. >> i thought we had learned our lesson with oxycontin. how can you say with any degree of confidence that zohydro won't be abused?you're going to have people die. >> this week fault lines looks at the battle over the most popular drugs in america - opioid painkillers. >> there is big controversy tonight involving a new narcotic painkiller. >> the drug about to hit the market is called zohydro. but many are now asking is it even needed, and did the fda ignore warnings by approving it? >> at the heart of the debate, whether or not the drug may be too powerful and potentially addictive. >> in october 2013 the food and drug administration did something unusual. it approved a new painkiller called zohydro despite the fact that its own advisory committee had rejected the drug. >> i was quite surprised... you invite us in and then you tell us, "forget it." >> zohydro is a pure hydrocodone drug that comes in doses up to ten times higher than vicodin. the advisory committee feared that it could create a new generation of addicts. >> the entire pre

and oxycontin -- which is the topic of my last chapter called "oxycontin unleashed," -- is, you might say, an example of where we are today in the pain debate. to put it really in a nutshell i would say that there are those in metropolitan society who -- in american society who are undermedicated undertreated because of the anxieties about drugs like oxycontin and there are those who are overmedicated. we have a society today where you have two faces of the pain problem. people in urban america without access to pain relief drugs because their pharmacies don't carry them because of concerns about drug diversion and too liberal access to main medication. so in some ways one of the problems we have in the management of pawn in -- of pain in american society is we tend to go from one extreme to the other. either we think the problem in american society is too little relief too little medication, not paying attention to people in pain as in not treating people at end-of-life pain adequately, or those who feel that the real problem is that there's too much oxycontin, there's too much relie

as the battles of drug abuse and by area in southern and eastern kentucky, hard hit especially by oxycontin and others. i'm looking forward to seeing both of you in fact at the summit on prescription drug abuse this summer thank you for helping us battle this prescription drug abuse that's killing more americans than car racks and we appreciate your dedication to the especially. we are here to talk about two critical drug-related issues. first i am pleased that you are perceiving an adolescent brain and cognitive development study to collect the longitudinal data on the effects of marijuana alcohol, nicotine and other drugs to the young person's brain. it is unfathomable to me that states continue to pursue policies to decriminalize or legalize marijuana. in contravention of the federal law i might add. even here in the nation's capital it's ironic that in washington, d.c. the nation's capital you can't smoke cigarettes but you can smoke pot. explain that to me. we don't have that data to tell us about the long-term impact of the use on the brain but hopefully this will open a lot of client

deaths from oxycontin now outnumber deaths from heroin overdoses in san francisco. >> owners of a colorado my ask shot say there is a drive-thru window but not like this. >> a car plows through the front windows and hit as woman passing by and she helped up on the food and bounced right back and was not seriously hurt. according to witnesses the driver accidentally hit the we gas. workers at the pizza shop are glad the walking by is okay and thing is still standing. >> the career fewer from the black lagoon? >> a monster alligator that invaded a florida golf course posted on the golf club facebook page. some say this freak is a fake. it is too big. workers at the course say this alligator is for real and they sea gateers on the fair ways ought time but not one this size . >> i don't think that is any playbook but it appears vicious. we will see... >>> hillary clinton's bay area surprise, her private appearance for a silicon valley tech company amid the e-mail scandal that will not go away. >> unusual eye in the sky a tool to fight parking lot crime when police are not around. stay tuned. (

hard-hit especially by oxycontin and others. i'm looking forward to seeing both of you, in fact, at the atlanta summit on prescription drug abuse this summer. i thank you for coming last year and helping us battle this restriction drug abuse scare that is killing more americans in car wrecks. we appreciate your dedication to the especially. we look forward to hearing, also from you today about two critical drug-related issues. first, i am pleased that dr. vo lkow is pursuing a study to collect rigorous longitudinal data on the fx of marijuana alcohol, nicotine, and other drugs on a young person's brain. it's unfathomable, to me, that states continue to pursue policies to decriminalize or legalize marijuana. even here in the nation's capital. it's ironic that in washington dc, the nation's capital, you can't smoke cigarettes but you can still thought. explain that to me. help me out. we don't have scientific data to tell us about the long-term impact of marijuana use on the brain. hopefully this will open a lot of minds. this stu

hard hit especially by early on by oxycontin and others. and i'm looking forward to seeing both of you, in fact, at the atlanta summit on prescription drug abuse this summer. and i thank you for coming last year and helping us battle this prescription drug abuse scourge that's killing more americans than car wrecks. and we appreciate your dedication to that's specially. we look forward to hearing also from you today about the two critical drug-related issues. first, i'm pleased that nida under dr. volkow is pursuing an adolescent brain cognitive study, abcd to collect rigorous longitudinal data on the effects of marijuana, alcohol nicotine and other drugs on a young person's brain. it's up fathomable to me that states continue to pursue policies to decriminalize or legalize marijuana, in contravention of federal law, i might add. even here in the nation's capital. it's eye ronnic that in washington, d.c., the nation's capital capital, you can't smoke is cigarettes, but you can smoke pot. explain that to me. help me out. we don't have scient

it is remarkable that oxycontin, the drug that caused so much difficulty, and still is, but mostly back five or six years ago -- the drug was changed to make it abuse deterrent. you cannot crush it. you cannot sort it. you cannot inject it. it still retains all the good qualities of relieving pain over an extended time. that is what can be done to stem the use of opioids, and i commend you for it. in addition to our land -- our long-standing struggles with drug addiction and abuse the research provided by nih is critical to understanding preventing, and developing cures for ailments like diabetes cancer, and heart disease that continue to plague my region especially. we are very proud of the partnerships we have established with the nih in kentucky. for example, the marquis cancer center, the national cancer institute designated cancer center at the university of kentucky, and the u.k. center for clinical and translational science, which previously received your procedures clinical and translational science award for its work to confront chronic health issues in kentucky and rural popul

drug problem which has been devastating in my part of the state in the country your particularly oxycontin. another we're beginning to make a dent in the pill mills closing down in florida and georgia and other places, and finally getting fda to change the formulation of drugs like oxycontin to make them non-abuse non-abuse, a lot of the country is shifting to heroin. and the drug cartels in mexico i'm hearing are now getting into the pill business because of the enormous profits there. what can you tell us about that? >> i think you've identified something that doesn't get the attention it deserves. dea has the lead but we do a lot to support them so i know a fair bit about this. we see the mexican traffickers increasingly shifting to heroin white hair when. used to be that brown hair with this coming out of mexico. white hair when, highly pure. what's happening is as you said, mr. chairman, it's supplanting pill abuse because it's cheaper, easy to get and it's extraordinarily deadly because people using it sound like an odd thing to say but don't know how to use care when. don't realize

. >> reporter: they were after the potent painkiller oxycontin and also wanted sudafed which can be cooked the produce meth. >> they looks like they knew what they were doing. yeah. yeah. they knew exactly where to go. >> reporter: police have released just this one photo from the hyattsville attack. but in addition to the district heights robbery, police say the crooks may have carried out similar crimes in neighboring jurisdictions. >> i just have some residual nightmares but i'll get over that. i got a lot of support. everyone is praying for me. >> reporter: now after the robberies, the thugs ran right across hamilton street here abbey says they were still dressed like ninjas and wearing their black masks. they jumped into a silver chevy cruze with war of 1812 license plates and escaped. reporting live at hyattsville, bruce leshan, wusa9. >> bruce, what a saga. >>> the fbi and prince george's county crime solvers are offering as much as $6,000 more information in these cases. >>> the mess in the southbound lanes of i-95 near the icc is finally close tore getting cleaned up but not befor

>> let's keep saying it dicle whiskey and oxycontin. >> where do you think the kids got it? they steal it from mom and disad. >> did you really change your mind or calibrating your message for different shows? tom you were so quick with the anna grams you failed to point out it was him sell out. cht i feel like that is what is going on here. >> anna grappled my -- >> i i did. >> him sellout? >> i think the fans will be anna gramming your name. >> leave it to the "red eye" fans, # red eye. is it an appeal for young people to break with riew steen? i believe that's an advertising first. they liken mcdonalds to a communist society. >> happiness is eating a sustained breakfast. >> same breakfast. ♪ io, let's go sphoat. ♪ io, let's go ♪ ♪ io, let's go ♪ >> where are the rest of them? >> they're coming. >> mcdonalds has yet to comment on the communist criticism my feeling is they are not loving it. anthony, i thought the ad was great. the ramones? it is fantastic. >> reminiscent to the apple ad with the ibm being shown. >> of course. i didn't make the connection. >> it is nothing

. >> i put xanax and cocaine and heroin, amphetamines and oxycontin in the same needle and shot it. >ll in the same rig. that's crazy. >> i don't know how to describe that kind of high. have you ever shot vodka? >> no. >> he was on probation for a burglary conviction when he tested positive for drugs in the second jail. he was admitted to the drug rehab center but has been through numerous other programs since age 14. >> this is my first time in jail, and it sucks. it really sucks. i don't want to come back to jail again. the way i was doing drugs, if i go back out, the next time i stick a needle in my arm, i'm going to die. my mother's afraid she's going to bury me. i know that for a fact. and my dad just -- my dad's almost given up on me. that's why i'm really -- i'm just sick and tired of being sick and tired. >> he has a lot of problems. i tell him that. he knows that. he's been through a lot. 21 years old. i haven't been through any of that. i wish him the best. i wish everybody the best in here. but we'll see. you never know. >> thomas costa is also an admitted heroin addict, bu

>> you keep saying it -- >> dickel whiskey, oxycontin. >> why don't you give the kids some of that?ad. >> my big question is did you really change your mind or are you calibrating your message for different shows? and the reason i ask this, tom, you were so quick with the anagrams at the top of the show you failed to point out is one for him, him selling out. i kind of feel like that is what is going on. >> wait a minute, you anagrammed him sell out -- >> him sell out. >> okay, that is not bad. >> you know what, i think the fans are going to be anagramming your name andy? leave it to the fans, i want you to get andy back for that one. >> taco bell's new breakfast campaign likens mcdonald's to a communist society. >> because happiness -- >> same breakfast. >> oh oh, let's go! oh, let's go! oh, let's go! where is the rest of them? >> they're coming. >> mcdonalds has yet to >> while mcdonald's has yet to comment on the communist criticism, my feeling is that they are not loving it. anthony, i thought this ad was great. the ramones? it's fantastic. >> yeah very well done, reminds you of

it was known that veterans were streeted with unusually high amounts of medication likes oxycontin. > what about the leaders of the v.a. were they held accountable by the panel? >> absolutely. the v.a. leaders say that there are changes in place at this particular facility, but there were fiery exchanges between one u.s. congressman and the under secretary of health at the v.a. and that produced some interesting information that some of the doctors and nurses at the center of this very controversy, including dr. hoolahan are still working at the facility, and still on the payroll. >> erica, thank you. >>> general nutrition corporation said it plans to start new and better testing procedures for its products. the move follows allegations that the company and others sold contaminateed herbal supplements. they were ordered to stop selling the products that don't have ingredients listed on the labels. gnc said that new tests say that the supplements will exceed fda standards. >>> anger over a new law some call it legalized discrimination. the fall out could bring unintended consequences i

these kids are on adderal, and oxycontin. this is a totally different drug day. back in the '70s and '80s, it was a split. now kids are coming in very familiar with speed heroin, and dma. >> ainsley, not one person you interviewed sounded sober to me. >> exactly. yeah. they'd been drinking since 9:00 in the morning. the brave council woman in that city, i want to commend her for this, and the sheriff, they're both talking out about this. they're saying the other people on the council, their campaigns are run by -- >> bought and paid for by the bar owners. >> exactly. there are two huge clubs there. the only one on the council talking about spring break. >> and they don't like this show. >> they don't like either one of us. in fact they made that crystal clear. they kicked us off the beach because they said they owned the beach behind the bars. >> that's public property. >> exactly. we were with a bodyguard. >> they took care of ainsley when she was there. how many marriage proposals? >> as somebody who covers hollywood, there are a lot of celebrities going on spr

particularly oxycontin. but now that we're beginning to make a dent in the pill mills, closing them down in florida, and georgia and other places, and finally getting fda to change the formulation of drugs like oxycontin, to make them nonabused, a lot of the country is shifting to heroin. and the drug cartels in mexico, i'm hearing, are now getting into the pill business because of the enormous profits there. what can you tell us about that? >> i think you've identified something that doesn't get the attention it deserves. we have seen -- dea has the lead here, but we do a lot to support them. i know a fair bit about this. we see the mexican traffickers increasingly shifting to heroin. white heroin. used to be brown heroin was coming out of mexico. white heroin, highly pure and pushing it into the united states to gain market share and so what is happening is as you said, mr. chairman, it is supplanting pill abuse because it is cheaper, easier to get and it is extraordinarily deadly because the people using

he was overprescribed oxycontin which caused an opiate addiction.opiate addiction and exit that and be clean using the medical marijuana. so it's been a fantastic progression. and there are studies out of california that also talk about cannabis being a successful exit drug for other people addicted to opiates. >> on that point and the larger impact, nicholas, another thing here is that it's hard for people with records to get jobs. has that been an issue for you or in terms oh of this ruling, do you think that will help other people remove that barrier once they paid their debt? >> i definitely think it will help. yeah, i think it helps me, too. it gets the drug stigma off my record, because i don't have other drug arrests on my record too much. >> the irony of it, ari is that now nicholas' name is attached to this court case title. and so everyone knows if they just google his name on the internet, it's going to come up that he had his record erased. however, now it's public knowledge. so he really sacrificed his own self for the better good of ot

particularly oxycontin. now that we are beginning to make a dent in closing them down in other places and finally getting the fda to change the formulation of drugs to make them non-abused, a lot of the country is shifting to heroin. and the drug cartels in mexico i'm hearing are now getting into the pill business. because of the enormous profits there. what can you tell us about that? director comey: i think you identified something that doesn't get the attention it deserves. the dea has the lead here, but we do a lot to support them. i know a fair bit about this. we see the mexican traffickers increasingly shifting to heroin. white heroin, used to be brown heroin coming out of mexican. what is happening is it is supplanting pill abuse. because it is cheaper. easier to get. it is extraordinarily deadly. the people using it, sounds like an odd thing to say they don't , realize it is 97% pure. people from all walks of life are dying. as i travel the country, i see it sweeping south and west. i heard about it

a single pill of oxycontin can be $50. but heroin?out it. >>> coming up next time, we'll have the amazing story of lucas handmade candies, a fourth-generation business that's still using the original chocolate recipes of their greek ancestors. and they'll whip up a special surprise for us just in time for easter. if you gave up chocolate, good news. it is coming. a great story you won't want to miss on the next "my america." >> i have a feeling it might be a chocolate egg. >>> meanwhile, your e-mail pouring in on this. did "time" magazine intentionally put devil horns on hillary clinton's head? we'll show it to you tell you what they are saying, then you can decide if it was intentional. >>> plus my ex-girlfriend, pamela anderson is out. jennifer lopez is in. why big butts are reshaping america even if you have to buy one. >> buy a butt? >> we'll have details. making sure you pay the right price for a new car just got a whole lot easier. introducing the kelley blue book price advisor. the powerful tool that shows you what should pay.