that could change the course of our country and this problem. i think he hope we see change. i think most doctors try to act responsibly. it is kind of difficult to just have a blanket approach. i think most doctors act in the best interest of their patients. certainly these doctors are not acting in good faith and we re seeing the gavel come down on them. i think they have to really wheel them in so that people stop abusing this process because we can t have prescription drugs out there and the abuse is pandemic. bill: thank you, doctor lisa kuharski. thank you for your time. on a much different note, however, the mobile game words with friends, a favorite of millions, now that we learn of a possible data breach. we ask the question who really are your friends after all? sandra: you play this game? bill: i used to for a time.
italy today as we watch it from across the atlantic. back here in washington sandra: virginia doctor now facing life in prison. dr. joel smithers has convicted of more than 800 counts of illegally prescribing opioids. his sentence will be handed down tomorrow. joining us now is trial attorney lisa kuharski. what do we expect to happen here? i expect a stiff sentence. i think we re seeing this leading to stiffer penalties especially for doctors breaching their trust to the public, breaching their duties. because of the 860 counts, one of them being an overdose, which is a drug use resulting in death according to federal guidelines, that could give him a life sentence. bill: 860 counts. i m assuming it pertains to 860 patients? or do the counts apply to more than one patient at a time? that s the whole thing we re seeing with this kind of abuse.