and one very quick prediction, i know we don t have a loft time, i predict if they have a daughter first, they will name her die yarntion so the possibility that you could have a queen diana of england would give princess diana the ultimate well, we ll talk more about that later. how about this? they re calling them the oxy to thes, babies addicted to powerful drugs like oxy conic oxycontin. it s a scary scenario, john, good morning. john: it s a tragedy, nothing short of that. we all remember the crack baby epidemic of the 199 os. have a look at this, this is a baby addicted to powerful prescription narcotics, whatever the baby s mother was taken, the baby cries uncontrollably, shakes uncontrollably, can t eat. we visited the hospital in st. petersburg, florida, they had 80 babies, of those 80 in the eight on of the 80, 24 percent were addicted to prescription
bill: you have heard the war on drugs but a war on prescription medication? the level of overdoses from prescription medication now outnumbering those from illegal drugs. john roberts, live in lexington, kentucky, where he s traveling with the white house drug czar. john, good morning. reporter: good morning to you bill. you know, we re in kentucky, which has the dubious distinction of being the number one state in the nation for prescription drug abuse, painkillers, sedatives, oxy conic, perk set, vicodin, you name it, it s available here, and increasingly, prescription drug abuse is claiming victims in the u.s. military worst day of my life, right away, i didn t shed a tear, i was mad, there was a firefight right after i got hit, they asked me if i wanted morphine, no. but his feet were shattered by an i.e.d. in iraq, the corporal declined
medicine. we re talking about painkillers and sedatives here, names that will be familiar to people, oxy conic, percocet, valium, xanax and these are accidental overdose? yes, because what happens is you go to a back doctor, he gives you the pain medicine, he that maybe you re seeing a psychiatrist or your family doctor has given you antidepressants and before you know it, you have this kind of polypharmacy and you re getting too sedated, taking too many drugs and it can depress your recent operation and cause an overdose. jane: some doctors have said the 2as, the availability and attitude out there, the availability is incredible. if you look at it today, and if you talk anecdotally, people are taking these drugs like crazy and their attitudes are pretty lax about it. yeah, i mean, people seem to think there s always a risk benefit with any drug you take and people, you know, we do have this attitude, quick fix, take a pill, you ll get better. we have too many things to