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Emergency room visits tied to this prescription drug abuse, many times from the pill mills doubled from '04 to '09 and if emergency rooms are so jammed, with these cases, it is a drain on the health care system, too. even if you are not in florida. you should care about this. >> well, it is, it is, and what is happening, too, like i said the drug dealers from other states are coming to florida, now, to purchase the drugs. so that is why i have been working closely with all of the other attorneys general and, in florida, we don't have the laws in place but we will and we have been fighting for ...

There's little regulation. other states are at the forefront of this and cracked down on the overprescribing of these prescription drugs, but florida hasn't. as a result people come from all over the country and floridians themselves, and they go from one pill mill to another. they get the prescription drugs and either utilize them and became addicts themselves or sell them as drug dealers. it's about time florida follows the rest of the nation and cracks down on this true detriment that's been a health and safety issue. >> it's not exclusive to florida, but the work you guys are doing there c...

Days -- that's the bill we passed yesterday in our committee. what they have to do is input the physician's name, the prescriber's name, the person that is getting the prescription, and also the drug within a database. then what we'll know is it will allow law enforcement to figure out who are the bad actors that are prescribing these medications overwhelmingly and who the drug dealers are that have been a skurg on our society. it's a great thing. >> what makes florida so alluring to be experiencing such a problem like this? why in the stooeoutheast? >> it's very embarrassing that florida is c...

>> that was nbc's kerry sanders reporting for us. it's be touted as a big victory in florida's ongoing battle against pill mills. lawmakers say okay to ledge taigs lags to track pill precipitations within the state. authorities believe the system is a key to cracking down on the illegal circulation like oxycodone. widespread abuse is rampant in the southeast. i'm joined by martin care. he's here to tell us about the bill that's pushing the drug database and how it could work in florida's favor. it's good to have you here today. the pill mill, tell us a little more about how monitoring this sys...

Damage, and a shop employee suffered some bruises, some scratches. police issued a warrant for the woman's arrest. and i am just getting breaking news here. there is word of a bigtime bust in florida allegedly involving doctors, prescription drugs and a highly lucrative pill mill. amber lyon is standing by live for me in miami. she's next with the breaking news live. [ woman ] when my dance company went on tour,