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no other nation spends more than 12% of its economy on health care. america spends 17%. whats more, we dont really benefit from the huge price tag. our healthy life expectancy, the standard measurement, ranks only 29th in the world, behind slovenia. our infant mortality rate ranks 30th. its more than twice that of sweden and japan. so what is our problem? in this hour, and in a "time" magazine essay, were going to take you around the world to study health care systems in is other count...

Between the ages of 50 and 60. of those still living, 40% said they had used heroin within the past year. the ravages of heroin takes its toll on families, communities, and even on the men and women whose job it is to get heroin off the street. >> you guys get up, you do your job, but yet it still comes, no matter what there seems like theres always heroin. is that frustrating? >> as it stands now, i dont know, i cant see an end to the heroin war. i mean, were going to have to -- we got a lot of...

The money and the drugs. >> the dea helicopter captures the hand-to-hand exchange with its eye in the sky. >> the guy hands it over. >> good job. thank you. >> thank you. >> there appeared to be a transaction here. >> all right. we took care of it. >> we made the buy. were covering the undercover with surveillance just in case. well bring him right back to our office. >> this is the labeling that they use. this is the stamp here is paris for paris hilton. ten of these glassines are in a bundle a...

Of reflected her and how she was feeling. she never smiled in any of her self-portraits so it was kind of sad to look at. >> by the fall, alicia lost 30 pounds. her behavior becoming more erratic. she got into a car accident, was arrested for a dui, and third-degree larceny. the day after christmas, her familys worst fears about alicia were confirmed.hing her from the washer to the dryer and a small green packet fell out of her jeans. just looking at it, you know, i got that kick in my stomach t...

Buy it anywhere. it was her answer to it. you know, where did you get it? she said i can buy it anywhere. >> alicia said she wanted to stop using heroin and checked into a drug treatment facility. but in just two weeks the 18-year-old had signed herself out and returned home. >> i tried to talk her into staying and, you know, as did the counselors there, but she wasnt having any of it. she was sure she would be able to take care of it. >> the very next day alicia drove with a friend to buy heroi...

Is the deas confidential informant. >> our surveillance agents are picking up our undercover and our ci right now and theyre putting it out where they are. >> got a good eye on joe right now. cameras good. ten four? >> the guy walking behind you with the blue and light colored jeans. i think he went to get it, man. >> that guy right here. >> the undercover engaged one of the individuals. somebody will run for it and bring it back. they dont want to have it on themselves. they dont usually keep i...

>> some government and law enforcement officials also believe that its a mistake to give narcan to users who are not medically trained professionals, that they may be less likely to call 911, making tracking the number of people using heroin even harder. >> its not the narcan that makes people not call 911 and go to the emergency room. its the fear of arrest that makes them not call 911. >> narcan is not a cure for drug addiction nor a substitute for treatment. so the question is, should we be s...

Virginia, heroin and other drugs from around the world are tested to determine their unique signature, what theyre made of, and where they came from. >> these are drug samples that have come to the laboratory for analysis. this is a large amount of south american heroin present in this bag actually from colombia. its purity is about 90%. >> 90% pure. >> 90%. >> is that where the danger of overdose comes from when youve got something that pure? >> yeah. if this product were to hit the streets and...

>> theres actually a brand? they make a brand out of this? >> its a label that they use, a marketing tool that this is my product. call of duty. so you know where to come back to. literally ten bucks a hit. >> $8 to $10. >> is it safe to say a lot of times when we read about these big drug busts, big, international drug busts, that they started at a street level? >> absolutely. this is where it starts. eventually itll bring us right back to colombia where the heroin probably came from. and thats...

Really no effect. did you see this? during a campaign event on saturday, mitt romney reached in to his pocket and gave cash to a woman who said she was broke. which was kind of awkward when she was like im also lonely. some tv news. brad pitt and angelina jolie were presenters at the golden globe awards. of course they only showed up because they thought it was the kids choices awards. have it, have it, need it, want it, have it. ill take that one. >> tonight jimmy welcomes kyra sedgwick and mus...