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Dr. marc siegel is in the house, with the fox news medical a team, and he joins us with more on this. good morning to you, doctor. why do you think dr. oz got called out by chairman mccasskill? >> doctors on tv have more responsibility than maybe anyone else on tv. we have the obligation to give the right medical information. that means staying within our area of expertise. when you start talking about things like diet agents, diet supplements, it is very problematic because none of these things are proven. i deal with overweight patients all the time. they want a magic pill. there is no magic...

>> still, this study says that these drugs don't really help children learn. in fact, they don't do much at all. what we find with these adhd medications is that there is no magic pill that a child can take to fix all the symptoms of adhd. what we look for is a little bit of short-term benefit to allow other treatment to work to help the child. >> the study also notes that because these students become less disruptive and that's one of the things these drugs do. they calm these kids down, fair? >> yes. we do find that any of the patients i take care of in my pediatric practice, what they descr...

Use is down, cocaine use, binge drinking of alcohol, these are all the good-news figures, however, in the last five years, there's been a 500% increase in the diversion of pain pills, which are wildly addictive and heroin addiction, which has doubled in the last five years. rare behavior, but it's out there. >> heroin addiction has gone, as we have up on the screen, from about 214,000 to 467,000 in numbers last year. you, in your time as drug czar, spoke about a wholistic approach, there's areas where there should be punishment and also areas where we should tilt policy towards rehab, treatmen...

Had given them so much. it's the governor smiling, holding up a bottle of that magic tobacco pill at a seminar set up in richmond to convince doctors to recommend that magic pill to their patients. and if you want to see just a snapshot of the timeline here, and what led to these charges, the indictment itself is an amazing thing. this is from the indictment. from july 28th, 2011, through july 31st, governor and mrs. mcdonnell and their family enjoyed a private vacation at the c ''s multi-million dollar vacation home at smith mountain lake. maureen mcdonnell had previously called the ceo to as...

Taxpayer. >> i've gotten so much help, and i'm much happier being clean and not out there walking aimlessly. >> you look very, very good today. very professional. >> while police focus on arresting criminals who enslave women, every friday judge higgins can be found in court offering women a genuine shot at getting out. >> how long you been clean and sober now? well, congratulations to that. >> there's no magic pill here. the magic is in them. and, yes, do they have it? i see it every single day or i wouldn't be sitting here doing it. it's an extra responsibility. one i'm now grateful for, one...