>> YOU SEE COACH K'S FACE?
ASHLEY: STAYING ON BASKETBALL,
BOSTON CELTICS' GORDON HAYWARD
CREDITING VIDEO GAMES FOR
HELPING HIS REHAB OF HIS HAND
INJURY.
DR. MARC SIEGEL IS HERE NOW.
I GUESS -- THANKS FOR BEING
HERE -- DEXTERITY, APPARENTLY
HIS INJURY WAS QUITE SEVERE.
HE HAD PINS IN THERE AND
EVERYTHING.
>> PINS AND PLATES.
ASHLEY: LEGITIMATE WAY TO REHAB?
>> ACTUALLY, I THINK SO.
I WILL REVEAL SOMETHING TO YOU.
I LOVE THIS PLAYER, GORDON
HAYWARD IS AN EXCELLENT PLAYER.
HE'S 29 YEARS OLD, A RISING STAR
FOR THE CELTICS.
HE'S BEEN INJURY-PRONE.
HE BROKE A LEG TWO YEARS AGO, HE
WAS AN ALL-STAR IN 2017.
NOW BANG, HE BREAKS HIS HAND.
HERE'S THE PROBLEM.
YOU NEED THE WRIST TO GUIDE YOUR
SHOT.
HAYWARD IS ALSO A HUGE PROPONENT
OF VIDEO GAMES.
I ON THIS SHOW HAVE SAID LOOK,
VIDEO GAMES ARE NOT HEALTHY FOR
TEENS, FOR YOUNG CHILDREN,
BECAUSE WHAT HAPPENS IS YOU GET
DRAWN INTO THAT WORLD.
BUT HERE'S ONE TIME WHEN I AGREE
WITH IT.
HE WANTS TO GET THE DEXTERITY
BACK OF HIS LEFT HAND.
GUESS WHAT, AND HIS FAVORITE
GAME, FORTNITE, GUESS WHAT THAT
DOES?
WITH FORTNITE YOU'RE ON THE
CONTROLLER PLAYING YOUR HANDS,
YOUR FINGERS, AND I THINK THIS
IS LEGITIMATE THAT HE MAY GET
SOME DEXTERITY BACK USING THAT.
HE WANTS TO GET BACK WITHIN A
MONTH.
I THINK HE MAY BE ABLE TO DO IT.
I WOULD VOTE FOR THIS FOR
REHABILITATING THE WRIST.
FOR THE WRIST.
ASHLEY: NOT JUST STAYING IN THE
BASEMENT FOR TWO MONTHS AT A
TIME.
>> LIKE MY SON.
NO.
ASHLEY: I WANT TO MOVE ON.
SERIOUS SUBJECT.
WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE OPIOID
MAKERS AS FEDERAL PROSECUTORS
LAUNCHING CRIMINAL PROBE.
WHAT DO YOU THINK THEY WILL
FIND, DOC?
>> THEY'VE GOT SOMETHING HERE
BECAUSE THERE'S SOMETHING CALLED
THE FEDERAL CONTROLLED
SUBSTANCES ACT WHICH SAYS DRUG
MAKERS ARE SUPPOSED TO REALLY
KEEP AN EYE ON MISUSE OF
OPIOIDS.
KEEP AN EYE ON.
400,000 PEOPLE OVER THE LAST 19
YEARS HAVE KILLED THEMSELVES
USING OPIOIDS.
IT'S RISING LIKE THIS ON THE
CURVES.
OVER 40,000 LAST YEAR.
WHO'S BEEN KEEPING AN EYE ON
THIS?
NOT THESE DRUG MAKERS.
SO THEY ARE UNDER ATTACK NOW BY
FEDERAL PROSECUTORS AND I CAN'T
PREDICT WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.
I THINK IT'S LEGITIMATE.
ASHLEY: IT'S BEEN GOING ON FOR
19 YEARS.
WHAT ROLE DO THE DOCTORS PLAY IN
CONTINUING TO PRESCRIBE THESE
THINGS?
>> I HAVE ALWAYS SAID, I SAID IT
HERE, THAT THEY ARE AT THE
CENTER OF IT.
OF COURSE, NO MATTER WHAT, I
BLAME ON PHARMACISTS FOR
GREASING THE WHEEL.
IT'S DOCTORS THAT HOLD THE PEN.
DOCTORS MADE THESE
PRESCRIPTIONS.
A LOT OF THEM HAVE TO BE HELD
ACCOUNTABLE, WHAT WERE YOU
PRESCRIBING IT FOR, DID YOU KNOW
THE SOURCE OF THE PAIN, DID YOU
KNOW WHAT THIS OPIOID WOULD DO,
DID YOU KNOW THE RISK OF
ADDICTION WHICH IS HUGE.
I DON'T THINK WE WERE IN THE
DARK.
I THINK DOCTORS SHOULD HAVE BEEN
REALLY PAYING MORE ATTENTION.
ASHLEY: WE KNOW THE DRUG
COMPANIES ARE ALREADY PAYING BIG
FINES TO TRY TO SETTLE LAWSUITS.
NOW WE GET INTO THE CRIMINAL
END.
THIS IS NOT THE END, YOU DO NOT
BELIEVE?
>> THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING.
SETTLEMENTS AROUND THE COUNTRY
ARE OCCURRING BUT NOW THIS IS
GETTING REALLY SERIOUS WITH
PROSECUTORS INVOLVED.
THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING.
ASHLEY: STAY THERE A SECOND,
DOC.
THIS NEW YORK CITY BANNING THE
SALE OF NEARLY ALL FLAVORED --
THERE YOU GO -- NEARLY ALL
FLAVORED E-CIGARETTES AND BY THE
WAY, E-LIQUIDS.
THIS STORY GOES ON AND ON AND
ON.
WHAT IS THE LATEST?
SUSAN: THE BAN GOES INTO EFFECT
ON JULY 1st.
NEW YORK CITY JOINS 238
MUNICIPALITIES ALSO MULTIPLE
STATES ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
THIS IS OF COURSE TO GET PEOPLE
OFF VAPING.
WE KNOW IN NEW YORK STATE ALONE
THAT WE HAVE SEEN TWO PEOPLE
THAT HAVE DIED, 291 THAT HAVE
BEEN SICKENED.
MOST OF THESE CASES LINK BACK TO
THOSE THAT HAVE THC IN THE
CARTRIDGES.
BUT IN NEW YORK CITY, THEY ARE
TRYING TO GET THOSE UNDERAGED
SMOKERS FROM VAPING OR THOSE
POTENTIAL SMOKERS FROM VAPING.
THAT IS THE MAIN THRUST OF THIS.
NEW YORK STATE HAS ALREADY
BANNED ALL UNDERAGED PEOPLE FROM
ACCESSING FLAVORED E-CIGARETTES
AND FLAVORED, YEAH, FLAVORED
CARTRIDGES.
ASHLEY: SEEMS LIKE WE CARRY A
STORY LIKE THIS EVERY DAY.
BY THE WAY, MASSACHUSETTS
GOVERNOR WILL BE SIGNING SOME OF
THE TOUGHEST LAWS ON FLAVORED
TOBACCO, RIGHT?
SUSAN: YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT.
THIS HAS ACTUALLY BEEN ALSO
ENDORSED BY MICHAEL BLOOMBERG,
MAYOR BLOOMBERG, WHO SAYS
BASICALLY PLEASE, MASSACHUSETTS,
TAKE THIS STEP HERE AND TAKE THE
LEAD IN BANNING ALL, TALKING
ABOUT FLAVORED TOBACCO, ALSO
FLAVORED VAPING DEVICES AS WELL.
THIS IS TO GET THOSE, AGAIN, A
LOT OF PEOPLE SAY THERE HAS BEEN
AN INCREASE OF 50% IN THOSE
UNDER THE AGE OF 18 TO GET ON
VAPORS.
ASHLEY: INTERESTING.
DOC, I KNOW YOU HAVE SPOKEN IN
THE PAST ABOUT THE VAPORS HAVE
ACTUALLY BEEN QUITE EFFECTIVE IN
GETTING FULL-TIME ADULT SMOKERS
OFF OF TOBACCO.
>> I BELIEVE IN THAT.
ASHLEY: YOU STILL BELIEVE IN
THAT.
>> THAT'S THE THIRD PIECE OF THE
STORY.
YES.
WE AS PHYSICIANS CAN USE IT TO
HELP PEOPLE QUIT.
AS SUSAN POINTED OUT, TEENS ARE
GOING FOR THE FLAVORS.
THEY GET ADDICTED VIA THE
FLAVORS AND DON'T EVEN REALIZE
HALF THE TIME THERE'S NICOTINE
IN IT.
THE EPIDEMIC OF ILLNESSES THAT
WERE OCCURRING, THAT'S FROM
VAPING CANNABIS, THC, MARIJUANA
TYPE PRODUCTS, WITH OILS, AND
NOW CDC HAS COME OUT AND SAID
YOU KNOW WHAT THE PRODUCT IN
THOSE OILS IS?
MOST OF THE TIME IT'S VITAMIN E.
VITAMIN E DAMAGING THE LUNGS
DIRECTLY.
YOU HAVE ON THE ONE HAND THE
OILS OF CANNABIS AND THC AND
MARIJUANA.
ON THE OTHER HAND, FLAVORS ARE
ADDICTING OUR YOUTH AND THEN ON
THE THIRD HAND, YOU HAVE ME
TRYING TO USE THEM TO GET PEOPLE
TO QUIT WHICH I STILL BELIEVE