they are carrying oxycontin and prescription pills. the prescription pills are stifling the neighborhood. we try internal programs. walgreens will come in next month and help us identify phony prescriptions. 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 kid

we try to determine how much opiate, whether it's heroin or oxycontin, the patient is using. and depending on whether or not they've ever been challenged with methadone before, we start with a very low dose and then gradually take them up until they reach the so-called "blocking dose" where they feel comfortable. the patients, all of them who have actually been here for a while, look forward to what they call take-home opportunities, and that means that patients becomes stable. the tests that we do, the urine tests, as a way that we exercise surveillance to make sure that they're not using other drugs. it works for me because i get two bottles for the weekend. so basically weekends i do not have to come up here, you know. and i just keep it. i've got a lock box that i keep it locked and stored away from everybody. from the beginnings of take-homes in washington, dc, i have had them- i've had them at the maximum allowed and now i get 27 days. so i come in once a month. and it's wonderful. i mean, you know, i can travel, i can go to my beach house in the summertime without havi

. >> reporter: that's how he described getting off oxycontin after taking it for eight months. >> ittart from 5 to 15 milligrams at the beginning to around 240 milligrams at the end. >> reporter: he lost his job. he was scared he would lose his life so he investigated some abstinence-based treatment programs. >> all of those option required, you know, to be absolutely clean no drug use of any kind whatsoever. no drinking. no smoking. nothing. >> all the evidence has shown for the last 50 years that that approach does not work. >> reporter: dr. carolyn schuman is medical director at the reliance center a drug purchase agreement program that opened 11 months ago in san francisco. >> models that really emphasize abstinence only are sort of the perfectionist of the treatment world. it would be wonderful if all my patients were able to comply with everything that they wanted. unfortunately, it's not realistic. >> reporter: the reliance center uses a controversial model called harm reduction. zeroing in on a patient's most dangerous habit while putting the nonlife-threatening behaviors on

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 presentation and welcom

this is a patient who was prescribed for instance percocets, oxycodones, oxycontins in the use of buprenorphine, which has the advantage of removing clinical size withdrawal faster. the disadvantage is it's 10 times as expensive as methadone. it was a miracle, just believe that. it was a miracle, 'cause if i wouldn't got on meth i think i would've been dead by now. as a matter of fact, no, i know i would be dead right now. when you look at cost benefit factors, the drug itself is relatively inexpensive. annually it's about $4,500, $4,600. it cost about $26,000, $27,000 annually to hold someone in prison in most states. if you can get a person in treatment for methadone, we're talking a third of that. i can sleep normally, i can eat, which is a big thing. when you're on heroin you don't do those things, you know. your life revolves around the drug. this time the methadone, you know, made me normal pretty much where i could function, i could work, i could be a mom. it saved my life; it did. as a person obtains periods of sobriety, starting with 90-day intervals, the first 90 days of what we call

someone fighting oxycontin can occasionally drink or use marijuana.old turkey is too difficult. >> some people can't do it all. some h need to be led step by step to an easier place. >> we talked with the representatives from the traditional based programs. they are concerned the harm reduction technique could fail in the long one. >> there may be a silver lining for thousands of soccer fans who say they were gipped. we showed them to you last night stuck outside the soccer game they paid big bucs to see. hanley ramirez with the explanation for the rejection. >> reporter: this is what the fans came to candlestick to see, realma divide the kings of stronger and their dark top player, kristi anna rinaldo taking on club america from mexico. but for some the excitement ended before the first kick. >> it was a pretty nightmare issue night. >> she has seen soccer matches all over the world but she said this was the worst. >> we've got to the game early, tried to get this to our seats, absolute pandemonium, a couple thousand people trying to get tickets, the

that is pushing out slots that are badly needed for heroin users and people who are addicted to oxycontin and other horrible prison your name in addition to marijuana isn't so bad when you compare it to these more serious drug what i'm saying is people who do not have demonstrably are not in need of drug treatment who are there exclusively because of a judge to avoid jail are getting their pushing and yeah they're getting they're going to the treatment instead of the you know what i think marijuana and addiction and drug use among children and that sort of issue to arise would legalize i mean would it would anyone say that the current system has worked i don't think that anyone is saying that the current system wasn't just about what would want to go in there my question i just want to say we don't have time to get to the maybe another time but what do you say to the best of allan that the current system hasn't worked . it's true actually. just so. much. oh what. should i. say. we. all just. should. say sarah would say oh. yes there was a current day people. just. don't use it. all right

that sounds crazy -- it sounds about as crazy as trying to get the child proof cap off a bottle of oxycontint what if -- what if rush limb b limbaugh is right? what if today wasn't the president's birthday? that would mean his birthday is some other day. for all we know, it could be in october. it would change everything, right? i mean, really. a new poll of americans found that a quarter of us doubt barack obama was born in the united states. which is -- surprising to me. we thought it would be fun to send a camera out on the street to ask people where barack obama was born. >> do you know where barack obama was born? >> no. >> do you know where barack obama was born? >> chicago, right? >> chicago? >> um -- indonesia. >> virginia? i don't know. >> no idea. >> southern state, um, tennessee, georgia? >> not here in the states. >> indonesia? >> texas? >> do you know where barack obama was born? >> um, hawaii? >> i don't know. >> i know. in a cabin. >> jimmy: i think he may be thinking of a different president. well -- we're dumb, what are you going to say? this afternoon, a federal judge overt

this, sir, because i think rush limbaugh was the 20th hijacker but he was just so strung out on oxycontinmissed his flight. come on. too much? okay. >> larry: you think you went a little too far there? >> not at all. not at all. >> larry: there's no connect here, right, between here and you, right? >> probably not. it might be a little speed bump, you know, just a little one. >> larry: have you heard from rush limbaugh fans since then? >> i did get a nasty note but, you know, who cares, you know? who cares? you know, here's the problem. rush limbaugh is a filthy rich guy. and he's playing on the emotions of poor people. he's telling poor people that, hey, you know, obama's going to take this, take that away from you, and really he's just worried about his own pockets. that's it. he's just a big bully. i don't think i went too far at all. >> larry: port saint lucie, florida. hello. >> caller: hi, wanda. thanks for taking my call, larry. >> larry: sure. >> caller: wanda, what are your thoughts about the comments today in "people" magazine that she's been through hell? >> i'm sorry, what was