>> the problem, in part, is that here in the united states we are being flooded with painkillers. consider this -- americans take 80% of the world's painkillers. 80%. distribution of morphine, the main ingredient in most popular painkillers, increased by 600% between 1997 and 2007. pain couldn't have increased that much in ten years, but painkillers did. it's become a lucrative business, and with so many pills out there, there's no broad system in place for doctors and pharmacies to keep track of it all. and, again, every 19 minutes we see the consequence. and that doesn't even account for people like this man who came close, too close, to dying. thankfully, he survived. and so did this man from virginia. >> my girlfriend found me, dead, not breathing, no pulse. >> his name is ben. he didn't want to give his last name.