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

now, a lot of the drugs that are being abused, oxycontin, vicodin, percocet, officials are aware, they, it has been increasing over the years. and now the federal drug czar has a new plan to attack it. laura in. >>. >> i would imagine pharmacies can take your ole prescriptions as well and dispose of them. thank you. >>> more live pictures of the gulf this morning. we expect major changes for bp coming up later on today. there are reports that its controversial ceo tony hayward is on his way out. charles hadlock is live in venice, louisiana, this morning. he has the latest on what is going on there. charles? >> reporter: good morning, brent. bp's board of directors is meeting in london tonight to discuss the fate of tony hayward, the embattled ceo. that's just ahead of the earnings report expected to be released tomorrow that will show the greatest loss of earnings in bp's history. they have some huge liabilities on the books this quarter. it is expected that hayward may be present at the earnings meeting tomorrow to guide them through the numbers. but here in the gulf of mexico, work i