they're ingesting vicodin, percocets, oxycodone, and they're becoming dependent upon it. and when that dependency rises and they don't have access to the medication anymore, they go to the street, and they start to buy heroin as a way to deal with the withdrawal symptoms. >> so if they were to go to the street and try to buy the same thing that they found in the medicine cabinet, how much would that cost -- like a vicodin, oxycodone, something like that? >> vicodin and oxycodone are selling for about $25 on the street for a pill, versus $5 a bag for heroin, and that's why they're turning to heroin. it's not that that's what they wanted to pursue, but when they get hooked and they feel sick, they get flu-like symptoms, intense pain, like their bone is shattering under their skin, they want relief, the quickest possible, and they turn to the drug dealers. it's $5 a bag for heroin. >> so, what is the rationale here, though? you know, one is from a doctor, from a pharmacy -- one is legal -- and then the other is illegal, and they know that people get hooked on heroin. it does

that 29-page indictment this pharmacy behind me is one of the two locations that allegedly sold oxycodone to people who had fake prescriptions or didn't have a prescription at all. we saw investigators from the dea and nypd here at the store on fresh pond avenue. they were walking out with boxes of evidence to their cars and taking off from there according to the indictment, the owner and operator of the pharmacy, a licensed pharmacist worked with her husband and another man to allegedly sell oxycodone by fraud lent means much last five years, the u.s. attorney's office says 500,000 tablets were sold for a street value, approximately $10 million. now, lillian is accused of making fake claims to medicare and being reimbursed for those claims. i talked to a woman who works here in the neighborhood, she had been to that pharmacy before and told me she is not surprised by this investigation. >> i work in the area, i very rarely see anybody in there. and i know the rents around here are exorbitant and i wondered how they stayed in business. now i know. >> reporter: prosecutors say the husband

steve: people arrested accused of illegal lee selling oxycodone pills, a pair is a husband and wife team. >> mom and pop suspects allegedly raked in more than dollars 10 million, fox 5 lidia curanaj live in queens at one of the farm sees. >> reporter: you see the pharmacy, it is hard to believe this was a pill mill that put out hundreds of thousands of illegal pills out in the street, teddy bears for sale. show -- chopin chemist has two lowcasions, they look like average mom and pop shop they were pill mills that sold 15 million dollars worth of oxycodine. >> we believe we have shut down one of the largest prescription pill mitts in the city. >> reporter: the shop's owners, lilian and martin was allegedly behind the scheme, they now face federal drug charges, the couple made so much money they lived in a lavish $2 million home in greenwich, connecticut. >> whether it is a corrupt doctor or agreedy pharmacist, or street level drug dealer, peddling painkillers to the addicted, we have to confront this epidemic at every level. >> reporter: also faces charges, robert accused of being chopin

. >> i put vodka in spring water bottles and oxycodone in bayer aspirin bottles. the book has angered his family. >> i told this story about my life which i can't separate from his family's life because it's important that all of us break the silence and the shame surrounding these issues. >> patrick's brother ted kennedy, junior said in a statement, i'm am heartbroken that patrick choose to write chosen to write this. >>> a jet skier gets caught in rough waves off the new jersey shore. see the rescue. >> a new york university student is released after being korea but it's not a happy release yet. why he's being investigated in another country. in brooklyn in 1907, four courageous ladies saw the despair of the poor, old, and sick and founded what would become mjhs. today mjhs provides quality home care, rehabilitation and skilled nursing, and advanced hospice and palliative care for adults and children, but the values of the brooklyn ladies still guide us. >>> north korea has released a new york university student the country detained back in april. won moon joo w

civil strike we hope at the heart of what has been one of new york's largest sources of diverted oxycodone pills. >> the defendants face several charges including conspiracy to illegally distribute narcotics, money laundering and defrauding medicare. >> now to the championship chase. look at the moment met fans are clinging to tonight. this is 1986. they won the world series after losing two games. jesse orozco throwing the glove into the sky there. can they repeat history tonight? >> we're hoping so. >> or this week i should say. >> cbs 2's otis livingston just back from kc. how is the mood there last night? >> the mood in the clubhouse is like, buck up. they are still confident because you know what? now it's our turn. the mets lost the first two games of that '86 world series at home before coming back and beating the red sox in seven games so they have a chance to take care of business with three games at citi field beginning friday. and one thing they are going to have to do is start hitting! just two hits and three walks last night against a previously struggling johnny cueto who wen

the effect that hydrocodone and oxycodone produce in the brain are indistinguishable from the effectshat are produced by heroin. we talk about opioid pain medicines, we are essentially talking about heroin pills. to say that they are essentially heroin pills does not mean we should never prescribe them. these are very important medicines for easing suffering at the end of life. they also play an important role when used on a short-term basis. someone who is just had major surgery or a serious accident and they are taking opioids for a few days. the prescription of opioids in the united states is not for end-of-life care, people who suffer chronic conditions. i understand you felt that you feel that the opioids are giving you pain relief and they probably do at the outset but the vast majority of people who are taking opioids long-term for chronic pain, the best evidence is telling us they are not doing well. what happens when you take an opioid every oil -- every day around the clock is, after a short time you develop a tolerance to the pain relieving effects which means that to conti

this is an investigation into the distribution of heroin and oxycodone in the area. huge flames swept through a cruising marina this morning. at least four boats caught fire, and one think. so far, no injuries have been ordered, but the exact cause of the fire remains under investigation. a new candidate for governor is throwing his hat into the ring. colin van ostern is the first democrat to formerly announce -- to formally announce a campaign. he is a longtime democratic political operative, managing annie kuster' s first campaign for congress in 2010. in the race for president, chris christie was at a town hall in manchester talking about immigration and social security. lindsey graham continues as 10-day trip with several starts in keene, and jim gilmore is making several stops in new hampshire this thursday. a big day for house republicans. they are scheduled to vote on a replacement for outgoing speaker john boehner. necessarily a lock to get a job because there are sharp divisions within the party, and some members could break ranks when the full houseboats la

according to officials a man tried to hide ten pounds of cocaine and a dozen oxycodone pills in cheese. investigators say the coke and pills had a street value of $170,000. >>> for the second day, general mills recalled products. this time green beans. it affects organ if i can green beans distributed under the cascadian farm label. the product tested positive for listeria. the packages have a sell by date of june 29th, 2017. no illnesses have been reported. million box s of cheerios. >>> the twitter world is abuzz over a tweet sent to tom hanks. he found a student i.d. and went looking for the owner. here's the tweet. lauren, i found your student i.d. in the park. if you still need it my office will get it to you, hank. needless to say the classmates thought that was cool. the latest powerball jackpot win wither is taking a page out of the country classic tune "take this job and shove it." she picked up the $310 million check today. when her husband got ready for work this morning she hadded to stop and say you are crazy, we don't have to work anymore. she said she will use the money

. >> alex had become addicted to oxycodone and moved on to heroin. renee, who asked we use her first name, thought he was turning his life around. it was the rainy night last january that would be his last night at home. >> we were going to go to the gym and then meet a friend. the next thing i went to bed at midnight. at 4:00 in the morning, one of the neighbors had screamed at me and said alex had stopped breathing. >> alex went to the hospital, was mentally never going to be the same. we had to make the decision whether to resuscitate him or not, which was another hard decision. in your heart you want to but in your mind you know you shouldn't. >> reporter: alex might have been brought back to life with this. >> it's one milligram per nostril. >> once you've injected this into somebody's nose how quickly do they come back to life? >> from 45 seconds to a minute. >> it's a drug often referred to as fla narcan. members of his department were first on the scene responding to renee's 911 call. just weeks later police would be trained and equipped with

the number one purchaser of the oxycodone by the entire area, one that included several national pharmacy chains. >> investigators say this was the largest run out of a pharmacy in their district. they allegedly distributed 500,000 tablets without a prescription or with a phony prescription with a street value of anywhere from $10 million to $15 million. in fact investigators say in the indictment they would use phony names for the prescription. >> it's out of the ordinary when a small pharmacy would sell more than a c vs or right at in the area. >> reporter: and the wife is facing charges of medicare fraud and money laundering. investigators say they used the proceeds from the drug sells to buy a $2 million home in greenwich, connecticut. they were each issued $1 million bonds. manhattan, ida segal, news4 new york. >>> it was exactly three years ago that superstorm sandy battled through the area. we all have a story from that storm, some lost homes, others lost businesses. entire neighborhoods were destroyed. but our resilient communities were determined to bounce back. marc santia was o

. >>> prosecutors say they've busted a lucrative oxycodone ring run by the owners of two small neighborhood pharmacies. pharmacist lillian and her husband distributed more than half a million pills of the highly addictive pain killer often using fake prescriptions. they own chapen chemist in green point and ridgewood. millions made were used to buy a house in greenwich and to lease a porsche and a land rover. >>> we're learning more about the runaway military blimp. the military slowly dismantling that blimp tonight, wanted to remove the wreckage as soon as possible after the blimp crashed in two pieces yesterday, cops fired shots at its nose to drain the heel the -- >>> and the mets tonight, they're looking for a comeback. they're back on home turf resting up for tomorrow's big game. they trail the kansas city royals two wins to zero. the mets have to win four of the next five games. it can be done. sports anchor rob powers is here. >> it can be done. the two games in kansas city did not turn out the way the mets or their fans wanted but everybody's got to live with it because game 3 comes

assault rifles, sawed-off shotguns and handguns, narcotics including heroin, cocaine and oxycodone were also seized. 2700 people have been charged as part of the active investigation. >>> there is no doubt that you remember this. how can we forget the record snowfall that covered our street, covered a bunch of cars, sidewalks, everything last winter. as the temperatures continue to this weekend, a lot of us worry about a repeat. eric fisher is here tonight. i hear a dog barking. [ laughter ] >> the national weather service came out with its report and hopefully it's not for the dogs. >> reporter: they looked across the country and put a probability on whether it will be colder, warmer, wetter or drier. so we start with precipitation that includes rain or snow and heavily favored in the outlook is the fact that there will be a strong el nino this winter. almost always, you get a strong pattern across the southern tier of the united states. a little behind the scenes look. a stormy pattern across the southern tier of the united states. it tends to be dry across the north central united st

. >> fentanyl is an opiate like morphine or heroin or oxycodone or any of the other opiates. it's short acting and extremely potent. >> between october sdwa15th and 17th, one person was found dead with the fake pill on them. three others suffered complications from overdose. >> including sedation, weakness of the extremities, muscle breakdown that can lead to kidney damage, and fluid in the lungs. >> doctors have been alerted on the street, people advised to steer clear of any xanax sold illegally. for those exposed, noloxen recommended. it comes after pinole valley high school announced it had suspended student for taking xanax. >> xanax is everywhere. it's one of those highly prescribed drugs, and it's in many people's medicine cabinets. >> melissa stevenson is with foundation san francisco. an intensive outpatient rehabilitation program. she says prescription drugs have become big business on the streets. people often assume all prescriptions are safe. the streets offer a discount. >> being able to buy it off the street is a huge problem, not just in san francisco but ever

the 48-year-old also allegedly had 88 oxycodone pills. authorities say the drugs worth $170,000 were inside his checked bag. sanchez faces narcotics smuggling charges. >>> a special graduation for the nypd, a new class of highly trained k-9s to help keep the city safe. cbs 2's meg baker says these dogs carry on an important legacy. >> reporter: new members of the nypd marched into the college point police academy in queens. >> one of the most important elements of policing is your partner. it's not too often, however, that you get to name your partner. >> a big day a lot of work to get the dogs prepared for this. >> meet cowboy, one of 17 dogs graduating today, 12 of which are named after fallen officers. >> patrick rafferty. >> reporter: so this guy will be called raff honoring officers killed in the line of duty a tradition of the transit bureau k-9 unit. >> it means a lot to the different officers that represent their families. >> reporter: these partners train for ten to 16 weeks in patrol and explosives. >> it's important for counter

they charged him with drug possession after finding oxycodone in his car. but he claims he has a prescription and is being targeted by the police for what he calls excessive speeding in the neighborhood. >> they want to play dirty and try to tarnish my reputation and do whatever they think that they can do to maybe intimidate me. it's not going to happen. >> well, where avery maintains his innocence, some neighbors we spoke with called him a loose cannon in the neighborhood. >>> well, millions of dollars might be missing tonight from a volunteer fire department in the hudson valley. a recent audit revealed major discrepancies in the bookkeeping for the mahopac volunteer fire department. state officials are now looking into whether the missing money was embezzled, and mahopac residents want answers. do you think somebody should go to jail? >> like anything else, if they're caught, they should. >> today mahopac officials and other community leaders refuse to comment publicly about the investigation or reveal exactly how the money is missing. >>> tonight a dou

. >> anthony, a pain specialist says researchers believe strong the narcotics like oxycodone become less effective with long- term use. and have other serious drawbacks. >> finding other system affected, the heart, the bones, and these are long-term consequences. >> the quel system calling $250 hopes to provide safer non- medication based relief. so far, the only side effect is possible skin irritations. >> you know it is there. but you do not -- you forget about it. >> reporter: maybe the aches and pains as well. michelle griego, kpix 5. >>> coming up, a quick thinking bride becomes a hero on her wedding day. >> people were driving by. >> how she saved family members in distress while wearing her wedding gown. >> getting word that in marin county, the drifters who were brought in for their appearance before court in connection with two homicides are now in the sally for the area being transported to the jailer marin for possible arraignment as of this tomorrow. we will keep you updated. ,,,,,, when broker chris hill stays at laquinta he fires up the free wifi, with a network that's now

prosecutors say that they have busted a lucrative oxycodone ring run by the owners of of two small neighborhood pharmacies. prosecutors say pharmacist lillian wycowski and her husband distributed more than half a million pills of the highly addictive painkiller they own shapon chemists in green port and richwood. >>> a candlelight vigil was held to celebrate the resile yan of a hard hit community slammed by superstorm sandy three years ago. 50 people gathered in canarsie last night. residents say everybody was affected by the storm in some way. >> all of us were affected in some way or other whether it's losing our home. in some areas some homes weren't affected but the next door neighborhood was affected. >> . >>> it is 4:38. you're never more than 7 minutes away from weather and traffic and bill evans. >> a look outside, we show you how it is. it is really nice, great visibility all the way down to lower manhattan from our camera you can see it in the distance. that's verrazano narrows bridge. it's cool, it's going to be a great day. 54 with these clear skies. clear skies back here into the o

. >> reporter: the overprescription of much stronger medications like oxycodone is causing a whole new set of problems like addiction and depression. dr. anthony lee says those type of narcotics become less effective with long-term use and have other serious drawbacks. >> they're finding other organ systems that are affected, the heart, the bones and these are also long-term consequences. >> reporter: the quell system costing about $250 hopes it can provide safer nonmedication so far the only side effect is a possible skin irritation. >> we know it's there but you don't -- you sort of forget about it over time. >> reporter: maybe those aches and pains as we. dr. mallika marshall, wbz news. >>> every parent wants their children to learn it's better to give than to receive. coming up meet a little boy who is taking that lesson to heart >>> welcome back. 5:56. this is a kind of story we love to tell. it's about a little boy with a really big heart. a few weeks ago logan's parents asked what he'd like for his fifth birthday. he said nothing for him but would they mind buying some treats fo

. >>> a man from new bedford busted with more than 1,000 oxycodone pills. rhode island state police say they pulled over jose cabrera for violating the move over law. during the stop they pound $33,000 worth of drugs in a backpack. >>> it will be another two weeks before baby bella's funeral. another autopsy on the little girl. her headstone is ready to go but they can't bury her until the medical examiner's work is done. her mother and her mother's boyfriend are now facing charges in connection with bella's death. >>> this morning, two fantasy sports sites have been named in a class action lawsuit coming days after fan dual and draftkings were faced with insider trading. what can you tell us? >> reporter: it's been a tough start for football season for fantasy sites draftkings and its rival fan duels. we told you about the insider trading information in which an employee of draftkings made $350,000 on rival site fan duel. that certainly raised a lot of eyebrows. now it's looking even worse. a class action lawsuit was filed in new york city yesterday by a f

kevin nile was arrested for setting pecker set, trench is accused of selling oxycodone, kozak is charged with selling msma and brown and martin are charged with conspiracy to sell heroin. sean: a landmark building has been sold to developers who intend to use it as a drug addiction recovery center. the 37,000 square foot building will house hope for new hampshire. the first floor will be a recovery center. the other floors will offer residential >> this is a vision that many, many people had for many, many years. it is just finally coming to fruition. sean: the hope is to get the recovery center open within the next few months. erin: next year marks the 100th anniversary of the primary. the a gathering marked the occasion yesterday afternoon. several objects were on display, including antique ballot boxes and the desk owned by the author of a law that created the 1916 primary. a descendant was also there. >> it is an important thing to the state of new hampshire. you know, kids that come to the state house are going to be able to learn about this and why the first in the nation primary i

. >> fentanyl is an opiate like morphine or heroin or oxycodone or the other opiates. it is a short acting and extremely potent drug. >> they look nearly identical to the real thing. the real one is on the left. it's been prescribed for anxiety, the counterfeit on the right. between october 15th and 17th, three people suffered complications after overdosing on the fake pills. >> including -- seen from the extremities, muscle breakdown that can lead to kidney damage and fluid in the lungs. >> a fourth person was found dead with one of the pills on them. >> they weren't the traditional people accessing opiates on the streets. >> people have been advised to steer clear. but those exposed -- the warning comes one day after another high school announced that several students had been suspended after taking xanax. now san francisco officials plan to reach out. >> xanax is everywhere. it's one of those highly prescribed drugs. >> melissa stevenson is with foundation san francisco, an intensive outpatient rehab program. she says xanax popularity has boomed on the streets. >> b

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 suburband 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 mo

she's trained to find all the different forms of cocaine, meth, heroin and oxycodone. >> she's goingoff her leash and i'm going to let her do her thing. >> she's a big puppy. >> i think a lot of this job is going to be presence, just the inmates knowing that this dog is here and that we will be out looking for the drugs. i think we will deter it a good bit. >> whether directly or indirectly, drugs have led to the incarceration of many of the inmates at the county jail. >> my drug of choice is crack. >> i've been charged with two robberies. i have no recollections whatsoever of doing these crimes. all i remember is leaving a crack house, waking up in a field. that's it. >> teach caponi's troubles didn't end there. in jail, he was extorting other inmates he says were child molesters. he would threaten them with violence if they didn't put money on his books. >> for one, it was $40 a week, from the second one it was about $80 a week. >> the hustle landed caponi in confinement. he says he's enjoyed the solitude. but after nine months is ready for a change. >> i would like to be in popula

the majority of those prescriptions were for powerful drugs like fentanyl, oxycodone. >>> new tonight at 10:00, a tip leading carver police to a huge stash of marijuana. officers got warrant for a home on crystal lake drive after someone called in saying a resident there was growing pot. inside police found two pounds of it. the homeowner was not home at the time but will be charged. meanwhile some new hampshire residents will soon weigh in on whether to have a medical marijuana dispensary in their area. the health department is holding a public for automatic the 26th about a dispensary that would serve the nonprofit has been chosen to operate the center. >>> a rescue on the mountain has a group of local boy scouts being called heroes tonight. only on fox, we talk with those well trained scouts and the woman who got rescued. christine mccarthy joins us now. these young men prove to be very resourceful. >> reporter: they sure did, blair. this injured hiker tells us she was in a lot of pain unable to walk without help. we sat down with six of her seven young rescuers and they showed us

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

for inspection after finding 88 oxycodone tablets. the cocaine and pills have an estimated street value of $170,000. >>> an alleged monster mom near philadelphia charged with injecting two teenagers with heroin. one of them her own child. right now 34-year-old jessica riffe is charged with supplying and injecting the drug into her 14-year-old daughter and the daughter's 16-year-old boyfriend. the teenagers told police it happened multiple times over the past month. >> both of these children the defendant would tie off their arms so the veins would pop out and then she could inject them with the heroin. >> her boyfriend was also arrested. he faces drug charges as well. the daughter is now in the custody of her biological father. >>> in tonight's health alert, hospitals need to do a better job educating women about breast-feeding. the agency says a new survey determine whether hospitals had a good breast-feeding policy. among them, is help provided when a baby is born, are feeding cues taught and is a pacifier use limited. >>> oscar win

in house number one they say they found painkillers like oxycodone and aderral. five children, agency 18 months to 13 years old living in squalor. child protective services took the children out of that house. >>> is it likely or possible that people would buy drugs at the first house and use those drugs in the presence of those children at the second house in. >> oh, absolutely it's possible and probable. >> reporter: now lisa marie west, the woman charged in connection with the drugs is not the mother of the five children. that woman has not been charged. the investigation is continuing on. more about the living conditions of the children coming up at 6:00. >> pat collins, see you then. >>> someone shot and killed a man just a block from gallaudet university's camp us. officers found a man with a gun shot wound in the area earlier this morning and people who live nearby tell us the man had grown up in the neighborhood, but moved away as an adult. >> that particular young man, i can't imagine what he could be doing or why someone would want to do anything to him

a pharmacist, her husband and another man illegally sold oxycodone out of a pair of small pharmaciesyn. in the past five years, prosecutors say that group sold $500,000 tablets for a street value of between $10 million and $15 million. an audit revealed that they had requested at least a quarter of a million more pills than any pharmacy including the national chains in that same zip code. >> a new paint could help stop the spread of infections but it would cost you. sherwin-williams says it has developed an antibacterial paint and the so-called paint shield was certified for its ability to kill more than 99.9% of bacteria including staph and mrsa. the thought is to use it in hospitals and schools and the cost about $85 per gallon. >>> with october nearly behind us we thought we'd remind you that breast cancer aware business month should not be limited to just october. news 4's barbara harrison joins us with a story with how important these self-breast exams could be for all women. >> there is anec pregz from the bible, physician heal thigh self and however you interpret that counseli

she tried the prescription oxycodone at a party but became addict but turned to heroin when the pills became too expensive. >> this is the story that we are hearing again and again and again. this is the epidemic that we are facing in our communities all across this area, all across montgomery county, all across the state. >> police credit another drug addict's father with helping their investigation. months after his son died from a heroin overdose, he found text messages from dealers on his son's cell phone and then gave that information to police. >> well, all this wind and rain we've been dealing with over the past few days has taken a toll on beaches at the jersey shore. we've seen major beach erosion after all that flooding and rough surf. new jersey correspondent nora muchanic live in holgate with a look at conditions today on lbi. hi, nora. >> reporter: hi there brian. we are at the very southern tip of long beach island right now an area that three years ago was destroyed by super storm sandy. now, this storm and the powerful waves that it brought, it did damage some beaches

turns out 80% of though prescriptions were for pain relievers, such as morphine and oxycodone and in nashua, new hampshire, school officials are looking into the possibility of stocking kits to reverse opioid and heroino of overdoses. the "unionleader" reporting they are investigating how much it would cost to have narcan kits available in high schools and possibly even middle schools. last year alone, more than 325 deaths in the state were >> a 37-year-old faces 17 years in prison after pleading guilty to a supermarket scam targeting northeast states. georgette jackman pleaded guilty to multiple charges friday, stem interesting a series of scams that net the $435,000 in fraudulently purchased gift cards. the scam hit price chopper markets in massachusetts and new hampshire in 2013. jackman also now faces deportation charges after completing her sentence. staffing shortages forcing new hampshire prisons to consider allowing inmates to conduct suicide watches. only certain inmates with clean disciplinary records will be allowed to participate. the model has been used at the federal le

the couple accused of selling $15 million worth of oxycodone pills out of their restaurant in brooklyn. >> ed dr. writing unwarranted prescriptions to reformists selling bills based on fake or no prescriptions at all or the street level drug dealer peddling painkillers directly to the addictive. we have to confront this escalating epidemic at every level. greg: he is the new rudy guiliani. rosanna: they thought maybe he would run for mayor. facing a judge on federal drug charges, robert sio obolewski bought 500 pain pills at a time and selling them on the street. greg: this is totally bizarre and said. and for display was apparently slaughtered and finlayed for meet. this is the course, the 12-year-old, was kept at a very prestigious stable in wellington, florida. rosanna: that is where they go and ride all winter long. greg: the owner went to the stable, there was no worse. they went looking some . they went looking somehorse . they went looking some distance was not random. bandits -- greg: this was a while ago. rosanna: began after gained member had his foot runover in the parking l

they pulled him inside after spotting 88 oxycodone tablets in his bag. >>> it is 4:48. and it's going to be an early thanksgiving for thousands of federal inmates. they're getting an early release from prison. close to 6,000 federal prisoners convicted of drug crimes are going to go free next month. it's being done under a cost cutting measure intended to reduce the prison population. >>> students joined first lady michelle obama at the white house in the vegetable garden for her annual fall harvest. mrs. obama in 2009 to highlight healthy eating. it led to her let's move campaign. sweet potatoes, carrots and peanuts were among the produce pulled from the ground. some of it went to a lunchtime chicken vegetable salad. >> yum. looks beautiful. it's 4:49. federal prosecutors put the former president of the u. n. general assembly behind bars. ash reportedly used money for custom made suits, rolex watches and a private basketball court built at his home in dobbs ferry. he served as president of the general assembly from 2013 to 2014. >>> it takes quick reflexes and strong l

he is suspected of robbing oxycodone from the cvs. police say this happened at store on highland street and suspect handed pharmacist a note saying he had a gun and demanded the drugs and police say he left in dark sedan and 6 feet tall. >>> deadly case of road rage in new mexico where a four-year-old was shot and killed while riding in the back seat of a car. this is making national headlines this morning. albuquerque police say it started when two drivers cut each other off and girl's father says after the conflict another driver drove up next to them and opened fire hitting the four-year-old. police are still looking for the suspect. >>> new details about the final moments on b pord a cargo ship lost during hurricane j poquin. federal investigators say the captain of el faro reported a hole in the ship's hull and the presence of water on board. that wass abust moments before 33 people were on board including three from massachusettn bo ship is believed to have sunk near the bahamas . >>> president obama oldest daughter getting an a

methadone is a full medication which resembles medications like oxycodone, hydrocodone and morphine in that way. for people traditionally with heroin condition and we have great data that utilizing this medication in a fully inclusive social environment, not just medication itself but specifically adding all the bio cycle social aspect that significantly increases decraving for a drug. by doing that, allows them to continue to show up to have very high retention and treatment rate. so about 75% of patients will be retained in treatment with methadone compared to the 65% for new on set with direction own it is lower than that. trexone. that number has not been fully vetted -- >> i guess what i'm trying to find out is why buprferonine should not be regulated by methadone? >> the basics regulations around methadone are significant. for primary care physician to on board the regulations would be minimum $150,000 immediately with the paperwork, accreditation through the joint commission. the ad creditcation through carf. at that point you have to actually, there are specific issues almost a

so methadone is a full agonyist medication which means it resembles oxycodone and hydrocodone, morphine in that way. for patients who have traditionally a heroin addiction and specifically injecting heroin, we have great data that states that utelizing this medication in a fully inclusive biopsychosocial environment, not just the medication itself but then specifically adding the biopsychosocial aspects with that, significantly decreases craving for a drug. and by doing that allows them to continue to show up and have a very high retention and treatment rate. so about 75% of patients will be retained in treatment on methadone as compared to bupinorphine where you'll retain at 65%. that number hasn't been fully vetted. but when we look at -- >> i guess what i'm trying to find out is why bupinorphine should not be regulated by methadone. that's what i'm trying to get you -- >> the regulations around methadone are significant. and for a primary care physician to on-board the regulations, it would be a minimum of about $150,000 immediately with the paperwork, the accreditation through the j

this looks like gourmet food but inside it's ten pounds of cocaine and oxycodone.ough about drugs. the man carrying the goods in from peru was busted at new york's airport customs. >>> and the d.c. police invade the border patrol. agents are now required to be considerate of gender identity of criminals as they detain them. i believe they all have wrists. just cuff them. >>> meanwhile, if you're at a loss for positivity our next guest says two words will lead you to a happier and more productive life. >> joel osteen. >> those words. >> speaking of, the author of the new book "the power of i am," best-selling author joel osteen. in two words. >> i am, right? >> that's right. you know, it's great to be with you guys. follow me with i am. a lot of people go around talking about elisabeth, i am. i am attractive. i am not lucky. i am slow. when you're defeating yourself with your own talk. with your own thoughts. so, my thought is, whatever follows that is going to eventually come finding you. so when you go around, i'm blessed, i'm healthy, i am talented, you're inviti

myself, i take on a daily basis, of morphineination oxycodone, two other drugs, and none of those areorking. yet i cannot because north carolina proved marijuana this year for use in cancer and glaucoma patients but not for mine, so i cannot get it. i am also told that if i use it recreationally and it shows up in my bloodwork that i have to take every three months, that they cannot issue any kind of pain killer because they are afraid that i might mix the drugs with the marijuana. i would not be that stupid myself. host: all right, tom from north carolina, we hear you this morning. the next caller is katrina from indiana calling in support of recreational pot. go ahead. caller: hi. good morning. yes, i am totally for -- i am sorry, i cannot hear you now. host: you are on the air. turn down your tv if it is on. caller: ok. i just want to say that i am totally for it because i have lost numerous family members that have died that could have for the effects know, helpingyou them eat, and through their times of chemo and whatnot. host: all right, katrina from indiana. our next caller is

the couple is accused of selling $15 million worth of oxycodone pills out of their two small pharmacies. >> whether it is a corrupt doctor, the greedy pharmacist selling pills on sacred no prescriptions at all or a drug dealer, we have to confront this escalating epidemic at every level. ben: they faced a judge yesterday. robert -- is also facing charges. he is accused of being their largest customer. selling them on the streets. friday morning. we have a lot more still to come. mike: we have clear skies out there. much cooler than what we had yesterday.

lillian wachowksi and her husband, they're accused of selling $15 million worth of hot tea co don't --oxycodone pills. >> corrupt dr. writing unwarranted prescriptions, greedy pharmacists selling bills based on fake or no prescriptions at all or street level drug dealers peddling painkillers directly to the addicted, we have to confront this escalating epidemic at yesterday on federal drug charges. robert sibulski is accused of being their largest customer sometimes buying 500 pain pills at a time and turnaround and selling them on the streets. juliet: new jersey police officer charged in a deadly wrong way crash on staten island is claiming he may have been drugs. pedro's attorney told a judge there is medical evidence that could mean a police officer was lived the date rape the drug when he and his friends were at a strip club in march. he crashed his car head on into a tractor-trailer killing an off-duty police officer and friend who were in the car. ben: the new york mets honored randolph holder, they wore baseball caps during a press conference at city field, this comes one day after thous