particularly in the area of southern ohio and virginia and kentucky to promote narcotic painkillers vicodin percocet and oxycontin. this creates a whole new number, huge number of addicts and to service those addicts once they can no longer afford those bills and are looking for something cheaper. plus it tells a i portsmouth ohio and you have the drug traffickers. what should viewers know about the purdue farmer? >> guest: perdu farmer, oxycontin was crucial. it was crucial. for two reasons. one was purdue pharma use the daria gress is form of marketing to doctors very similar to the marketing tech makes to sell their heroin to convince doctors that these pills were no longer take if particularly oxycontin was no longer addictive and they began to prescribe it to their patients. they don't do this anymore but for seven years they gave away a little cd called swing in the right direction with oxycontin where when you have a swing band he was a very aggressive constant marketing. and then also oxycontin was a crucial part of it it is oxycontin was not an abuse deterrent. people would get addicted tak

> yo voy a cualquier médico y si tiene un dolorcito de cabeza, le duele la muela, rápido vicodin, rápido percocetda. tiffany roberts fue al estado de ohio, el lugar con el mayor número de muertes por esa causa, y nos cuenta por qué esto le puede suceder a cualquiera. tiffany: maría ayala, de 55 años, trabajaba en un restaurante de comida rápida en las afueras de columbus, ohio, cuando un día, en 2003 se resbaló y cayó cuando estaba lavando unos platos. ayala: no fui al hospital ese mismo día porque mi mayordomo no quería que fuera, pero fui al siguiente día. me resbalé y caí de espalda. tiffany: originaria de texas, ayala dice que la intensidad del dolor era algo que nunca antes había experimentado. ayala: me había lastimado la cintura, los discos se movieron y necesitaba tomar pastillas para el dolor. tiffany: ¿qué le recetaron? ayala: vicodin. tiffany: ¿cuántos se tomaba al día? ayala: me tomaba tres al día. tiffany: vicodin es un narcótico opioide, como la morfina, recetado por médicos para el tratamiento del dolor. para ayala fue una salvación. ¿qué le hacía la pastilla? ayala: me ayudaba un

one in three adults in philadelphia have used oxycontin, percocet, vicodin in the past year. 19% reported getting the drugs from friends or dealers. 76% were used opioids prescribed by doctors. the white house hasn't ruled out dechairing a national emergency in the opoid crisis. a doctor with the office of national drug control policy attended a briefing for opioids this week. >> the technical declaration of emergency is being discussed in the administration, but it's not necessarily the single thing that will turn this around. we're putting a huge amount of resources already into this problem and properly so. >> he said for now the president promised to combat the crisis with a stronger law enforcement response. now our nbc 10 digital team is on the front lines of this epidemic affecting so many families across our area. you can tap the nbc app to reads more about their reporting that has brought about positive change for the crisis. >>> now to philadelphia's only neighborhood where a cell phone heist was caught on camera. check out this surveillance video from the global electronics sto

one in three adults have used opioids such as oxycontin, percocet and vicodin in the last year. 76% weresing opioids prescribed by doctors. a national emergency in the opioid crisis would allow federal funds to go to treatment facilities. >> the technical declaration of emergency is being discussed in the administration, but it's not necessarily the single thing had that will turn us around. we're turning a huge amount of resources into this problem and properly so. >> he said for now, the president prommed to combat the crisis. our team is on the front lines of the opoid epidemic. tap the nbc 10 app to read more on their reporting that has brought about positive change on this crisis. >>> happening today, the home depot wants military experience in their ranks. they're hold ago job fair and companies are looking to fill several positions from logistics to sales, i.t. and more. >>> habitat for humanity teamed up with lowe's to repair three houses near north 26th street yesterday. the mayor said it's a way for struggling neighborhoods to feel supported. >> it draws more people, it makes i

. >> percocet, vicodin? >> vicodin, mostly. percocet if i got lucky.nted to be. >> reporter: this week, a federal health study reveals one-third of american adults used prescription opioids in 2013. that's 90 million people. and david telling "rolling stone" in 2013, there was cocaine, there was dope. i think about it now, why am i alive. a struggle with adirectidiction feherty shared. the family tribute going on to say, please know there's no shame in asking for help. our shey is gone from us now. but you can help keep his light shining and focused, if you reach out to another who suffers. and the medical examiner's office, says the result of an autopsy result will be four to six weeks. we don't know which drug may have caused feherty's death. there's no words. >> i spent some time with david not long ago. and he talked about the challenge of addiction and what a struggle it has been. david, if you're watching, our condolences go out to you and your family. >>> let's turn and take a check of the weather from dylan. >> we're going to see a cooldown bac

. >> percocet, vicodin. >> yeah, vicodin mostly, percocet if i got lucky and i needed more and more toly numb. >> reporter: this week is new federal health study revealed one-third of american adults used prescription opioids in 2015, that's 92 million people and david feherty telling rolling stone in 2015 there was cocaine, there was dope. when i think about it now, i'm like, why am i alive? a struggle with addiction david feherty shaved with his oldest son and that has now taken his boy's life. at shea feherty's funeral the family tribute going on to say please know this our shey is gone from us now, but you can help us keep his light shining and focused. if you reach out to another who suffers. and the medical examiner's office tells us the results of an autopsy will be released within four to six weeks as toxicology results are pending. we don't know yet which drug may have caused feherty's death. we are all parents, there are just no words. >> i actually spent some time with david not long ago and he talked about the challenge of addiction and what a struggle it has been. so, davi

percocet. why that impacted me so greatly is earlier that day i saw someone with what i thought to be a bad ankle sprain and i sent him home with a narcotic, vicoding doctors to write fewer opioid prescriptions and getting addicted patients on therapy. sandra, they're not doing this on a government dime. six months is the pilot program. >> sandra: thank you. a new rapid trapb seupt project could be on the fast track to becoming a reality in this country. hyper loop one hit a milestone as its recent test run was a big success. jonathan hunt is live in los angeles. what do we know, jonathan? >> reporter: for technology based on speed, progress has so far been slow, but finally seems to be gathering speed, quite literally. hyper loop one's developers are clearly excited, hailing to arrival of the future. >> this is the beginning and the dawn of a new era of transportation, first new form of transportation in 100 years. hyper loop one is excited to show the world going in, the hyper loop one-two. >> reporter: last week the test pod was loaded to the nevada desert and hit a top speed of 192 miles per hour. far short of its theoretical top speed of 760