is this a good use of time and resources for the dea? >> this is an excellent use of dea resources. we're targeting everything. all the drugs you just mentioned. this issue is very important to us. >> most people would say, hey look. it's marijuana. what's the big deal? >> it's more potent now than ever so the days of the former arguments about it being a mild drug that everybody uses, those days are over. >> angele says controlled conditions and sophisticated growing techniques have made marijuana stronger and, therefore, more dangerous. the government considers it a gateway to more serious drugs and spends millions of dollars a year on marijuana law enforcement. pro-marijuana groups argue that in the cases of more potent pot users adjust their intake and smoke less and they say there is no evidence that marijuana leads to harder drugs. as for the government's war on marijuana, they say it's expensive and has had little effect on the millions of users. >>> a drug war raging in our national parks and forests. >> kept thinking if i turn my back i'm going to get a bullet in the back o

dea! open the door! if you do this you could very well go to jail. >> online pharmacies that flout the law use the internet as their safe house to elude detection. >> these sites change very quickly. you may see these sites today and three days later they're not. they're other sites. the site from which you order the drugs may not be the place from which the drugs are shipped. it's very hard to police. >> in the latest quest, people not only buy their pills online, they also go there to swap advice on how to heighten the high. >> i take two, ten milligram valium. within 20 minutes i'm feeling pretty good because i'm also doing a cold water extraction on vicodin tabs. >> jason surfed the web in just that way. check out www.org. perhaps the best website in the world for what we like. i always check it out before i put it up my nose or in my mouth. >> ironically, jason hoped to become a pharmacist. >> because he was a pharmacy student, he considered himself quite adept at research. i don't think he realized

let's go with it. >> the uncle is the dea's undercover agent and the charlie is the dea's confidential >> right in front of the pizza place. >> our surveillance agents are picking up our undercover and our ci right now and they're putting it out where they are. >> got a good eye on joe right now. camera's good. ten four? >> the guy walking behind you with the blue and light colored jeans. i think he went to get it, man. >> that guy right here. >> the undercover engaged one of the individuals. somebody will run for it and bring it back. they don't want to have it on themselves. they don't usually keep it on their person. they'll keep a stash area somewhere in the close vicinity. they're waiting. he's going to go get the bundle, bring it back, and then you'll see the exchange being made with the money and the drugs. >> the dea helicopter captures the hand-to-hand exchange with its eye in the sky. >> the guy hands it over. >> good job. thank you. >> thank you. >> there appeared to be a transaction here. >> all right. we took care of it. >> we made the buy. we're covering the undercover wi

gues-- i mean the dea? hosguest: in many cases we get people who are mercenaries and working for money, so they are trying to turn in competitors, people from rival drug organizations. probably the greatest tool in our arsenal as the ability to plea-bargain in the united states. that is the people who are alleged to have committed crimes and looking at serious sentences in the federal penitentiary, and they, in return for a more lenient sentence will provide information on code- conspirators. >-- co-conspirators. host: what prepared you for this position? what is your background? guest: my undergraduate degree is in criminal science. for about three years i would do six months of my youniversity training and then six months with the dea. that was very good training. since that time a number of training schools as a special agent and intel research specialist. caller: good morning. thank you for all your doing. what is the annual cost for the drug war, and how many people are involved? guest: the fund is jus

for years that my mom worked for the dea. i spoke to him often.w everything i was doing in school. >> linda says her ever cover worked landed her on death row. >> i think somebody informed on me. the person had to be inside. there were not too many people that knew what i was assigned to. >> so they tried to frame you? >> exactly, for me to survive would have brought the entire drug cartel down. >> downtown houston, new lawyers are trying to save her life. >> i had the view that if someone has been convicted of murder, they probably did it but still deserve a full defense. i looked into this case. once our team got into a we were blown away by the fact that she did not have a fair trial. she did not have the defense. it changed our whole impression for the team. >> one of the top witnesses for the state was a state officer from the dea. he was shocked that her lawyers never spoke to him because he was ready to testify and that she was not a killer. >> the problem was her lawyer did not ask any questions that would have helped her. >> this is linda

today in our area a dea sponsored a "drug takeback program." e police and fire stations in d.c., maryland and virginia set up boxes for unused prescription drugs and over-the-counter drugs to be collected and properly disposed of. >> that's a good thing becau oterwise, people might throw things away in the trash or in a toilet. >> indeed, flushing is what most of us would probably do. what goes in here could end up here, in the river. now the water that gets recycled and reused often has minute traces but not enough to ed any harm. the problem is with the ecosystem with the fish and wild live. >> this is a very easy way to prevent a potential environmental problem from happening. if you don't flush something down the toilet or pour it down the drain and bring it here you're guarantees it won't end up i the watersupply. >> or in the wrong hands of like a child or others seeking a high. >> it can lead to overdoses. when people don't know exactly what they're using these drugs for. not prescribed to you so it's not safe to use. >> the drugs droppe

the dea set up collection points where people could turn in unused drugs. julie watts on the turn out. >> reporter: he went to sleep and just never woke up. >> reporter: april is just one of many who lost a child to prescription drugs. >> they need it be treated as weapons. >> reporter: the dea agrees. much like the popular gun buy back program they are sponsoring this one day take back program at police precinct across the company. a relief for many like candace who has been trying to safely get rid of a bag full of drugs. >> how do you get rid of them? i was told to grind them up and mix them with kitty litter throw them away. doesn't seem like a great option. >> reporter: it may not be a great one but grinding them up is one of the best opposites for keeping them away from kids. complicated that's why john martin of the dea said they are responsoring the event. >> we are trying to get them out of the medicine cabinet and so they don't possibly get on to the street and are abused. >> reporter: studies show most people who abuse prescription drugs like the

they are. >> reporter: the dea agrees. much like the popular gun back program. they are featuring this take back program across the country. a relief for many like candice fitzgearld in oakland that has been trying for some time to dispose of the bags full of drugs. >> how do you get rid of them? they told me to grind them up and mix them up with kitty litter and put them in the trash. doesn't seem like a great option. >> reporter: it may not be a great one, experts say grinding up the unused drug cents best option to keep them out of the hands of teens. complicated? yes. that's why they are sponsoring today's event. >> wii trying to get those out of the medicine cabinets so they don't get on to the streets and abused. >> reporter: studies show that most people that abuse prescription drugs get them out of the medicine cabinet of family and friends. experts say they better think twice before flushing them or throwing them away. according to the dea the drug takeback program was an overwhelming success as noticed by the full bins in oakland. a positive sign for m

the dea says it will place the ms in an incinerator that is in northern virginia. if you are not able to make it to a drop off point, the best idea is to crush up the pills and throw them in the trash. on our website we have a complete list of the collection sites. it runs from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. tomorrow. it's flee free and unanimous. no questions will be asked as you hand over the drugs. >>> a harper county crash involving a school bus. they say the school bus carrying the students were struck by an audi that crossed the line. forcing the bus into a chevy blazer. >> we had a school bus with six children and a driver, an suv, and then a passenger vehicle. the driver of the suv was transported to shock trauma. with injuries. and he was taken by ground. the children and the bus driver were transported to a local hospital with minor injuries and released to the dust custody of their parents. >> while dense fog covered the road this morning, investigators have not determined if it played a role in the accident. >>> baltimore city police are gearing up and working

dea took the the unusual step to fight back, no questions asked. >> he went to sleep and just never woke up. >> april is just one of many whoof lost a child to prescription -- who've lost a child to prescription drugs. >> they need to be treated as loaded weapons because they are. >> dea agrees. they are sponsoring this one day prescription drug take back program at police prescripts across the country a relief for many, like candace in oakland who has been trying for some time to safely dispose of this bag full of drugs. >> how do you get rid of them? household hazardous waste told me to grind them up and mix them with kitty litter and put them in the trash. >> it may not be a great option but grinding up unused drugs is one of the best options for keeping them out of the hands of teens. complicated? yes precisely the reason why john martin said they are sponsoring today 's events. >> we are trying to get them out of the medicine cabinets so they don't get on to the street. >> studies show most people who abuse prescription drugs like these get them out of the medicine cabinets of famil

take those unused, outdated, unnecessary drugs out of your medicine cabinet and give them to the dearoy them for you. now, how effective would this be? last year in new jersey the dea tried this late last year and found out it got 9,000 pounds of drugs in a single day. that's 3.5 million pills. so, they believe this will be quite efebtive. >> pete, it's also important to point out that you talk about the 4,000 different locations on the website, but people can do this anonymously and also without fear of prosecution. >> absolutely. now, i should point out this is not for getting rid of your, of your illegal drugs, if you happen to have any. this isn't amnesty like gun buy backs. this is to get rid of what's in your medicine cabinet. the reason is because dea says so many young people get in there and these drugs are becoming the most abused and that is the growth and the drug problem and that's what they're trying to get people to do and they say this is the best way to dispose of what you don't need any more. >> pete, real quickly. i'm sorry if you said this because somebody was tal

they are. >> reporter: the dea agrees. much like the popular gun buy back program they are sponsoring this one day prescription drug take back program at police precincts across the country. a relief for many like candace in oakland who has been trying for some time to safely dispose of this bag full of drugs. >> how do you get rid of them? household hazardous waste told me to grind them up and mix them with kitty litter in the trash. it doesn't seem like a great option. >> reporter: grinding up those unused drugs is one of the best options for keeping them out of the hands of teens. complicated? yes and that is precisely the reason why john martin says they are sponsoring today 'est event. >> trying to get those out of the medicine cabinets so they don't potentially get on to the street and are used. >> reporter: studies show most people who abuse prescription drugs like these get them out of medicine cabinets of family and friends but experts say you better think twice before flushing them or throwing them away. accordin

in oakland, police teamed up with the dea today in honor of national prescription drug take back day. the two groups set up a collection point at a downtown police station where anyone could drop off expired, unused or unwanted prescription drugs, no questions asked. the dea says many americans don't know that prescription drug abusers get their drugs from family and friends medicine cabinets. another misnomer is that it's okay to flush unused drugs down the toilet or toss them into the trash, that is not okay according to the dea. we had a garbage issue earlier on the peninsula. now the question is, who's going to pay for it. the recent garbage strike won't cost customers a penny. ail lied waste says it will pick up the tab for last month's two-day garbage workers' strike. the strike cost san mateo county $200,000. garbage collectors worked saturday and sunday to clean up the mess left by the two-day strike last month. it was staged in support of some female employees who were reportedly not given the same wages and benefits as their male counterparts. >>> depending on your viewpoint

. >> reporter: former dea special agent in charge heads up a state agency that monitors drug trafficking and says the seizure in north carolina highlights a trend. marijuana production in california is way up. >> the numbers were just off the charts. i have been in drug law enforcement for 40 years. quite frankly, i was astounded. >> reporter: using formulas set up by the united nations, a new state report estimates that california produces 69,000 metric tons of marijuana last year. that's more than double the amount produced in all of mexico. it's so much pot, that the

tomorrow the dea will partner with pharmacies and agencies for national prescription drug take back day. it starts at 10 and goes to 1:00. they have more than 3400 sites across the country. if you want to find the location nearest you, go to the news tab, then health and we have a link to the dea web site. that will give you the information that you need to know. >>> an apartment complex is putting the brakes on pains. it is home to the largest auto park. all you do, watch this. drive if and get out of the car and swipe the card, and let technology do the rest. and it moves your vehicle on to a platform and into a space for you. >>> today the baltimore book festival is under way and 200 authors will be on a hand to talk about their books. expect to see what will drop. and sherry shephard and and the festival will host authors and children's book authors, the best part is the book festival is free. and there is all sorts of information and you can get the schedule at www.abc2news.com. head there if you want to learn more. >>> and if you needed another reason not swim in the harbor. gellr

the dea will dispose of them safely. they are hoping to fight prescription drug abuse. >>> w let's fast forward to that weather. >> 97 degrees out there. plenty of sunshine. a very hot day and a record breaking day as well. we're going to cool off tonight down to aut 70 by the time you wake up tomorrow morning. winchester around 65. your forecast tomorrow, temperature in the mid 80 84 in annapolis. if you're thinking about going out this week, it is looking fantastic. no matter what it is, the 17 street festival, octoberfest and the national harbor, even a taste of fendship heights. you can find it all on nbcwashington.com. the full forecast coming up in a minute. >> ank you, doug. what will happen with d.c. school's chancellor michelle rhee? that's the question she is facing and a lot of official in the district are facing right now. >> while the movie that she recently started in paints rhee as a modern savior for urban education, her future with d.c. school is still very much unclear. tracee wilkins has more on the st

. >> reporter: the dea will take liquid medicines and pills, but needles are out. and during the take back period, agents have a no questions asked policy. >> we realize now the biggest source of prescription drugs in the household is the medicine cabinet. >> reporter: the agent says criminals steal prescription drugs any way they can, and especially if it leads to a profit. but the takeback blocks that. >> you've heard the term dumpster diving. they'll do it, because they'll use it, or take the pills and sell them on the street. >> reporter: while police say the main purpose is to get as many prescription drugs off the street. they say another reason is to keep the drugs out of the hands of young people. >> in a recent survey a lot of teenagers say they get the drugs at home in mom and dad's medicine cabinet. >> reporter: now all these drugs are headed to an incinerator. >> the dea plans to host another takeback soon. >>> lindsay lohan gets another break after a failed drug test. tonight the actress is out of jail after posting $300,000 bail. lohan was released th

the dea national take back get unused and some cases dangerous drugs out of the house and disposed of in a safe and secure manner. the dea state and local law enforcement are participating in the prescription drug take back from 10 in the morning until 2:00 in the afternoon. to get more information on the unused prescriptions you can log on to our website at abc2news.com and click on the state news tab. >> a child sex abuse case in columbia set is a new legal precedent in the state and the country. a 38-year-old columbia man was found guilty for abusing a third grader by writing her dozens of explicit love letters but he never touched her. ruled that paul walker junior that worked as a teacher sexually exploited the 8-year- old girl. a sentencing date has not been set. >>> more charges against the preppy burglar. after posting a $15,000 bail 30- year-old jeremy hall of silver spring was arrested in their jurisdiction. surveillance video showed hall break into a house and stealing a sonny boom box. he was reliced on a $7500 bail. >>> students, faculty, and staff at the west virginia us

. >> the dea will separate the drugs following federal environmental standards. -- the dea will incinerate the drugs. >> it is difficult to get rid of all unused prescriptions. that organizers hope this will reduce prescription drug theft and abuse, especially among children and teenagers. >> studies have shown a lot of the abuse of prescription medication is taken from home medicine cabinets. >> experts say there is also increased crime rates, overdose deaths, an emergency room visits. there is also concerned about the environment impact. >> you hear about traces of drugs in the potomac river. >> as people flushed pills down the toilet, that affects the chesapeake bay watershed. >> you are creating the potential for serious degradation. >> up to since the day -- participants say it also helps the environment and make space in their medicine cabinets. >>> issues that affect women was the subject of a conference in arlington. hundreds attended the annual conference. maureen bunyan delivered the keynote address and told participants she wants women to carve out their own identity and stand u

so now the nation's drug agents sayurn them in let the dea destroy them. in arlington, virginia, police and federal drug agents prare to arrest a suspected dealer. an undercover drug agent will make the buy in an area known as the source of illegal drugs. but the suspect wasn't dealing cocaine or heroin. he was arrested for selling oxycodone. one of the nation's widely prescribed painkiller abuse of that drug and others like it has risen 400% in the past decade, fwk nation's fastest growing drug problem. >> we're in a residential community with a school right across the street from where we're at. and here is an individual, you know, selling prescription pills on the street. >> reporter: the dea said prescriptions rank only behind marijuana on drugs taken to get high and they're involve in the majority of the 26,000 overdose drugs a year. it was a pill from a medicine cabinet that killed 18-year-old timmy strain of pennsylvania. after a doctor prescribed pain medicine when he burped his hands in an accident, he was still hurting. his girlfriend's mother of

. >> in addition to collecting the drugs the dea made sure to dispose of them in a safe and friendly and the dea plans to do it again in the near future. >>> police in new jersey still searching for a suspect in a deadly shooting outside a college party. happened friday night. a man was told he wasn't allowed into a party. he left and came back with a gun. five people were shot, 19-year- old jessica moore died. the other victims are expected to be okay. >>> the midterm elections coming up and both parties have been campaigning hard. former president bill clinton spent his time stumping for democrats in new england. republicans hit the talk shows to promote the new pledge former. they say democrats at fault for pushing, not to extend middle class tax cuts beyond the november elections. >> it'll be the most irresponsible thing i have seen since i have been in washington. >> democrats shot back blaming republicans for holding up the legislation by insisting tax cuts for the wealthy will stay in place. >>> there is a lot of buzz about a website that offers incredible deals to local resta

in cities across the country, dea set up collection points where people could turn in unused drugs.e was overwhelming. >>> he went to sleep and never woke up. >> reporter: april is one of many who have lost a child to prescription drugs. >> they need to be treated as loaded weapons. >> reporter: much like the popular gun buy back program they are sponsoring this one day prescription drug take back program at police precincts across the country a relief for many like candace fitzgerald in oakland who has been trying for some time to safely does postof this bag of drugs. >> how do you get rid of them? hazardous household waste told me to grind them up and mix them with kitty litter and put them in the trash. >> reporter: it may not be a great option but grinding up unused drugs is one of the best options for keeping them out of the hands of teens. complicated, yes that is precisely the reason who i john martin of the dea is sponsoring today's event. >> trying to get those out of the medicine cabinet so they don't potentially get on the street. >> reporter: studies show most people who

go to the dea website. dea.gov, click on the website.ut. put your zip code. it will show you where one of 4,000 sites is across the country that you can use to take your old drugs. now, you may think, well, who is going to take the trouble to do this? consider this, tamron. last year they tried this experiment in new jersey. in one day they got 9,000 pounds of prescription drugs. that's 3.5 million pills. so they're quite optimistic people will use this opportunity to get rid of their old, outdated, unused prescriptions. get them out of the medicine cabinet. give them to the drug enforcement administration to dispose of them in a safe way where they can no longer by any harm. >> that's a stunning number from new jersey. they're telling people, listen, this is anonymous. you don't have to worry about us asking did you get this from your doctor or what. just ditch the stuff and go. >> and this is only for prescription drugs. there's no kind of amnesty if you're taking something illegal. >> thank you for the clarification, pete. greatly app

. >>> with prescription drug abuse spiraling, the dea is urging people to everity the med sane chest and hand it in. combat alarming spike in drug ause and violent crime tied to unused prescription medication. justice correspondent pete winans jins us with more. this is obviously a consumer safety issue. now turning into a drug abuse issue. >> that's right. consider one drug, oxycontin, abuse of that and others like it has risen 400% in the past decade. now the nation's fastest growing problem drug. the dea checks says the abuse of prescriptions now ranks behind only marijuana among drugs taken to get high. and that prescription drugs are involved in the majority of more than 26,000 overdoses a year, overdose deaths. so the drug enforcement administration is urging people to get rid of their old unnecessary and outdated drugs. and what they say is, don't flush them down the drain. that that just contaminates the water supply and they also say don't just throw them away because people will get them out of their garbage. so at 3,000 places around the country, you can turn them in. now,

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a dea-- they did not ban it out right. they said, please evaluate on a case by case basis.t did not say we are only going to allow one pet food store. there's no cap on the number of pet food shops during gun -- us pet food shops. if the food express did come for a third or fourth or fifth location, we would look headwear it is located -- look at where it is located and if it is appropriate. we said it is not necessary. it is a case by case basis. >> it seems you have a narrow definition of area and you are looking at. there is no similar formula of retail. that determines the outcome of the analysis. you could have a number of formula of retail establishments outside the quarter mile. it would not lead to the conclusion that it would have a negative impact on the businesses. that is the danger to the approach. that is problematic. >> you could argue that you are going to be limiting businesses'. it is going to capture a much larger amount. we use a quarter mile because it as a comfortable walking distance. if you use a mile radius, it is down on the other side. while there

. >>> it's the first of a kind, the dea is holding the first ever national prescription drug takebackat 3400 sites from coast to coast, old unused prescription drugs can be dropped off, no questions asked. the dea says many people who a00 booze prescription drugs get them from the medicine cabinets of family and friends. >>> the popular diabetes drug avandia is back under the micro scope. for many patients no longer available. the fda is restricting who can take it because of concerns of heart problems. doctor, good to see you. >> thank you. >> so if you had been prescribed avandia for a period of time before this latest change, will you still be able to stay on avandia? what kind of restrictions are in place now? >> well, there are a couple prerestrictions placed on avandia bit fda. if a patient is currently taking avan deyarks they can continue taking avandia for the time being, but it is recommended that that patient seek the advice of their physician to look for another alternative in the same drug family as avandia. >> avandia is not the only thing in question right now. avastin

the dea said itill dispose of them safely. to find a location near you, visit our website. nbcwashiton.com and search dea. >>> a drug that's used to treat anemia is being recalled tonight. two of them. amgen is recalling them because they may contain glass flakes. the biotech company said the flakes are barely viible. one treats anemia and patients with chronic renal failure. patients on dialysis. the other is forpatients on chemotherapy and some hiv infected patients. >>> whether or not michelle rhee could stay or go. >>> and stranded whales off a remote beach. >>> and [music throughout] finding what you love makes you happy. saving up to 60% every day makes you homegoods happy. ♪ tell it to go on >>> today rescuers started to move 24 stranded pilot whales from a remote beach in new zealand. they were loaded on to a truck and taken 30 miles south where they'll be released. 80 pilot wales washed ashore. only 25 survived. they were on the way to antarctic feeding grounds in the southern hemisphere. boy, that's a bad thing to see. >> th's so strange how that happens sometimes

we have a link to the dea web site. >>> regulators have ordered avandi. a off the market. now new restrictions are on the drug. it can be used by people with type ii -- type ii diabetes. >>> how effective are mammograms in detecting breast cancer. in a study less effective than previously thought in women over 50. and we have more. >> reporter: the study involved patients over 50. researchers found women screened regularly had a lower risk of dieing from breast cancer. a third was due to mammograms. the rest was better treatment and greater awareness of the disease. >> i think it will confuse patients more than they are confused. >> the concern for experts they will not get screenings. >> i think it has proven to be a very good screening tool. it is the best we have right now. >> women we spoke to say they plan to disregard the findings. >> the younger the better, why wait. >> they worry the research could lead insurance companies to reduce their coverage. >> i think that the companies will take an opportunity not to cover something that may or may not be done but probably

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our water supply and also knowing guilty of this the past you destroy them away in the trash and the dea said it's really bad people could go through the trash and use those drugs. that's why tomorrow there will be collection sites over 3400 places in america there will be it from 10 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. there's several drop-off sites to make it easy on the website is burning is a quarter city and you can search for sites near your neighborhood. check this out ourselves and drop off your prescription drugs as a www.kron4.com and visit our whats on the web section. >> are extended forecast he weighed continuing into the weekend will talk more about the hot forecast coming up in just a bit. the new poll shows california democrat barbara boxer has widened the gap over challenger in the race for the u.s. senate. according to a field goal barbara boxer leads carli fury now 47 percent of voters say they support barbara boxer compared to 41 percent of those surveyed who support harley. 12 percent of the voters are still undecided that poult voted cheered voting starts today and to choose who will

. >> reporter: according to the dea one in stenteenagers admit to abusing prescription drugs to get high and pharmaceuticals are easier to get than prescription drugs. over 2 million you prescriptions not prescribed to them. >> i had no idea of the magnitude of that circumstance. >> reporter: in san francisco, abc-7 news. >> dan: the cleanup resumed this morning in the heart of the san bruno disaster zone. 29 of the 35 residents have signed a liability waiver which includes a guarantee they won't have any out of pocket expenses. pg&e will pick up the estimated $60,000 cost per house. officials hope to have the cleanup finished before the rainy season begins. governor schwarzenegger discussed the disaster in his weekly radio address. >> in this case we have to have a panel. i cannot rely on pg&e or the p.u. crunch or or those entities. i want experted to drill in there and recommend systemic reforms to improve the safety of our gas pipelines. >> dan: pg&e officials have been called to testify next week in washington, dc. >>> there was a strong turnout in san san bruno today for a fundrais

. >>> tomorrow the dea wants you to take a few minutes to clean out your medicine cabinets.re are more than 4,000 sites where you can drop off expired, unused or unwanted prescription drugs. there are plenty around the district. go to deadergz.usdoj.gov. >>> stay with us. news 4 continues at 5:00 a.m.

now the nation's drug agency says turn them in and let the dea troy them. >> in arlington, virginia,nts prepare to arrest the suspected dealer. an undercover drug agent will make the buy in an area known as the source of illegal drugs. but the suspect wasn't dealing cocaine or heroin, he was arrested for selling oxycodone, one of the nation's most widely prescribed painkillers, abuse of that drug and others like it have risen 400% in the last decade becoming the nation's largest growing drug problem. >> we live in a community with a school right across the street from where we are at and here is an individual selling prescription pills on the street. >> reporter: the dea says prescriptions now rank behind marijuana among drugs taken to get high and they're involved in the majority of the more than 26,000 overdose deaths a year. it was a pill from a medicine cabinet that killed 18-year-old. his girlfriend's mother offered him a painkiller she was taking, the combination turned out to be disastrous. >> we took him to the hospital, and a parent's worst nightmare, they said timmy was dea

a dea task force is coming in. again, we have to have some intervention with this. i am not naive. it is not illegal to possess prescription drugs, but it is illegal to sell them. our society is got into the point -- we cracked -- i cracked the century mark. i cractake lipitor. some of these prescription drugs, it is the point where, i am talking in the office, some of these individuals, i understand, for economic reasons, you are buying food, alcohol, cigarettes, you cannot sell prescription drugs. three or four at a time -- especially run the school. you have kids. you have people going to rehab. it is not conducive. people are buying them as they try to go to a drug program. you have schools and playgrounds. school just returned. we have two cops at golden gate. put a hat on, get your coffee. make sure they are there for the kids with the backpacks. it is a little bit of visibility. it goes a long way. they will only be there for 45 minutes, and it makes a big difference. we had a gentleman 1,000 feet in front of the school. some people were great serving on the community board.

to find locations you can go to our web site and search "dea." >>> there was a special delivery in atal by iowa that took a lot of people by surprise. amanda berger was not feeling well on wednesday morning. she decided to go to the hospital. doctors took her into a small exam room, they ransom tests and they found that berger was 36 weeks pregnant and in labor. she says she had no clue until the hours before she gave birth. >> i did six pregnancy tests over the course of five or six months and they all came up negative, i never had any weight gain, i never had any eating habits that were different. >> the child is nam mckinley. he was born on september 22nd -- i'm sorry -- she was born on september 22nd. how does one know? both she and her mother are >>> all these women are vying to be on the same court as lebron james and chris bh this nbc season. known as the "golden oldies" held auditions. only women 60 or older got to try out. a few men tried out and some could bust a move. only 16 will make the final cut. all right. >> looks like fun. >> have aood weekend, folks. >> good night.

. >> reporter: former dea specialist in charge heads up a state agency that monitors drug traffickingd says the seizure in north carolina is marking a trend. >> the numbers were off the chart. i've been in drug law enforcement for 40 years, quite frankly i was astounded. >> reporter: using formulas set up by the united nations, estimated california produced 49,000 metric tons of marijuana last year. that's about double produced in all of mexico. it's so much pot that the report concludes that california is the biggest exporter in the world. >> it would be impossible if everybody in the state was toked up every day top smoke up all the marijuana in california. the wars they're fighting in mexico today, those started over marijuana. >> reporter: but critics of the report say not so fast. >> i find that suspicious. >> reporter: chris conrad testifies as an expert witness in marijuana trials. he says the formulas the government is using to come up with its pot production estimates are way off. >> when you follow the claimed quantities especially to when you weigh and examine it is about 1

dea response soared. prescription drug abuse is on the rice.n addition they say flushing pills or throwing them away can contaminate the environment. >>> volunteers including the east bay father of a teen who suffered cardiac arrest during a basketball game helped screen people today for heart problems. the group offered discounted ekg tests at a high school. back in february a 15-year-old collapsed during a game at that same school from sudden cardiac arrest. he survived. his father said it's important for everybody to get screened. >> children have to have their hearts tested, checked hot more because if david had a screening like this he wouldn't have had to go through all the pain and suffering he has had to go through. >> the fire department gave classes in cpr at the school today. doctors say quick delivery of cpr when david collapsed helped save his life. >> a new study by the cdc finds one if five gay and bisexual men in united states has hiv and almost half don't know it. researchers found 19% of the male responders would said they had

. >>> if you have old prescription drugs in the medicine cap net the dea wants you to hand them over. it's prescription drug take back day. it's from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.. it's all in an effort to prevent pill abuse. you can drop them off at several locations in the baltimore area. you can turn them over at the maryland capital police at 29 st. john street. and the howard county police department at 2410 courthouse drive. >>> want to get your hands on an apple ipad? we can tell you where you can get one for just under $500. today these factories are full of dot com businesses. and now my job is helping maryland create new economy jobs. training new math and science teachers investing in our institutions of excellence pioneering new cyber security jobs and giving an old gm plant a jump start building electric motors. i'm barbara mikulski. i approve this message so you'll know i'm fighting for you. if they have their way, we're facing a mountain of debt and a massive tax increase. employers will continue to leave our state, taking their jobs with them. the next four years will impact

then you can make a referral to the attorney's office or dea so the doctor does not continue selling excessive oxycontin, ok? besides the police are arresting -- police are arresting -- police arresting people for selling drugs because they need to eat, you need to get the doctors. other point, the park. the police ought to be embarrassed that they cannot keep a public park that is across the street from the police station open 24/7. it is sending a bad message that the police cannot protect the residents of this community. so, both the police department and the police commission need to work with the department of rec to get the park open. does everybody understand? finally, the police chief was mad as hell because of the unfortunate incident with the tourist from germany. i empathize with her. i am mad as hell to see children disabled and seniors that have to deal with the conditions of the tenderloin on a daily basis. thank you. president marshall: any more public comment? public comment is closed. commissioners, do you have any questions for the captain? >> thank you for your pre