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With common sense 392 -- eve person, man woman and child needed 23,000 pills a year of hydro codone. there is no way. it was a pill mill. we had doctors that went to jail. you had a clinic that was closed for corruption. you had a pharmacist who said on record, testified, was making $500,000 a month, a month. >> a pharmacist? >> a pharmacist and his pharmacy testified, jake, he was making as much as $500,000 a month. >> wow. i have to ask, sir, your daughter is ceo of a pharmaceutical company, not one named in any of these suits. >> no. >> but have you talked about this general issue with her ...

Marci. >> brandi, thank you. one of the men arrested, a man was a saxophonist, who worked with pretty famous artists in the past, he could face up to 25 years if convicted of the charges he is facing right now. >> police were led to these guys by a confidential informant, someone with three prior drug arrests and led them to these guys and have them in custody. and moving on, authorities here in new york have shut down a major pill mill which sold millions of prescription painkillers on the black market. two dozen people arrested and several clinics were shut down. prosecutors say unruly c...

>> bret: thetruthisitwasn'tthe a thetruthisitwasn'tthea thetruthisitwasn'ttheabortionsl 'scareeritwasthedrugs. theclinicwasanabortionmillat nig theclinicwasanabortionmillatnig htbut authorities say he was up to no good during the day as well. they raided the clinic because they believed it was a pill mill that illegally sold prescriptions for powerful pain killers and other medicines. >> the search is a culmination of an investigation into a massive illegal drug selling operation involving prescriptions for oxycontin and other narcotics. >> bret: the fbi and the dea led the raid on february 18...

Sharing needles. this isn't restricted to teenagers. i talked to soccer moms who found themselves addicted. a doctor who practiced in my community for 30 years is going to trial in march. federal prosecutors say he was running a pill mill that brought up to $300,000 a month. and one of the people arrest ared was a retired cop, geraldo. >> geraldo: a college educated daughter and admits to being a former prescription drug addict. has come up with a great idea to keep users from doctor shopping. her name, molly magee. her charity is called rx verify. the idea, i guess, molly, welcome to the prog...

And a lot have hepc from sharing needles. this isn't restricted to teenagers. i talked to soccer moms who found themselves addicted. a doctor who practiced in my community for 30 years is going to trial in march. federal prosecutors say he was running a pill mill that brought up to $300,000 a month. and one of the people arrest ared was a retired cop, geraldo. >> geraldo: a college educated daughter and admits to being a former prescription drug addict. has come up with a great idea to keep users from doctor shopping. her name, molly magee. her charity is called rx verify. the idea, i guess, m...