his addiction took a more destructive turn. and i run into a cousin of mine who introduced me to a powerful more powerful pain pill called lorcet. i will never forget what he told me when i left his house tha ght, he said hey alan, welcome to the dark side. before long he went back to his cousin. i m asking my cousin where do you get these things? and he said well you ve got to go to these pill mill doctors. pill mills are places where licensed physicians sell prescription drugs under the table for profit. it s what he call them here in houston, pill mills, as a matter of fact they were so prevalent that after a combination of three drugs, it was dubbed the houston cocktail. medical director at a recovery center in houston texas alan was one of his patients. he says while prescription pill abuse persists heroin use is on the rise due to its relative affordability. it got easier to acquire here
hit? how did you i didn t feel it. because i had taken my pain pill. i didn t feel it that much. but i saw blood coming out. because i had tooken my hydrocodone that i take for pain because i have a bone disease. i went like that and i saw the blood. but i knew i had been hit. i could feel it. your husband saw his face, you did not. no, he saw him when he ran outside. and when he came inside, he saw him. was he wearing a mask? no, he wasn t wearing a mask. joaquin? he was not wearing a mask. no mask, right? he wasn t wearing a mask? i just saw his shoes. i didn t want to look up or nothing to see. he saw where he was going so he could run out of the church. he was paying attention to him when he went and up shot the people that were up in the front, the guys, the family that passed away. and he was watching them so he could go through the front door. because he was like going through the aisles, shooting, looking, you know. walking around with his rifle.
can you tell me where you were? i was on the bench, left bench. as you come inside there are ben shs to the left and right. i was under the bench. how did you know you were hit? i didn t feel because i had taken my pain pill. but i saw blood coming out because i had taken my hydrocodone for pain because i have a bone disease. and i went like that and saw the blood so i knew i had been hit. i could feel it then. your husband saw his face but you did not. yeah, he did. when he came inside he saw him. was he wearing a mask? no, he wasn t wearing a mask. he was not wearing a mask. he wasn t wearing a mask. i ju saw his shoes. i didn t want to look up or nothing to see. he saw where he was going, so he could run out of the church. he was paying attention to him when he went up and shot the people that were up in the front, the guys, the family that passed away. and he was watching them. so he could go through the front
you don t understand, i understand. i know what they re going through, and i don t want them to go through that. i want them to have their little brother. and you know what, some of the people i work with, they are the little brother. and it s a scourge on our society. last year, more people in utah died from prescription pill overdoses than car accidents. more little brothers and sisters, more dads and mothers. this is a new kind of drug war. and the front line is the neighborhood pharmacy. are you surprised that pain pill abuse is so rampant in this
sisters, more dads and mothers. this is a new kind of drug war. and the front line is the neighborhood pharmacy. are you surprised that pain pill abuse is so rampant in this state? i am a little surprised, just because there is such a large religious community here in utah, but i think that people try to find some type of validation through their doctors that prescription pain medication isn t considered illegal drugs or illicit drug use. is there a typical profile of someone who you think is using drugs? there s not. a lot of times it s how they act. if they get nervous. if we look for patients that go really far away from home. patients tend to go to pharmacies where we don t know them. have you had those red flags raised often? yes. at least a couple times a week. utah is fighting back against the problem, hard. their new regulations on prescribing pills and new ways