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 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 medicationment so in some ways -- medication. so in some ways one of the problems we have in the management of pain in american society is that 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 with end-will have of life --of-life pain adequately, or those who feel there's too much oxycontin there's too much relief there's too much lib

. >> 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

there was only one on the market oxycontin at the time.mpany -- they eventually were charged federally with misbranding. they pleaded guilty to one misdemeanors charge on misbranding and paid $634 million. 34 million of which was paid by the top three executives and they went on. they have since racked up very, very large sale billions of dollars in sales with that same drug. what they haven't done is promote it the way they used to with the cds and that kind of stuff. that has changed. but the thing is they've got all these doctors in the country around the country promoting these -- prescribing these drugs almost as if they were nonaddictive and that has led to an enormous -- i call it a rising sea level of pills, all across the country. and these are -- regardless of what they say these are intensely addictive drugs and its shown to be that. and so it's a company -- i am not going to comment on the sincerity. i think there's some sincere people within and it maybe some not so sincere people. a same with he pain specialize. they have led

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pharmacist was ordered to open the locked cabinet, where the suspect stole anywhere from 15-20 bottles of oxycontin and 5-6 bottles of morphine - drugs that are in high demand on the black market. the suspect then walked briskly out of the store with his green whole foods bag in tow. >> this is becoming a trend, not just in sf, but nationwide. you can sell each pill for $15-20 for one single pill. the public will hopefully help us figure out who this person is and put them on guard. >> alecia :alecia reid reporting, for kron 4 news. > > catherine : a thief shot three cows and then stole a calf from a castro valley rancher over the weekend. the rancher discovered the scene at his ranch on eden canyon road saturday morning. the thief also removed the ears from the dead cows -- removing their identification tags. the incident appeared to be an effort to steal the unmarked, unbranded calf. the rancher says the thief will probably take the calf to a livestock sale where he could sell it for several hundred dollars. we now know what killed a father and his seven children. found dead today. their bodies.

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. >> this is the huge thing here florida has been inundated with oxycontin! oxycontin. >> we're talking about spring break. that's our story. we're trying to -- >> i'm sorry i'm off topic. i'm actually talking about rape. >> rape is bad. >> let me talk. >> she's making a point it happens in college. >> i understand that, and it's horrible. the story we're talking about is trying to change panama city beach. fortt. lauderdale was a big area. they changed. >> daytona also. >> they said panama city needs to seek higher spending clientele and stricter rules. >> of course that's an issue. if you're going to focus on one or two women being raped in panama city, if you want to give those statistics, there were thousands of kids there that weren't engaging in the behavior. >> this girl was gang raped on a beach. people around them in broad daylight. we have to run. we're out of time. when we come back, police have a new theory about the video allegedly showing this young woman being gang raped while onlookers do nothing. authorities believe she may have been drugged. now when w

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. -- oxycontin. they do not hire workers with past felony convictions. he this hired several people. mark leno says it 90s in the face of a lot of hard work to lower california's recidivism rate. they have sent letters to apple's ceo to reconsider. >> we don't understand the function of policy. what are they trying to achieve? if they say quality, that's the first we've heard of it. we train folks for quality and safety. we do ask. >> apple isn't commenting but they are saying it only depends on the arrests in the last seven years. >>> they got an ear full. san jose city leaders were peppered about seemingly endless probs. they listened but will they act? do they offer up any solutions. >> no. they only took questions about 50 minutes. many people upset about crime waves including a lot of burglaries and that's why they held the meeting here tonight. the public wants answers. >> very scary. i don't feel safe in my neighborhood anymore. >> some blurting out questions. asking for better street lighting, more patrols ander month officers for their city. >>

. >> reporter: alex was addicted to oxycontin. renae thought he was turning his life around at age 28. it was a rainy night last january, his last night at home. >> we had plans to go to the gill at eight in the morning, and he was going to meet a friend for an early lunch on his way out of town. the next thing i know, when you go to bed at four in the morning, a neighbour boy was screaming for me to wake up, that alex had stopped breathing. >> reporter: alex overdosed in her home. >> he went to the hospital. he was not mentally going to be the same. we had to make the decision whether to resuscitate him or not, which was a hard decision. in your hard you want to, in your mind you know you should. >> reporter: alex night have been brought back too life with this. >> it's 1 meal gram per nostril. >> once you inject this, how life. >> it's a drug referred to as narcan, and can bring an overdose victim back to consciousness. scott davis is with the montgomery country police. members of his department were first on the scene respondin

the man jumped over the counter, grabbed an anti-histamine and demanded oxycontin. police are asking anyone who may know this man to please give them a call. surveillance got a pretty good look at him. >> if you think your bart right is getting slower, you're right. it is slowing down trains along at least 40 sections because of old tracks and ties that are old and are concerned the trains could derail. >> when they turn like the little turn down here, it goes around and you can feel it as you ride. so it's like a roller coaster ride. >> work started this weekend to fix the track. we're told the bay fair station will probably be next. the bart system is 42 years old. >> well, muni riders get ready for the biggest service boost in decades decades. starting april 25th it will increase service on its busiest bus lines. service will now be as frequent as every five minutes during peak hours. the 38 rapid will now even offer sunday service. muni also plans to improve its rapid bus shelters. it will install bike racks to help park-and-ride commuters. >> and a main thoroug

. >> larry if the "n" word is heroin, then thug is like oxycontin. you can get the same exhilaration, but you can use it in public. >> larry: got it. now i get it. i get it. >> your eyes are open brother larry. >> larry: i get it but here's the thing we saw that obama said thug yesterday, is obama a racist. >> he who dones the tiny black mustache be not a nazi though his-- may conjure the terrible right and so it is with thugs. >> larry: okay. you're not necessarily a racist if you say thug but it is racist to say thug? >> i guess if you want to oversimplify it. >> larry: i do want to oversimplify it thank you felonious monk everyone. we'll be right back every cookie here at left twix® is extra crisp so it stays crunchy when we apply caramel and chocolate. >>right twix has the same thing. they have packing tape like that over at right twix? try both. pick a side. twix (mom) when our little girl was born we got a subaru. it's where she said her first word. (little girl) no! saw her first day of school. (little girl) bye bye! made a best friend forever

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opana is stronger than oxycontin and easier to shoot up, but the sharing of dirty needles among users is feeding the hiv infection in this community. so this neighborhood is sort of the epicenter of the outbreak leer? >> this is one of the areas, yes. >> reporter: william cooke is a local doctor. >> all it takes is one, you know person that's hiv positive sharing needles. it spreads like wildfire in a situation like that. >> reporter: the crisis is so severe governor mike pence lifted indiana's ban on needle exchanges for 30 days so addicts here can replace dirty syringes with clean ones. >> these are what i got yesterday. i got 35 of them. that's enough to do me for a week. >> reporter: dr. cooke says the nation should take notice. >> i've described this community as a canary in the coal mine. this could happen anywhere. we're all austin, indiana. >> reporter: and one of the more disturbing things we heard around here, scott is that some elderly people have been trying to supplement their income by selling opana on the street instead of using it for pain relief as their doctors inten

. >> larry if the "n" word is heroin, then thug is like oxycontin. can get the same exhilaration, but you can use it in public. >> larry: got it. now i get it. i get it. >> your eyes are open brother larry. >> larry: i get it but here's the thing we saw that obama said thug yesterday, is obama a racist. >> he who dones the tiny black mustache be not a nazi though his-- may conjure the terrible right and so it is with thugs. >> larry: okay. you're not necessarily a racist if you say thug but it is racist to say thug? >> i guess if you want to oversimplify it. >> larry: i do want to oversimplify it thank you felonious monk everyone. we'll be right back we snap it. we stack it. we smoosh it. we love it. hershey's makes it a s'more... you make it special. hershey's is mine, yours our chocolate. taco bell's new steak doubledilla. two helpings of juicy, marinated steak, inside of a cheesy quesadilla, with a side of chips and salsa. unbox it, only at taco bell. [sfx: bong] t-mobile is breaking the rules of wireless. and the samsung galaxy s6 edge is breakin

he demands prescription narcotics, including the powerful painkiller oxycontin before running away. san francisco police would like to hear from anyone who recognizes this man. >>> ross mirkarimi will not have the support of the rank and file in his bid for reelection this november. they're advantaging his opponent. vicki hennessy. the deputies group says it has lost confidence in the current leadership, and thinks hennessey can raise morale and respect and dignity to the office. >>> there is an election tomorrow in san jose. 10 candidates are running for the senate seat in 54. the eventual winner replaces canton chu. election officials say they expect voter turn out to be low. >>> silicon valley executive says she is in the middle of making decisions in the possible appeal of her sexism case. last week, pao lost a trial against her former employer. she told the wall street journal, the ordeal was worth it. she said it opened a conversation about gender bias in silicon valley and beyond. >>> bay area air quality regulators took a controversial proposal to homeowners tonight. they ou

observed and the more human and the dogs gazed interest each other's eyes the more concentrateed was oxycontinwhich made it easy for the pets and owners to born. >> and we are bonding with the weather forecast. it is nice. mike? >> want some more? head inland, or you want the cooling? it is already starting to change. you can see it on live doppler hd clouds developing around bodega bay, and from san francisco through half moon bay and trying to get to davenport so a lot of the strawberry farms are getting a cooling this morning. i was going to show you some of the fog that is pushing through as we new have a west wind at seven miles per hour. that is a sign that, yes things are on the move. we are changing. clouds and cooler and rough surf today. we have cooler conditions spreading all the way through the weekend into our inland neighbors and showers are scattered and possible on tuesday and when of next week. moving forward to talk about the beach hazards. they still there. the sunshine is not. rip occur researches and sneaker waves and breakers through this evening. we head to the south bay

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he demanded the pharmacist open the locked cabinet, and then he stole bottles of oxycontin and morphine police say those drugs are in high demand on the black market. "this is becoming a trend not just in sf but nationwide. you can sell each pill for $15-20 for one single pill. the public will hopefully help us figure out who this person is and put them on guard." >> mark:police think he got away of oxycontin and six bottles of morphine. >> darya: stay with us on this raid tuesday morning live look a storm tracker regency were the rain green area falling right now walnut creek conquer getting what and berkeley and then will be back with a complete look at the forecast check the traffic for you in just a couple minutes here's a little break and cause look north to mind county at the golden gate bridge in traffic seems to be moving pretty well. >> george: accent 24 of the caldecott tunnel will update on the moment. first a similar here's 680 make that a 80 northbound at 23rd downtown oakland. a big rig accident with the left lane remains blocked are now looking at 28 minutes nearly a thir

you can't just go and get oxycontin on the street legally.on being in between a citizen and its drug just isn't true. >> no. the argument is that we shouldn't be enforcing marijuana laws. >> all right. when we come back the one and only dana perino with "the five" is here to talk to us about a special thing she would do as press secretary for president bush to the liberal news media. it's probably the greatest story i've ever heard and it's coming up next. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] he doesn't need your help. until he does. three cylinders, dual overhead cams and 50 horsepower. go bold. go powerful. go gator. get 2,500 dollars off select gators at a dealer near you. introducing the new can-am spyder f3. with a cruising riding position and the most advanced vehicle stability system in the industry... ...you'll ride with a feeling of complete freedom and confidence. visit your can-am dealer and test drive the spyder f3 today. ♪ if you're looking for a car that drives you... ...and takes the wheel right from your very hands... ...this isn't that

the suspect got away with 15 to 20 bottles of oxy continue on the -- oxycontin along with other drugs. this happened last week near the san francisco golf club. if you recognize the man in this video, you're urged to call sf police. >>> more trouble for a former bay area football star. san francisco police found quame harris unconscious behind the wheel of his car. harris is a stanford alum who played for the 49ers and raiders. the engine was run when they found him passed out in the driver's seat. this mug shot is from 2013 when police on the peninsula charged harris with beating his former boyfriend. he is still on probation for that assault. now on sunday morning's arrest investigators say harris tried to bite an officer's hand as he was being handcuffed. they say harris was in a quote, altered mental state and hit two parked cars before officers arrived. >>> a big gathering is under way right now. and san jose city leaders and police are getting an earful of complaints. the issue? crime, and those low police staffing levels. nbc bay area's damian trujillo is live at the mexican he

>> it blocks receptors in your brain, the pleasure seekers craving the alcohol, oxycontin, vicodin ort. it also works in a way if you consume alcohol or opioid it takes away the pleasure the buzz when you drink or high you get. >> side effects -- >> typical side effects nausea vomiting. then it's a surgical procedure so any infection or reactions you can have with surgical part of it. >> is it covered by insurance is this. >> a lot of major insurances are now starting to cover it as of last year. a lot of clinics have seen success with major carriers. it's an ongoing battle. they're working with us. at the least, most of the major ones are subsidizing it which helps greatly. >> before we let you go jeremy it's worked for you. this is a case by case basis. this is not for everyone. >> it can work for everyone. it's whether you're really ready or not. that's the truth. the medicine won't tie your hands behind your back and stop you from picking up a drink. if you're where i was, ready to quit, ready to do whatever it takes to quit. this is the greatest feeling i've ever had. three hours

florida has been inundated with oxycontin. >> that's a big point, too.m. >> we're not talking about arizona nogales right now. we're talking about spring break. that's our story. we're trying to find -- >> you're getting off topic. >> we're saying rape is bad. she's making a point that it happens at college. >> i understand that, that it happens in college, that's horrible. but the story we're talking about right now is changing panama city beach. daytona, they changed. they said that panama city needs to seek higher clientele -- >> of course that's an issue. if you're going to focus on one or two women being raped in panama city, if you want to give those statistics, there were thousands of those kids who weren't engaging in that behavior. >> this girl was gang raped on -- two allegations of gang rape on the beach. and people around them in broad daylight. we've got to run. we're out of time in this segment. when we come back, police have a new theory about the video allegedly showing this young woman being gang raped. she may have been drugged. when we

. >> reporter: according to published reports was being investigated by the dea for the sale of oxycontinvestigation into the doctor continues and there could be additional charges. gregg: david thanks. martha: the clinton foundation says it will keep taking donations from foreign donors. gregg: would you pay more than $30,000 for a used ipad? somebody did. we'll tell you who the previous owner was who made that old gadget something special. martha: a 61-year-old postal worker is under arrest after he piloted a gyrocopter on to the front lawn of the capitol building. >> an flip it gold medalist michael phelps says he's changed for the better after leaving rehab following his dui arrest. now that his 6-month suspension is ending, he says he hopes to compete next year. gregg: the clinton foundation says it will continue to accept donationsdonations from foreign contributors during hillary clinton's presidential campaign. i can think off the top of my head a couple of major conflicts of interest. canada keystone, germany at odds with the u.s. over how to handle the ukraine. shouldn't she mak

well, you could take oxycontin. you could have alcohol.ave morphine for heaven's sachlkt and it's out of your system if you smoke marijuana or ingest it, thc, the active ingredient might be in your system for months. this is a problem. if you start firing people, you might start firing dilemma that lawyers have to deal with. thank you very much for being with us this morning. >>> coming up it's supposed to be the funniest night on the washington's calendar. we'll see if it lives up to its billing. you're watching "cbs this morning: saturday." >> announcer: this portion sponsored by the discover it card. the card that treats you l a big portion sponsored by the discovery card. the card that treats you like you treat you. you can switch it right on again. you're back! freeze it, only from discover. get it at discover.com. while the world needs saving... prizes need winning, at subway. grab a 30-ounce drink or doritos snacks for a chance to win subs for life movie tickets, and more. and catch marvel's avengers: age of ultron, in theaters may

have seen a skyrocketing rate of the nonmedical use, misuse of prescription painkillers things like oxycontind opano and vicadin and percocet. all those are opiods, the same class of drugs as heroin and prescribed much more widely in the past 15 years under the theory that they were pharmaceutical drugs and f.d.a. approved and safe and wouldn't lead to addiction. we now know that those assumptions are false and as a result a lot of people started experimenting recreationally with opiods and we've seen a portion of them shifting to heroin use. it's that shift that's the really dangerous moment when you're looking at overdose, hepatitis c, h.i.v., because with that comes more injection. most people don't start by shooting up, by injecting drugs and start by just taking them, swallowing them. but as their habit progresses they move towards injecting and that increases the risk dramatically. host: just a reminder you can join our conversation by calling us. we're setting up the phone lines this segment by region. if you are in the eastern /central time zone call 202-748-800 1. mountain or pacific