liz essley whyte is awfully young. in the 1980's, they started this and people were committing suicide because of they cannot handle their pain medication. what started this all this time is sunday group to -- sanjay gu pta and he is with the democrats and his son died of an opioid overdose. his happened is he called best friend and said he was going to go out with his girlfriend and they would take this oxycontin and they would drink. his best friend was a doctor instead do not do that. oh, we are careful. well, the guy did it twice and he told his best friend and he died. doctor gupta had a meeting with the clintons and wanted to put a stop to all of this. on paine the then, i am medication, i need to be on pain medication. when it they had more -- when they had none all on it, i took myself off. now that i've needed, my doctors are scared to even prescribe anything to me. my husband, he has taken himself off of everything. and here you have to go to a specialist and i talking about like $300 for specialist that does

liz essley whyte is awfully young. in the 1980's, they started this and people were committing suicide because of they cannot handle their pain medication. what started this all this time is sunday group to -- sanjay gu pta and he is with the democrats and his son died of an opioid overdose. his happened is he called best friend and said he was going to go out with his girlfriend and they would take this oxycontin and they would drink. his best friend was a doctor instead do not do that. oh, we are careful. well, the guy did it twice and he told his best friend and he died. doctor gupta had a meeting with the clintons and wanted to put a stop to all of this. on paine the then, i am medication, i need to be on pain medication. when it they had more -- when they had none all on it, i took myself off. now that i've needed, my doctors are scared to even prescribe anything to me. my husband, he has taken himself off of everything. and here you have to go to a specialist and i talking about like $300 for specialist that does

host: liz essley whyte reporter for center for public integrity. to the website to read the reporting she and others did as well as the associated >> next week, "washington journal" will devote the issues to the issues facing the trump administration. we will look at national security and defense issues, including the challenges facing the national security team and a closer look at defense secretary nominee, james mattis. jobecember 27, trade and issues -- examining how congress and the trump administration could trade trade -- could change trade laws. is energy our issue and environmental policy. we will discuss out an and climate issues might be affected by the new incoming trump administration. we will talk about immigration and how president-elect trump and the congress might change immigration policy. friday, we will look at the future of the affordable care act and how the trump administration and congress will repeal and replace the aca and the key players to watch in the months ahead. "washington journal" at 7 a.m. eastern. ahead -- nextt'