WE HAVE ALL HEARD THESE
NAMES.
LEGAL DRUGS THAT ARE LEADING
THE SURGE OF PRESCRIPTION DRUG
ABUSE IN  S ABUSE IN THE
COUNTRY.
AT FIRST, SHE TOOK ONE
PAINKILLER A DAY AFTER SURGERY.
HOW DID YOU FUNCTION AT 100 A
DAY?
I COULD NOT FUNCTION WITHOUT
IT.
ONE OF HER SUPPLIERS WAS HER
PHARMACY WORK ER WORKER.
HE WAS MY DRUG DEALER.
THERE IS A PRICE ON THE
STREETS OF DRUGS  THIS COSTS
$20000 FOR HYDRO CODONE.
.
STATE REGULATORS DISCIPLINED
33 PHARMACISTS AND 163 PHARMACY
TECHNICIANS OVER THE LAST FIVE
YEAR FOR DIVERTING DRUGS FOR
THEIR OWN USE OR TO SELL ON THE
STREETS.
DIVERSIONS BY TECHNICIAN IS
ONE OF THE MAJOR ISSUES
PHARMACIES ARE FACING TODAY.
IN PART, ILLINOIS LIKE MANY
OTHER STATES, DOES NOT CHECK
THEIR CRIMINAL HISTORY BEFORE
GIVING THIS AMENDMENT PHARMACY
TECH LICENSE WITH ACCESS TO
PRECIPITATION DRUGS.
THEN IN 2008, HE RECEIVED A
PHARMACY TECH LICENSE.
IN 2014 WHILE WORKING AT SAM'S
CLUBPHARMACY, CAMERAS SHOWED
HIM ENTERING FAKE PATIENTS AND
REAL DOCTOR'S NAME TO STEAL 60,
000 HYDRO CODONE PILLS.
HE PLED GUILTY TO IDENTITY
THEFT AND HIS LICENSE WAS
SUSPENDED.
60, 000 HYDRO CODONE
TABLETS.
NEN IN 2011, HE WAS ARRESTED
FOR STEALING 700, 000 HYDRO
CODONE PILLS.
THE ESTIMATED STREET VALUE
ABOUT $7 MILLION
NEW SON PLED GUILTY TO
REDUCE CHARGE IN 2012.
THE STATE REVOKED HIS PHARMACY
TECH LICENSE.
THEPROBLEM STILL IS--
MANY CASES WHEN PHARMACY
DISCOVERS THAT THE DRUGS HAVE
BEEN DISPUTING.
THAT TECHNICIAN GOES TO
ANOTHER PHARMACY AND THERE IS
NO RECORD OF WHAT THAT
TECHNICIAN IS ENGAGED IN.
MUCH OF THIS COULD BE
