because of prescription opioid problem. how do you get out of it? you dedicate yourself with as much energy and fervor that you get into scoring and gettings high into staying well an changing the way you're getting on with your life. >> was that the key the getting you off of heroin? >> you know, i got arrested for felony possession in 2008. and for me, that was a defining moment. it woke me up. you know the universe ha

investigators say his dodge charger hit two men in a crosswalk and sources say oxycontin was found in the car along with a prescription. police say two passengers were left behind in the car. he's been on medical leave and was off duty at the time of the crash. >>> now to the body cameras at sfpd. what's happening at that big meeting later? >> reporter: the san francisco police commission is going to be meeting to talk about these rules for officers who wear body cameras. really the issue here is whether or not officers should be allowed to look at that footage before they file a report. a lot of times officers say they like to look at footage to be sure the report is accurate. a lot of other groups have said it can taint officers' recollection or cause them to readjust what they thought happened, especially in cases of police misconduct and use of force. tonight they will be deciding whether or not they will be allowed to look at that footage. >>> we were talking about super bowl 50 here yesterday, and how much the host committee has been giving, $5 million to date. tell us about the

research found those results in more than 90% of cases where patients oded on drugs like oxycontin, vicodin and percocet. those patients had twice the odds of overdosing again in next two years and many cases doctors that continue to prescribe the narcotics didn't even know patients suffered an overdose. morning about popular cook ware. macy's is recalling more than 120,000 martha stew art frying pans. anyone that has the pans should stop using them. macy's says customers can return them for store credit. >> julie: rock star's death will be the end of famous british rock band. motor head front man lemmy died on monday. he had been diagnosed with cancer two days earlier. they will not make new music or tour again. he was the final member of the original line-up to still be on tour with the group. >> daniel: there's a talk of guns and roses reunion. this will be the first joint appearance on stage in over two decades and could launch a tour. >>> daniel: mysterious light giving spooky spin in new orleans. check this out. woman on facebook posted this picture of what looks like a christmas tree

it's because of the abuse of pain killers like oxycontin and vicodin, and deaths from alzheimer's diseaseis on the rise and infant mortality has dropped to a record low. >>> and depression is a problem across the country including inside of the medical community and it seems to be more common with medical residents, long hours and workload and stress adds to their problems, they may not admit they need help or get the support they need. >> in case we should be acting quickly to be more supporting and more provocative and push a bit to understand what the problem is, doctors say that the programs are built into training so residents can recognize training in their patients and in themselves and understand the importance of treatments. >>> finally today the next time you think your teenager or spouse is ignoring you while they read something on their phone or watching tv, that may not be the case, a small study in the study of neuro science says that a person's sense of vision and hearing is located in a shared region of the brain and there are limits on how much it can process and the brai

sources say oxycontin was found in his car along with a prescription.who was a passenger in the car. we have also shown you surveillance video from a parking lot camera, that is where the orange dodge charger hit the people as they were walking in the crosswalk. if you look carefully in the upper right-hand part of the screen you can see a person running away from the crash. officer earned the nickname hot cop because of his looks.>>> sales figures are in from cyber monday endless are reporting a big increase on cyber shopping. sales are up 16% that adds up to more than $3 billion. analyst that we spoke with said shoppers using smart phones spent $100 million. >>we can think samsung and apple for introducing this. consumer still markable buying because they can see things better and it makes it easier. >>figures show a buying surge late in the day when stores offered more and deeper discounts. >>> marion wright got a big round of applause for her work. she has been years advocating for children by fighting poverty and supporting education, health and ju

research found those results in more than 90% of the cases where patients oded on drugged like oxycontin percocet and many cases doctors who continue to prescribe narcotics didn't know their patients had suffered an overdose. >>> sara: another study shows exercise early in life helps promote an early brain. exercise as child can alter organisms in the stomach in positive ways. though doctors are not exactly sure why, this can positively affect the human brain and metabolism over the entire course of life. >> daniel: check this out, 50-foot humpback whale. harbormaster heard a splash. the whale was halfway up when saw splashing around 45 minutes and hump backs aren't supposed to be lingering out there this time of year. >> sara: kennedy clan welcomes newest member. joe kennedy and his wife welcome their new daughter. they plan to call her ellie. >> daniel: chante moen received a 10-dollar scratch ticket as a gift from her brother. the ticket was a 1 million-dollar winner. she received a one time payout of $650,000. the lottery plans to help niece and nephew pay for college. their dad is t

oxycontin was found in the car with a prescription made out to kohrs. two passengers were left behind. one of them was kohrs brother. hollywood shoppers at a toys "r" us store had a surprise this afternoon. a man bailed out of a stolen car and ran into a store with police officers hot on his heels. they fired shots of that man before he reached the man. and ipad was the key to his eventual capture. >> shots fired. student was started as a stolen carpet before 1 pm turned into a car chase and officer involved shooting. it ended here at the toys "r" us store. the stolen chevy suburban belong to christina's boss. soon make your friends car has bullet holes in it. spirit that's the first thing i said. >> her bosses boyfriend used and ipad and the suv to track the vehicle and followed it. the suspect drowned two vehicles and the police car along the way. >> shots were fired in the direction. they proceeded eastbound on boston hill road and stopped in the parking lot. spent the suspect ran into the toys "r" us and police followed. >> is gun was drawn and afte

. >> reporter: official says lee was found with ten oxycontin tablets when he was arrested. he posted this picture of gun, beer and pills on facebook. it's the same gun used in the shooting. it was illegally purchased more than a decade ago. he was represented by a court-appointed attorney and is being held on $750,000. he's due back in court december 28th. nassau county police are reminding people if you see something, say something. that's the latest from here, jodi goldberg. we'll send it back to you. dari: thank you. new york state government buildings tomorrow in honor of two national guardsmen killed in afghanistan this week. nypd detective joseph lemm and staff sergeant louis bonacasa were among the six troops killed in an attack outside of bagram air force base on monday. lemm was a 15 year veteran of the nypd. in a cyber attack on a dam north of the city raised concerns about the security of our nation's infrastructure . >> reporter: the cyber attack was by iranians in 2013. the u.s. government kept it quiet. nobody knew about this. the only reason we know now is th

so we're talking about things like oxycodone, oxycontin or heroin and also sir rose is of the liver,h themselves either deliberately or quickly with alcohol and drugs of various sorts. >> when you paint a picture like this, i think of russia when you're dysfunctional societies where everything is going wrong and what you're describing is middle aged white americans. >> white nonhispanic americans. hispanics are doing just fine and blacks are doing even better -- black mortality rates are still higher than whites but falling rapidly. >> doing better every year whereas here the chart is moving in the opposite direction? >> exactly. >> let's come back to the quote in "the new york times" you said white americans, middle-aged white americans seem to have lost the narrative of their lives. what did you mean? >> well, that's a direct quote from my colleague, carolyn rice, who thinks in those terms, but it's a wonderful quote, i think, and gives you a really good idea. i think these are people -- it's much worse among people who only have a high school education or less. if you go back 20,

we're talking about things like oxycodone, oxycontin or heroin and also cirrhosis of the liver.are doing away with themselves quickly or slowly with alcohol and drugs. >> you paint a picture like this and i think of russia with dysfunction aal societies where everything is going wrong. but what you're describing is middle aged white americans. >> black mortality rates are still higher than whites but they're falling more rapidly. >> here the chart is moving the opposite direction. >> exactly. >> let's come back to the causes. what do you think is going on? you had a quote that was in the "new york times." you said white americans, middle-aged white americans, seem to have lost the narrative of their lives. what did you mean? >> well, that's a direct quote from my colleague in anthropology who thinks in those terms but it's a wonderful quote, i think, and it gives you a really good idea. it's much worse among people who only have a high school education or less. if you go back 20, 30, 40 years when they were joining the labor force, you could get a good job as a high school gradu

research found those results in more than 90% of cases where patients oded on drugs like oxycontin, vicadin and percoset. those patients had twice the odds of overdosing again. and in many cases doctors who continue to prescribe the narcotics didn't know their overdose. >>> another new study shows that exercise early in life can promote a healthy brain. according to researchers, exercise the community of organisms in the stomach in positive ways. doctors are not sure why, it can positively effect the human brain and metabolism own the whole course of life. >>> reality star rob kardashian is rushed to the hospital. according to tmz doctors have diagnosed the 29-year-old with diabetes. he suffered from depression and weight gain over recent years. unlike the rest of his family on "keeping up with the kardashians" he avoided the public high for the past two years. >>> . >> sara: ready for this? there is talk this morning of a guns and roses reunion. original band members axl rose and slash will come together again this spring at the coach again this spring at the coachella music festival. thei

when i was 1st filed a bill to ban oxycontin. i did not have a prayer.what is it that we could do to look again at the substance that we are allowing people to sell commando not against pain management that this is ridiculous. how do we address that issue? >> if you could briefly respond. >> thank you, congressman. we are prescribing enough prescription pain medication the us to give every adult american their own bottle of pain pills. we all want a balanced approach. we continue to work with the fda, but one of the areas we have not made enough progress is ensuring that every prescriber has a minimal amount of education around safe and effective opiate prescribing which is why we are thrilled. that is often the place where it starts. i am sure the dentist is very well intended. we have to work not only on making sure we make the medications more abuse deterrent but also that we are stopping the overprescribing that we see throughout the country. it is critical to rein in the prescriptions. and that is often with the doctor-patient relationship. >> thank

core's orange dodge charger hit two men in a crosswalk, and sources tell us here at ktvu that oxycontin found in the car with a prescription made out to police officer. two passengers were left behind. we're told one of them was the officer's brother. he has been on medical lever and was -- leave and was off duty at the time of the crash. >>> los angeles police still searching for a missing visual effects producer who grew up. eric koler drove his new range drove to a food for less store last tuesday. he hasn't been seen since. now, his parent traveled from the bay area to l. a. looking for him. they posted missing signs. they're worried, obviously, about what may have happened to their son. >> you have been hugging his backpack? >> yes. yep. >> do you think the car is at the loot of this? >> i this i that is my impletion. do we know he's actually driving that car? that is my concern. >> police say so far there is no sign or evidence of foul play. coaler, by the way, has worked on movies like san andreas and the avengers. >>> you might want to think twice before you put your hair tie ar

now, sources tell ktvu that oxycontin was found in that car with a prescription made out o to cores.e say two passengers were left behind at the scene. we're told one of those was his brother. officer cores has been out on medical leave. he was off duty at the time of the crash. >>> today in san francisco, a coalition of community groups will speak out against plans to build a new jail. a board of supervisors committee is meeting to discuss spending more than $200 million to fund a new jail. but the coalition wants the money to go to social policemans and preventative measures to keep people out of jail. san francisco's district attorney says he would prefer seeing the money go toward new mental health facilities rather than jail. big festivals and events. david campos introduced legislation that would set a clear timeline on the application process for both event organizers and the police department. police have the final say on alcohol permits and the number of officers that event organizers need to hire for security. but for years, organizers have complained that the whole process

most of those deaths involved painkillers like oxycontin according to the c.d.c. it's also twice as many deaths as the nation saw less than 15 years ago. sera: right now donations are pouring in for a milton family the holidays. the home on hudson street went up in flames on thursday night. an eight-year-old girl was home alone after her mother walked across the block to pick up her toddler twins. d.c.f. is investigating. the fire was ruled accidental. an online fund to help the family has now passed $8,000. doug: more than 1,400 boston area muslims had a surprise visitor at this week's prayer service. as janet wu reports, massachusetts supreme chief justice ralph gants delivered a message of hope and support. janet: chief justice gants's visit was quiet, quick, and affirming. he ruefully admitted this was not his usual friday afternoon stop. justice gants: i asked to speak with you here today because i know that this is a difficult time for persons who practice the islamic faith in this country. and i am here to assure you that you do not stand alone. janet: the

encouraged them to prescribe the latest, newest, most wonderful drug for long-term pain management, oxycontinthey'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 is doing it. >> the heroin? >> yeah. i can get a ba

most of those deaths involved painkillers like oxycontin according to the c.d.c. it's also twice as many deaths as the nation saw less than 15 years ago. sera: right now donations are pouring in for a milton family who lost everything right before the holidays. the home on hudson street went up in flames on thursday night. an eight-year-old girl was home alone after her mother walked across the block to pick up her d.c.f. is investigating. the fire was ruled accidental. an online fund to help the family has now passed $8,000. we now know the name of the man killed in a deadly crash in marion earlier this week. police say 23-year-old fred wilson dossantos was a passenger in a van that crashed on 195 east on wednesday morning. four other people were injured. a pick-up truck was also involved in the crash, but that driver wasn't hurt. the cause is still under investigation. doug: more than 1,400 boston area muslims had a surprise visitor at this week's prayer service. as janet wu reports, massachusetts supreme chief justice ralph gants delivered a message of hope and

. >> i put xanax and cocaine and heroin, amphetamines and oxycontin in the same needle and shot it. >all in the same rig. that's crazy. >> i don't know how to describe that kind of high. have you ever shot vodka? >> no. >> he was on probation for a burglary conviction when he tested positive for drugs in the second jail. he was admitted to the drug rehab center but has been through numerous other programs since age 14. >> this is my first time in jail, and it sucks. it really sucks. i don't want to come back to jail again. the way i was doing drugs, if i go back out, the next time i stick a needle in my arm, i'm going to die. my mother's afraid she's going to bury me. i know that for a fact. and my dad just -- my dad's almost given up on me. that's why i'm really -- i'm just sick and tired of being sick and tired. >> he has a lot of problems. i tell him that. he knows that. he's been through a lot. 21 years old. i haven't been through any of that. i wish him the best. i wish everybody the best in here. but we'll see. you never know. >> thomas costa is also an admitted heroin addict, b

troubling trend a few years ago as more expectant moms came in addicted to heroin and opioids like oxycontin. more babies were born from that addiction with serious problems. swaddled in this blanket one of the tiniest victims of the heroin and opioid epidemic. babies who go through withdrawal right after they're born. in winchester, doctors and nurses began to notice signs in newborns, neonatal abstinence syndrome. at birth they experience withdrawal. >> the babies are very irritable, their muscle tone is increased. they're very jittery. they'reery difficult to console. they spend a lot of time and energy crying. >> reporter: feeding is also difficult. unless treated, the babies may fail to thrive. >> those babies need to get those symptoms captured pretty quickly or they're going to get into trouble. >> reporter: in the past two years winchester medical center has steadily ramped up its approach to helping the babies. they to a toxicology screen on all moms who come to deliver. if they know ahead of time a baby has been exposed to drugs, an umbilical cord sample is also taken. the most dra

. >> oxycontin went off like a bomb in new england. >> reporter: it started with oxy, ox is si contin what people don't realize is that these pills and heroin have at lot in common, and they are so k chemistry similar that the for an addict or abuser, there is no difference, so no surprise that 80% of heroin addicts started off using pills. how did that happen for you? >> well, somebody in the hotel had offered us heroin. i almost looked at it like a science experiment. that is how my brain justified going through the whole process of using heroin. i sniffed it. and it had an effect, but it wasn't the effect that i was looking for, and an hour later, i shot heroin. >> reporter: what were you trying to discover here? >> i just wanted relief. >> relief from? >> relief from my thoughts, my feelings, my emotions. and if i had the power to choose, i wouldn't choose to use everyday. >> reporter: what kaycasey is describing is a substance use disorder which is a new name for a age-old disorder, ed a daddic. it is brain disease which causes you to the seek out drugs no matter how horrible the

investigators say the orange dodge charger hit two men in a crosswalk and sources say  oxycontin wasound in the car and police say two passengers were left behind. one of them was the officer's brother. he's been on medical leave and was off duty at the time of the crash. >>> big changes are in store at yahoo. >> yahoo has cut 20% of its employees since 2012. regardless of what the board decides to do, wall street is abuzz and shareholders have reportedly sent letters to the board supporting the sale of the internet business. it could result in serious tax consequences for the company and job cuts, particularly here in the bay area. no comment from yahoo yet on the report. >>> time now 7:44. facebook founder mark zuckerberg and his wife celebrated the birth of their daughter max by promising to give away most of their $45 billion fortune. they promised to give 99% of their facebook shares to a new initiative, saying the areas they want to support include education, conquering disease and improving access to technology. >>> it was a specific call for help from the firefighters toy dri

one young woman had a tooth extraction, got a prescription of oxycontin.she falsely -- she tells me now she falsely complained of persistent tooth pain. two scripts later she's fully addicted. and then she started complaining about other teeth, having other extractions. so this young woman was having teeth pulled out her head just to get the oxycontin. now, when people are doing that, it tells you this is a powerful, powerful drug. because of the tolerance, what it does to the brain and the tolerance that develops and resistance that develops, greater dosages are needed. so using that as just one example. i could give you a bunch more. why is it we're allowing drug companies to produce these powerful, powerful drugs by which they are building a customer base for life by getting people on this oxycontin. it is overloading their brains and grabbing them. there is a commercial advantage to producing customers for life. if you can get these people hooked, you've got them forever. they can't get off this. and now, the fda, god bless them, but they just expanded

according to police, the list of drugs included heroin, oxycontin and cocaine. >> christa: a rough ride and a big scare for nearly 140 people on board a southwest flight in california. that plane had to make an emergency landing. that was because of landing gear trouble on wednesday. so the jet circled over oakland for four hours to try to burn the passengers were understandably shaken. >> the beginning was the most scary part because it was just the plane was thumping and thumping and it was going very slow because they were trying to wouldn't go up. >> i think it all led up to when we had to land, because we didn't know if our landing gear was going to work. >> christa: most of the passengers were booked on to other flights but continued their trip to chicago. but others decided to leave the flying for another day. intentionally driving her car into a crowd of pedestrians on the vegas strip remains in jail this morning. 24-year-old lakeisha halloway was arraigned on charges of murder, hit-and-run and child abuse charges on wednesday. authorities say halloway had her three-year-old son

when i was 1st filed a bill to ban oxycontin. i did not have a prayer.what is it that we could do to look again at the substance that we are allowing people to sell commando not against pain management that this is ridiculous. how do we address that issue? >> if you could briefly respond. >> thank you, congressman. we are prescribing enough prescription pain medication the us to give every adult american their own bottle of pain pills. we all want a balanced approach. we continue to work with the fda, but one of the areas we have not made enough progress is ensuring that every prescriber has a minimal amount of education around safe and effective opiate prescribing which is why we are thrilled. that is often the place where it starts. i am sure the dentist is very well intended. we have to work not only on making sure we make the medications more abuse deterrent but also that we are stopping the overprescribing that we see throughout the country. it is critical to rein in the prescriptions. and that is often with the doctor-patient relationship. >> thank

. >> oxycontin went off like a bomb here. >> reporter: pills like these and heroin have a lot in commonerchangeable. no surprise 80% of heroin addicts started off using pills. how did that happen for you? >> somebody in the hotel offered us heroin. i almost looked at it like a science experiment. that was how my brain justified going through the whole process. i sniffed it. it had an effect but wasn't the effect i was looking for. an hour later, i shot heroin. >> reporter: what were you trying to discover here? >> i wanted relief. >> reporter: relief from? >> relief from my thoughts, my feelings, my emotions. if i had the power to choose, i wouldn't choose to use every day. >> reporter: what casey is describing is a substance use disorder. that's a new name for an age-old disorder, addiction. it's a brain disease. it causes you to seek out drugs no matter how horrible the consequences. in fact, casey almost died of a heroin overdose. he now wants narcan, an antidote in the hands of anyone who needs it. why? because it saved him like it did for this woman. she has overdosed and is no lon

things that's developed over the last couple years is so many people hooked on prescription drugs and oxycontinthe street. >> absolutely. >> what's cheaper than oxy, heroin. >> you used to think of heroin as a dark alley and dirty needles but now this is what folks have to know, now heroin -- >> pills. >> look at those. they're in the form of a pill. some are even marked to look like a prescription drug pill. it's so frightening. parents have to know that. kids have to know that that think they can take one oxycodone pill. if you snort that pill, you could die. >> people think maybe i would do heroin but i have to shoot it in my arm and now you pop a pill. >> it's so much cheaper. manufacturing it in mass. you don't know what's mixed in with it. that's what we have to warn people about. >> a lot of this stuff they mix it with can kill you. so now it's so much easier to consume, obviously it's going mainstream, your worry is it will be as mainstream as pot or as coke or any of those other things, right? >> i really do. as attorneys general throughout the country, we come in early. we're seeing t