. >> the two big ones that stand out are the oxycodone and percocet. and you know that those are both opiates. so why is she on two? we're talking about 224 pills of oxycodone and we're talking about 112 percocets. >> over the next year, carol's doses more than doubled. by the time she died, she was taking 600 pills a month. >> that in itself is quite a message. totally completely out of control. and she didn't overdose because she was depressed or anything like that. she overdosed simply because she would take the medication and there was enough of it that it would make her confused and she would take more. >> so what was carol like when she was on all this medication? >> she was withdrawn. she didn't leave this room much at all. she spent much of her time in pajamas. didn't leave the house for anything. >> after repeated trips to the er for taking too many pills, carol's family finally convinced her to get treatment for addiction. >> and two weeks into that program, she was managing her pain on tylenol. nothing else. and she was happy. that was the n

for which complete information is available about sit teen thousand people died of a overdose like oxycodoned about 8,000 dies of heroin. in that one year, according to a survey wheelers group helped conduct, a narcan ingestion reduces -- meaning in theory, those 8,000 people would be dead as well. >> it is arguably the safest drug in the world. if a paramedic comes upon somebody who is unconble and gives them even sugar water, that would kill them. but narcan is safe to add inmanyster to anybody in any condition, and that is why this stuff is available not just to emergency personnel but to normal people. >> paramedics have tradition nally administered narcn, and but drug users saved each other over 80% of the type. >> for me, the priority has to be to get it into the hands of people who use drugs. they are the most likely people to witness a overdose. >> patrick, who uses heroin would be dead if he had to wait for an officer or an emt he says. >> what happened i acquires some heroin that was a lot stronger than what i was used to. when i used it i o.d.ed and i was completely, i didn't have

oxycodone. >> she says she was coerced by a drug dealer. she stole prescription pads in order to obtain oxycodone from pharmacies in new jersey. >> i'll walk in there as if i have something legitimate and it's not. and then they fill it, they give it to me because they trust me and i walk out. >> why did they trust you? >> i'm nice and sweet and pretty normally. but it's something that i'm not proud of or anything at all. >> collins says she sold some of the pills and swallowed the rest. this is her first time in jail. she is currently on "a" block, a temporary housing unit for new inmates. their backgrounds must be reviewed by the jail's classification team in order to assign them an appropriate housing unit. >> they can either classify me as "c" or "d." "c" is maximum. "d" in minimum. i don't know what the categorical process is. hopefully i don't go to c because c is the hardened criminals of the female world, i guess. i don't seem to think i'm that. but i guess i'll find out. >> deanna collins, this is the first time that she's been in

. >> reporter: dea agents say this doctor was a major oxycodone supplier for years, writing prescription after prescription, $100 a pop. no questions asked. dr. gerald sirio led into court in handcuffs, accused of turning his jfk airport medical practice into an illegal pill-pushing mill. investigators say they have him on tape. >> the videos show no discussions of legitimate medical treatment. but instead, show the doctor negotiating the price, quantity and type of drug to prescribe. >> reporter: dea agents searched his officers at jfk where in one year alone, he's accused of writing over 1200 bogus iprescriptions. it's at that medical office where he screened pilots for signs of mental illness, medical problems, and addiction issues before certifying them as being fit to fly. dr. surya made media appearances. >> those can be indications to, of actual psychological disorders. >> st. augustine talking about pilot health screening, after a pilot intentionally crashed a jet into the alps last month. he went on tv even though he knew he was under criminal investigatio >> he is charged with

they are going for the pills, oxycodones anything that can get you high in the streets. >> the thieves have taken part in several atm thefts across the city and they have not identified the suspects yet. >>> on the weather fronts there is more of the same outside and nobody is complaining, sky 6 hd is looking at at jersey shore and another pleasant afternoon in atlantic city, mainly sunny skies and light winds and feeling like summer in the region with temperatures in the 80s, things will change soon enough lets enjoy it while it lasts. david murphy is on the terrace. >> i'm enjoying it, 82 in philadelphia under bright sunny skies and a few high cirrus clouds especially down by the shore but they are not thick enough to block out the sun and 84 in washington and 84 in new york city so warm air in place, and pennsylvania and pittsburgh we are dealing with warm air, i mention this at the top of the half hour, there is a code orange air quality alert, for sensitive groups like senior citizens and those that suffer from asthma, 85 degrees by 2:00, your high today is twoing to be 3:30 or 4:

and in massachusetts police also found a significant amount of the oxycodone, cash and money machine.e returned. >>> the man who set fire to cvs has pled guilty to charges. raymond carter are face four years in prison if the court accepts its plea. >> turns out elton john got pranked. now two russian tv hosts said the whole thing was a prank. and in fact even recorded the call. >> hello? >> sir elton. hello. >> hello dmitry, how are you? >> i'm fine. i'll be in -- >> tell him i'm extremely honored that he's calling me and i'm speaking to him. it is a great privilege to be able to speak to one of the most influential people in the whole world. >> putin said the men should apologize to the singer and that the hoax is not nice. >>> and an adorable infestation of bunnies. so much that local students have to be aware of -- >>> a video film shows the owner of a mercedes benz smashing his car in south korea. the man destroyed the car in protest of poor customer service at the local dealership. he requested a exchange o or refund. when this wasn't met he destroyed the car. the dealership file

from his home, 52-year-old charles longacre is accused of stealing prescription drugs including 100 oxycodonells and marijuana and $100 in cash, he faces charges, including possession with intent to deliver. >>> now to the latest on the gay marriage fight in kentucky, a deputy clerk issued the first marriage license to a same sex couple and county clerk, kim davis remains behind bars after refusing to comply with several court rulings. >> today was no doubt a big victory for gay couples in one kentucky county that are trying to get marriage licenses since june when the supreme court legalized gay marriage nationwide. this morning tears and cheers outside of a kentucky county clerk's office after the first gay couple is issued a marriage license. >> you finally got it? >> yes. >> how do you feel? >> elated. >> hugs all around for william smith jr. and james gates. after a county clerk refused to issue them a marriage license was finally won. >> civil rights are civil rights and not subject to believe. >> that clerk, kim davis waking up in jail this morning after a judge found her in contempt o

that's my percocet, and my oxycodone and vitamin d, and this is an oxycontin 10 they suggest i take in the night. >> shirley sharr is 86 years old and she takes a high dose of opioids every day, to deal with pain that began after she had knee replacement surgery 13 years ago. her morning dose is the most important. nighttime is the longest she goes without taking the medication. >> and then i take this with me when we leave to go on an errand or something. this is always in my purse. i cannot ever forget that or i'd be in trouble. >> shirley's daughter, cari, sets an alarm to remind her mother to take the next dose, in three and a half hours. over the years, shirley's doctors steadily increased her dosage because she was developing a tolerance to the medication... it wasn't as effective. >> does it still manage your pain? does it help? >> no. well it does. but i'm still always in pain. i'm never out of pain. >> i wanted to ask you about some of the side effects of the painkillers that you're on. shortness of breath to the degree that it can actually cause respiratory problems or respir

. >> they are going for the the narcotics, the percocets, oxycodones, anything that they can get you high on the street, anything. >> we have three individual highly organized, and they know exactly what they want. they go, and they case out these establishments. >> both of them were carrying crowbars. >> reporter: doctor delgado says the thieves cased his pharmacy an hour before the break in, spray painting the exterior surveillance camera. >> they opened this like butter. >> reporter: bandits had used four different type of vehicles, high high end, including the jeep grand cherokee srts which retails for $65,000. >> the wholesalers are putting pressure on the pharmacies how much we can order and the supply is, not there. so the demand is there but the supply is not there. you will see a lot more of these burglaries happening. >> reporter: investigators also believe that suspect are linked to several atm thefts, at this point, detectives have no suspects. live from fernrock, chad pradelli for channel six "action news", jim. >> thanks, chad. >>> suspected drug dealer slit his throat

it's becoming more and more common, oxycodone, methadone. a lot of your prescription based drugs we're seeing abused. >> reporter: pharmacy robberies are on the rise. last year there were 829 nationwide. that's a 16% increase from 2013 and more of them happen in california than in any other state, 94 last year. that is a 56% increase from 2013. the most common meds stolen prescription painkillers and antidepressants. >> chuck, thank you. if you want to get a better look at the is yosurveillance video the walgreens in san mateo you can see it there on our website on our front page at nbcbayarea.com. >>> two teens are recovering tonight after getting caught in a rip tide and nearly drowning. the rescue happened some three hours ago at ocean beach. a girl and a boy were out in the water with friends when the current started to pull them under. >> they got all the way to their heads. they couldn't get out so we all jumped to get them. and they couldn't breathe. >> now beach patrol was able to pull both teens out of the water and ambulances took

switch to heroin, because a ten dollar bag of heroin will do exactly what a thirty dollar pill of oxycodone would do. drug traffickers began targeting the suburbs and rural areas searching for new clients. >> the opioid epidemic is hitting middle class white families and communities because it's in white households, that you're more likely to find painkillers in the medicine chest. sarah kordenbrock grew up in a bucolic setting just outside the kentucky suburb of covington. her family... solidly middle class. >> so how many animals do you have? >> um let's see... we have 5 goats, a pig, one mini horse, um a donkey and three tennessee walking horses. >> how old is this pig? >> she's close to 20. >> how far are we from cincinnati? >> uhm, maybe 15, 20 minutes. >> oh, that's it? >> yeah. >> oh my gosh. >> i feel like i'm in the country. >> i know. sarah was the captain of her high school volleyball and softball teams. she injured her knee during a regional volleyball tournament at the age of 18. her doctor prescribed percocet. >> i took maybe two one day and really i liked the feeling. it was

grand in cash out of the atm's, and whole heaping amount of drugs, and we are talking about the oxycodone, the percoset, highly addictive drugs that sell for 20, 50 bucks a pill on the street. so these guys not committing violent crimes, but selling these pills to people on the street, that create some violence on the streets. so, they are looking to stop these guys, and they use pretty good cars to get away, too, all high end cars, including a $65,000 gray sjt jeep grand cherokee. we point that out because that one used at least four times, not many of them on the spree of philadelphia. >> they get out quickly, they make quicken trist into the places, as they're in the places they know exactly what to go for, what to get. and the atm jobs are taking money in the pharmacy jobs, which is a total of five at this point. they are taking drugs and money. and they are getting out of the area rather quickly. we do have video out thereof a car. heavily using tools, high powered tools to move through these. these guys can move and move quickly and can create a loft damage. we don't see many of the

he is suspected of selling oxycodone out of his house in tutor court. law enforcement officials tell us that's where they discovered a large stash of illegal prescription pills. also from jersey shore, a push to make route 539, ten arrests, hundreds of tickets and more than 600 car stops in just 32 days, but most importantly, no deaths. officials began the effort after a rash of fatal crashes and serious accidents on the highway. police tell us the most common ticket was for speeding. here's a look at what's coming up. >> fall begins tomorrow, but that doesn't mean everybody is leaving the jersey shore. still ahead, the effort to bring in fall tourists. >>> plus, get another reason why health experts say you should put down the smokes. the disease is now being linked to. >>> and our pope coverage continues. here's a live look at i-95 in south philadelphia, one of the highways that will be shut down during the papal visit. >>> many businesses are closing their doors, others doing the opposite. >> some are capitalizing on the opportunity by extending hour

executed a search warrant on the 300 block of mansion road and this is what they found, nearly 100 oxycodonel fentanyl patches normally used on surgery patients, 83 grams of marijuana and a stash of cash. 52-year-old charles longacre was arrested and charged with selling all those drugs. >> meteorologist adam joseph joining us now i needed my umbrella yesterday big time but today -- >> today, no. but i hope you have it nearby because you may have to break it out again by tomorrow afternoon. but for now as we take a look live at the center city sky6 from our temple university camera, the sunshine is back out. 81 degrees is the air temperature. the dewpoint lower. so, it's more comfortable at 60 with those north-northwesterly winds at 8 miles an hour. as we head to atlantic city, still a lot of clouds down the shore right now, 76 degrees and humid with a dewpoint in the upper 60's but that northerly wind trying to dry it out even at that -- at the shore and the water temperature still pretty pleasant at 76 degrees. but over the weekend, this is what we're looking at for the possibility of rain

group makes up four current and two former a area prison guard accused of, supplying inmates with oxycodone and sometimes cell phones in exchange for cash. >> when the people we trust to maintain the proper prison environment supply prisoners with drugs and contraband, they completely under mine the goals of incarceration. >> reporter: federal investigators say, they were tipped off, and organize a sting operation that is took place primarily in october of 2013. >> we had, individuals working with us inside of the prison, dealing with the prison guard, engaging in conversations, with regard to the sale of oxycontin as well as, other drugs and arrange also were made to meet outside source, that was working with the government as well. >> reporter: each case investigators say that the defendant agreed to smuggle in bundles of about 100 pills and often phones for between $501,000 in cash. >> it is regrettable the sworn class that has an obligation to provide lawful and secure environment in our jails chose to offer their badges for sale and pervert their authority for personal gain. >> reporte

it stops the effects of heroin and prescription meds such as oxycodone. more than 44,000 people die from accidental drug overdoses every year. >> more evidence today that aspirin can help those fighting cancer. researchers in the netherlands found one aspirin a day can double the life expectancy of patients with colon and gastro intestinal tumors. >> a super sight for star gazers, people looking toward the heavens last night. >> the battle to transform air travel the same way uber has changed the way you call a taxi. >> every saturday night. >> i lived that character. >> go one on one with america's >> a startup is going head-to-head with a f.a.a., to uberize private planeful travel. they're working through a loophole which excludes friends and family from typical airline regulations. >> flying is frustrating. here in the united states, i am constantly being asked in my job to go to all kinds of very obscure places and very rarely are they served directly by an airline. there are only 500 airports in the u.s. served by commercial airlines, but there's 5,0

complete information is available about 16,000 people died of an overdose of prescription op of oxycodonein the year wheeler's group helped conduct an narcan and reverses overdoses at least 8,000 times meaning in theory the 8,000 people would be dead as well. narcan is arguably the safest drug in the world. if a paramedic gives them sugar water, if they are in the wrong alcohol stupor it could kill them but this is safe to administer to anybody in any condition and why this stuff is available not just to emergency personnel but normal people, you and me. >> we take the cap off here. >> reporter: paramedics traditionally administered narcan and police carry it in 29 states as well but according to the study drug users saved each other over 80% of the time. that's why wheeler says they must have narcan too. >> for me the priority has to get it in the hands of people who use drugs, they are the most people to witness an overdose. >> patrick who uses heroin would be dead if he had to wait for an officer or an emt he says. >> what happened is that while i was many minneapolis i acquired heroin

authorities executed search warrant on 52 year old charles long acre, found oxycodone piles, march juanheld at the howard young correctional facility right now. and a check on the forecast, a lot of people going to enjoy three day weekends, kyla, what can they expect? >> expect gorgeous wet they are weekends, we have to get through this afternoon with few isolated thunderstorms first. where we're at right now, currently 79 degrees, in center city taking live look, notice the humidity dropping a bit. 66%, still little steamy out there. we're nice and clear on storm scan three but if you look off to the west, see storms, ahead of cold front tracking through, that is what's going to help us stay cooler today. so, spotty thunderstorm possible this afternoon, high of 86 degrees, tonight, boy, we will feel a lot less humid, much bet war low of 656789 and it sets us up for this gorgeous weekends, mid 80s, sunshine, lower humidity, and beautiful; however, we do start labor day monday a little toasty there, high of 90 degrees, and you see a run of low 90s, meisha. >> don't even go there. don't e

first, a doctor on trial, charged with murder after three of her patients overdosed on drugs like oxycodone. >>> at 8:00 we're watching developing news. wall street has fallen within minutes of the opening bell. the dow lost 300 points. gives you a live look at what's happening on the dow jones down by more than 500 points. s&p 500 and nasdaq also down. s&p down by almost 2%. this all comes as asian and european markets are really faltering. the market jitters are blamed on concerns over china's economy. we'll continue to check wall street for you throughout this newscast and we'll tell you what effect this is having on oil price physical there physical -- oil prices if there's a small glimmer of hope. >>> now let's get you ready for your work day. >> let's head over to steve. we're going to be happy a little bit with the cooling. >> gas prices, i saw $2.75 at arco. >> you're kidding. i was feeling good about seeing $3.12. >> i took a picture of it. [ laughter ] we'll see a cooler pattern here, significantly cooler over the next few days. some areas that have been in the 90s might even just

was relevant to any clinic a drug abuse clinic that helps with the community with relevant to the oxycodone has the police department been trained and adapted the ox deny protocol. >> it is rolled out through the san francisco police department and i will say that that is wonderful and also encourage people in the community to have it at well, they're the people that are onsite they can be one step ahead of objection done. >> i assume it is the police department that policy another typo on the third paragraph; right? i was going to ask dr. katie it seems to me if hundred and 20 deaths annually to 10 deaths annually is really quite significant we were quite concerned about the deaths with the idea of having necessarily objection available to the public in the changed program for surface do you believe this is the success it is. >> yes. i've been in contact with dr. koffman in my cabinet and reviewed the research it is of the that the more question implement the longer than we implement necessarily objection a great co-raegs regulation and getting the news out but this is very fluid this is a

it is run by the administration and it helps them dispose of drugs by ritalin and oxycodone. >> it canets. and flushing the drugs down the toilet and contaminate it in the water. >> for a cite near you and click on news links. >> busy weekend in the areas of san francisco at the annual follow some fair kicks off tomorrow. >> 100,000 people will take place in the fair. >> it is from 11 to 6:00 at night. >> it is across the cities. >> right here on the map. >> it runs along follow some street. and green harris and harrison streets. >> booths will be showing fetish gear and toys. and live performances. it is free to go. and a 10-dollar donation is suggested. >> there is a spectacular sky show and there is both a lunar eclipse and super moon. it makes the closest approach to either. >> it will look bigger and brighter as usual. >> full moon passes through the darkest part of her shadow. >> it scattered off the atmosphere and the best time to watch the super moon eclipse is between seven and 8:30 this evening. >> it won't happen again. until 2033, this is the new span of the east bridge. th

they were at one time using vicodin and oxycodone but because that's become more expensive, heroin hasnto the united states. the numbers will prove that the border is not secure for this to occur. >> so are people listening right now say another example, another interview where people talk about drug mules, and drug users, and drug suppliers, crossing the southern border. but you're overgeneralizing. what's your answer to people who think you're overgeneralizing or stereotyping? >> they decent know what's really going on on the border because they're listening to false facts, instead of the people on the ground, the boots in the field, that are addressing this problem on an everyday basis. >> does washington know -- david, does washington know what you're saying right now? >> how can they not know? they have their own statistics about the heroin that's coming in. that's infiltrated all our communities around the united states. there's an ample amount of heroin coming in the united states. and if the border was secure the price of the heroin skyrockets. it's dirt cheap. and it's also so