around 2012. according to the centers for disease control and prevention, the states with the highest rate of drug overdose deaths are west virginia, ohio, pennsylvania, kentucky. as well as washington, d.c. that s for all drugs, and that s expected to kill about 70,000 americans this year. the cdc says of all those drugs, 68% are in fact opioids. they are the main driver of our overdose death problem. brit: remind you that a tv show breaking bad. i take it i m not the only one who s had that thought. you re not. remember that show, a high school chemistry teacher who manufactured a super potent form of methamphetamine. i spoke with the charles county missouri prosecutor he says what he is seeing reminds him very much of that show. prosecutor tim lowe mars has five years ago most of his drug cases involved heroin opioids. now methamphetamine has taken over the past few years.