phone. it was horrifying. he was only 41. frank left behind a widow and nine year old stepdaughter, to whom frank had become very close. how did your daughter react to frank dying? she was devastated, but she was also very confused she wasn t the only one confused the coroner s office found n obvious cause of death, natural, or unnatural no heart attack, no trauma nothing. toxicology tests found a littl vicodin in his system, but not enough to kill anyone. his family was at a loss especially his wife angelina who seemed to be groping for answers. trying to make sense of what happened to frank. she called me almost ever day to talk about it she thought he was killed, she thought he was poisoned. the idea seemed on the face of it, crazy who would want to kill frank i just didn t know what t think. it was such a shock. homicide detectives were calle in
conner sheets is a reporter for the times and joins me now. it s stunning to think about it. looking side-by-side, that dr. gupta pointed out. you and your colleague tested pills from pharmacies in three different cities. what did you find? we tested pills in cabo san lucas and in tijuana. we tested 17 pills that we bought at a number of small pharmacies. 71% of them tested positive for an illicit substance. in all of the cases we re talking about, opioid pills, such as vicodin, percocet, oxycodone. pills that were being sold, were coming up positive for fentanyl. and pills being sold forred a ral, 100 came up for meth also.
pills and we bought a number of different small pharmacies, we found 71% of them tested positive for an illicit substance. all of these cases, we re talking about opioid pills, such as vicodin, percocet, oxycodone, pills that are being sold as those drugs. in legitimate pharmacies in these tourist areas were coming up positive for fentanyl s. in adderall, pills that were being sold as a, terrell hunter percent of the ones we tested came up positive for mitt also. it s a widespread thing with just a few drunks. unbelievable, to think about. i m hearing the stories as well we have to get people on the show as well, people who mistakenly taken or thought they were taking one drug, and taking another instead. it has been fatal. we know that there are pharmacies in mexico that sell a variety of medications that really we would require to have a prescription if it were sold in the united states of america. walk me through just how easy it would be, not only to get this, but how would someo
remember about the book is his comment that he took so many opioids that his colon burst. so maybe he just doesn t have much of a check reflex. like you seem to just talk to somebody. again like 100 percent that person put it all down and page and that went out. there are quite a few things in there even more than his romantic rival was that he wants taken back. greg: you hit on it the head. i have to read a book if somebody s colon explodes. because i need to know how that happens just in case. i want to see the warning signs before my colon explodes. because i don t know what it s like. it could just happen now if i get too angry. maybe more than 60 vicodin or fentanyl a day. greg: yes, according i m not quite there yet. jimmy the show was called friends. some friends right? this guy was near death every day and they just all showed up for work. no inventions on their part. jimmy: that s the part i love