YOU AN ACCIDENT UPDATE. BACK TO YOU. ? Guy: WE KNOW THAT MOST DOCTORS ARE TRUSTWORTHY AND THEY'RE RESPONSIBLE WHEN IT COMES TO PRESCRIBING MEDICATIONS. Rhonda: BUT SOME DIRTY DOCS ARE WRITING A SHOCKING NUMBER OF PRESCRIPTIONS TO PEOPLE THEY'VE NEVER EVEN MET. KEVIN DIETZ PULLS BACK THE CURTAIN ON THIS TROUBLING TREND. Kevin: IT SEEMS PRESCRIPTION PILLS ARE EVERYWHERE. ABUSE IN METRO DETROIT IS THROUGH THE ROOF! FROM SOCCER MOMS EXCHANGING PRESCRIPTIONS AT COFFEE SHOPS TO TEENAGERS PASSING PILLS ON THE PLAYGROUND. IT'S A MASSIVE PROBLEM IN METRO DETROIT: PEOPLE POPPING PILLS. CHANGES ARE GOOD YOU KNOW SOMEONE ADDICTED. THREE MILLION NEW TEENAGERS EVERY YEAR ABUSE PILLS. WHERE DO THEY ALL COME FROM? YOU CAN'T GET A PRESCRIPTION WITHOUT A DIRTY DOCTOR. DEMAND, GREED, AND OPPORTUNITY HAVE CREATED THIS NEW BREED OF DOCTOR. OVERDOSE DEATHS ARE A BIG PROBLEM WITH PRESCRIPTION DRUGS. Kevin: FOR THE 11th YEAR IN A ROW, THEY TOP THE ACCIDENTAL OVERDOSE LIST, NEARLY 40,000 PER YEAR. AND YOU'RE NOW MORE LIKELY TO SNOW SOMEONE WHO DIED FROM A PRESCRIPTION PILL OVERDOSE THAN A CAR CRASH. ONCE PEOPLE BECOME DEPENDENT ON DRUGS, THEIR WHOLE MOTIVE IN LIVING BECOMES GETTING THAT DRUG. Kevin: THE DRASTIC RISE HAS THE ATTENTION OF LAW ENFORCEMENT, FROM LOCAL POLICE TO FEDERAL INVESTIGATORS. MEET DR. CANDEAL. BOY, CAN HE DEAL! IN A ONE-YEAR PERIOD, HE PUMPED ALMOST 2.5 MILLION DOSES OF PRESCRIPTION NARCOTICS INTO THE COMMUNITY. THEY HAVE SECURITY UP THERE BECAUSE THERE WERE SO MANY PEOPLE COMING THERE AND THE BUILDING IS SO SMALL ON THE INSIDE, SO THEY WERE MAKING THEM STAY OUTSIDE. IT WAS LIKE A MOB OF PEOPLE. Kevin: THE DOCTOR DENIES AND IS FIGHTING THE CHARGES. THE FEDS SAY IT WAS HAPPENING IN BROAD DAYLIGHT ON THIS MAIN STREET IN THE SUBURBS, BETWEEN A BUSY McDONALD'S AND A BANK. I DIDN'T EVEN WANT TO DRIVE BY THERE BECAUSE THERE WERE SO MANY PEOPLE, AND THEY HAD MAYBE 50 PEOPLE OUTSIDE STANDING. Kevin: AND THAT'S WHAT LED TO THE BUST. HAMTRAMCK POLICE OFFICERS WERE CALLED TO A DISTURBANCE OUTSIDE THE OFFICE. PATIENTS FIGHTING OVER WHO WAS FIRST IN LINE. I HEARD PEOPLE FROM OHIO WERE ACTUALLY COMING AND GETTING SCRIPTS. Kevin: AT ONE POINT, THE DOCTOR WAS AVERAGING 144 PRESCRIPTIONS PER DAY. SOON, UNDERCOVER FEDERAL INVESTIGATORS WERE IN THE OFFICE WITH SECRET RECORDING DECIDES. 6 MINUTES AFTER MEETING HIM FOR THE FIRST TIME, AN AGENT WAS OUT THE DOOR WITH A PRESCRIPTION FOR VICODIN. PILL MILLS ARE A SERIOUS PROBLEM. THEY DISTRIBUTE THE MEDICINE TO A THIRD PERSON WHO IN ALL LIKELIHOOD PUTS IT ON THE MARKET FOR ILLICIT PRESCRIPTION DRUGS FOR PEOPLE WITH PRESCRIPTION PROBLEMS. Kevin: THIS OFFICE WAS DISTRIBUTING MORE PILLS THAN ANYONE IN THE STATE OF MICHIGAN, EXCEPT FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HOSPITAL. PRESCRIBING HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF ADDICTIVE DOSES. ONE WOMAN DRIVING 150 MILES ROUND TRIP TO GET A PRESCRIPTION. WORD SPREADS LIKE WILDFIRE! Kevin: THEY FOUND MEDICAL RECORDS IN THE GARBAGE AND THEY FOUND EVIDENCE OF DUPLICATE THERAPY, INAPPROPRIATE AGE FOR DRUG USE, POTENTIAL FOR ABUSE. THE DOCTOR IS FIGHTING THE CHARGES. MEANWHILE, MEDICAL EXPERTS SAY PILL-POPPING ADDICTS WILL DO ANYTHING TO GET MORE. WE NEED TO COME DOWN HARD ON DOCTORS AND PHARMACY THAT IS ARE ILLEGITIMATELY PRESCRIBING WHEN IT'S NOT NEEDED. IT'S A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH IN OUR COMMUNITY. PEOPLE ARE DYING EVERY DAY. Kevin: LAW ENFORCEMENT UNDERSTANDS WHAT THIS EPIDEMIC IS DOING TO OUR COMMUNITIES AND TO OUR FAMILIES. THEY HAVE REPOSITIONED RESOURCES TO GO AFTER THOSE WHO ARE MAKING