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context you'llize that and realize one of the reasons people are using heroin is because they have come habit tu waited to pharmaceutical drugs and have discovered that street heroin is cheaper than trying to box oxycontin. >> that's certainly the case on long island where a hit of heroin costs, what, $10? >> there is no question that heroin is easier to get, much cheaper and these days much more potent. we are seeing an increase, as a country, the number one public health crisis and public safety issue is prescription drug abuse. there is no question about it. more americans are on prescription drugs than ever before in our country's history. new york just passed a law last year called i-stop, that's going to, in real time, be able to monitor the prescriptions written for oxycodone and other opiate drugs that are so