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Not that it was gone. but it was so tollerible that i was like in heaven. >> almost two years later, mark is opioid free. and nearly pain free. on a scale of one to ten? >> two. i mean, it feels like a little bit of pressure in my leg instead of burning. it is amazing. it really is. >> what type of exercise are you doing? >> yet despite wallaces success in the lab and now in his clinic, most doctors he speaks to still favor opioids over cannabis. >> i lecture all over the country on medical cann...

Patients like mark she can ter. >> feeling okay right now? >> feeling pretty good. >> which is amazing when you consider mark has an extremely spoo painful spinal disorder that left him partially paralyzed ten years ago. >> the nerve pain. >> relentless and chronic, doctors offered opioids. perk set. oxycontin. fentanyl. >> roughly ten tablets, different medications, a day. >> yeah. >> every day? >> every day. i had to balance how well they were working. >> almost 4,000 pills a year. >> yes. >> ...

Their job. >> your production is how you get paid. and you cant produce, you know, without playing on the field. >> opioids they were told by doctors were the best way to keep going. >> i got in to pain medicine at a time when we didnt have very good treatments for pain. >> dr. mark wallace is the director of the center for pain medicine at the university of california san diego. he like most of us doctors was taught in medical school to prescribe opioids. >> we were told, well, theres evidence ...

Traffic. the sharp left turn appears intentional because it would have taken two minutes. two minutes for the 777 jet to make that turn. now, with us now to discuss all this is cnn aviation analyst mary schiavo. former inspector general for the u.s. department of transportation. also aviation analyst mark wallace with us. retired pilot. les abend. aviation analyst and 77 pilot. plus pilot and aviation analyst miles obrien. well start with mary first. mary, the significance of this new informatio...

By u.s. intelligence. and of course, tonight, president obama is threatening sanctions against russian president, vladimir putin. congress, of course, is needed for those. which is why the fact that the senates top democrat is not on board matters. harry reid told the magazine, politico, quote, the most important thing for us, the united states, so to make sure that we dont go off without the european community. we have to work with them. their interests are really paramount if were going to do ...

>> those are the facts, reported by u.s. intelligence. and of course, tonight, president obama is threatening sanctions against russian president, vladimir putin. congress, of course, is needed for those. which is why the fact that the senates top democrat is not on board matters. harry reid told the magazine, politico, quote, the most important thing for us, the united states, so to make sure that we dont go off without the european community. we have to work with them. their interests are real...

And that fundamental reality, as much as we can try sanctions, as much as we can try diplomacy, is a fact before barack obama and after barack obama. >> theres also this issue, mark, though, about -- people have been asking me this question. the united states wants to say its for democracy and all these countries, but only when they like the person in power or like the person being taken out of power. what if crimea would democratically vote to be a part of russia, wouldnt the u.s. have to suppo...

With russia near russias soil. and that fundamental reality, as much as we can try sanctions, as much as we can try diplomacy, is a fact before barack obama and after barack obama. >> theres also this issue, mark, though, about -- people have been asking me this question. the united states wants to say its for democracy and all these countries, but only when they like the person in power or like the person being taken out of power. what if crimea would democratically vote to be a part of russia,...

>> we are now seeing houses and villas priced in the region of 5 to 25 u.s. million dollars. people who have six or seven super luxury cars. porsches. >> porsche opened a dealership in tehran and in 2011 sold more cars than in any other middle eastern countrys. >> people who have no problems driving the expense cars in iran. >> who are the elite iranians buying up multimillion dollars apartments and driving around in fancy cars. how do they manage to accumulate such fantastic wealth? >> what sta...

Business and all elements of iranian society. >> mark wallace is a former ambassador. he is currently ceo of unite the against nuclear iran. >> what you have seen since the revolution is the mu las and religious elites infiltrating the economy. >> there is a select group of elite clerics who have become filthy rich through political connections or corruption. unof the founding fathers is thought to be one of the richest men in iran. >> he has been a dominant political and religion religious lead...