>> THE WAR ON DRUGS IS NOT SLOWING DOWN, ESPECIALLY WHEN
YOU CONSIDER THE FACT THE DEA IS NOW FIGHTING TO ENSURE THEY WILL
HAVE THE ABILITY TO LOOK INTO YOUR MEDICAL RECORDS WITHOUT
PROBABLE CAUSE AND WITHOUT A WARRANT FROM ANY COURT.
THIS IS ACCORDING TO A GREAT ARTICLE THAT WAS WRITTEN BY
THE DAILY BEAST.
THEY TALKED ABOUT HOW EVERY STATE HAS SOMETHING THAT'S
KNOWN AS THE PRESCRIPTION DRUG MONITOR PROGRAM.
THERE IS NO UNIFORMITY STATE TO STATE, BUT THE INTENTION IS
TO ENSURE STATE AUTHORITIES HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO PROPER
INVESTIGATIONS AND FIGURE OUT WHETHER OR NOT PRESCRIPTION
DRUGS ARE BEING ABUSED OR BEING SOLD ON THE BLACK MARKET.
WITH THIS PROGRAM THERE ARE ALREADY ISSUES WHEN IT
COMES TO PRIVACY.
FOR INSTANCE, THERE ARE CASES WHERE THESE LAW-ENFORCEMENT
OFFICIALS CAN LITERALLY LOOK INTO YOUR MEDICAL RECORDS
WITHOUT ANY TYPE OF COURT ORDER OR WARRANT.
THE DEA WANTS TO TAKE IT FURTHER, THEY ARE REALIZING
THIS IS HAPPENING ON A STATE LEVEL, SO WHY CAN'T THE
FEDS GET IN ON THE ACTION.
THEY WANT TO HAVE THE SAME ABILITY AS THESE STATE
OFFICIALS TO GO INTO YOUR MEDICAL DATA AND FIGURE OUT
WHETHER OR NOT YOU ARE ABUSING PRESCRIPTION DRUGS.
>>
AS ALWAYS IT HAS THE FULL WEIGHT OF THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION.
CHANGE ON THE OUTSIDE, CONTINUITY ON THE INSIDE.
THIS IS YET ANOTHER MOVE TO VIOLATE CIVIL LIBERTIES.
TO GIVE YOU A SENSE OF HOW EGREGIOUS THIS IS, IF COPS CAME
INTO YOUR HOUSE AND SAID I WANT TO RAID YOUR MEDICINE CABINET,
OBVIOUSLY THAT IS PROTECTED BY THE FOURTH AMENDMENT.
THAT IS VERY PRIVATE.
THEY WOULD NEED A WARRANT.
IN A DEMOCRACY WE HAVE CERTAIN RIGHTS.
A COP HAS RIGHTS, EVERYONE DOES.
THERE IS A WAY TO GET AROUND THOSE RIGHTS, YOU
ADMINISTRATE A SUBPOENA.
THAT IS NOT ASKING A COURT OR GETTING A JUDGE TO SAY YOU
CAN DO THIS.
IS THE BLANKET WAY TO LOOK AT IT.
SOME OF THESE ARE DANGEROUS DRUGS, OR SCHEDULE FIVE
DRUGS THAT ARE BENIGN AND INNOCUOUS.
IN UTAH THEY HAVE ALREADY DONE 11,000
SEARCHES IN ONE YEAR BECAUSE THE MINUTE THEY HAVE A SUSPICION
OR THEY DON'T LIKE SOMEONE, THEY SEARCHED HIS MEDICAL RECORDS.
ONE COP WAS ADDICTED TO DRUGS IN ONE CASE.
HE WENT THROUGH OTHER PEOPLE'S RECORDS BECAUSE HE HAD
ACCESS TO THEM AND HE WOULD GO AND RATED THEIR HOUSE TO
STEAL THEIR DRUGS.
>>IT'S INSANE.
IT PUTS THE ONUS OF PRESCRIPTION DRUG ABUSE ON PATIENTS.
[VIDEO BUFFERING] VERY EASILY ABUSED DRUGS LIKE ADDERALL
ñ THERE NEEDS TO BE CERTAIN REGULATIONS PUT IN PLACE TO
AND THAT COZY RELATIONSHIP PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES
HAVE WITH THESE DOCTORS.
>> IT'S FUNNY, I DID A PODCAST ABOUT THIS.
THERE IS A FILM CALLED PRESCRIPTION THUGS THAT
TALKS ABOUT THIS.
IT POINTS TO WHAT YOU ARE SAYING ABOUT THE ABUSE.
THERE IS A DIFFERENT KIND OF THE ABUSE HERE.
I AM VERY CONCERNED WITH THE LOSS OF PRIVACY UNDER THE
OBAMA ADMINISTRATION.
IT IS SHAMEFUL WHAT HE HAS DONE.
THIS IS INSANE, AND YOU MAKE A GOOD POINT WHEN YOU TALK
ABOUT THE DAMAGE THAT THE GOVERNMENT CAN DO TO YOU,
EVEN IF AT THE END OF IT THEY FIND NOTHING.
SO, THIS INTRUSION INTO OUR LIVES CAN RUIN OUR LIVES.
AT THE END OF THE DAY THEY PROBABLY DON'T EVEN FIND
ANYTHING.
THIS FALLS UNDER THAT UMBRELLA.
>> I'M SURE A LOT OF THIS WILL GET CLEANED UP.
WE HAVE A PROGRESSIVE THAT WILL GET SHIT DONE THAT IS
RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT RIGHT NOW.
I'M SURE WE WILL ALL BE HAPPY WITH IT.
>> WE HAVE KIND OF ELEVATED LAW ENFORCEMENT IN THIS COUNTRY
TO SOME RIDICULOUS LEVEL AS THOUGH THEY ARE POPULATED
BY PEOPLE OF SOME GREAT JUDGMENT.
THE OVERWHELMING NUMBER OF PEOPLE INVOLVED IN THESE
SEARCHES AS CENK SAYS DON'T HAVE ANY KIND OF JUDGMENTS OR
OBJECTIVITY OFTEN TIMES.
THERE IS AN AGENDA MANY TIMES.
THE FACT THAT LAW ENFORCEMENT IS GOING TO DO THIS, IT IS
RIGHT IN THE CATEGORY OF WIRELESS PHONE TAPS.
>> AND ALSO THEY WILL BE ABLE TO FIND OUT WHO IS TRANSGENDER
[VIDEO BUFFERING] ñ IT IS AN ABSOLUTE PARTY.
BUT THE STATE MAKES THEM GO IN THAT REGISTRY IN ORDER TO
GET THE PRESCRIPTION DRUG.
WE DO EVERYTHING THROUGH A THIRD-PARTY NOW.
>> YOU HAVE NO EXPECTATION OF PRIVACY.
A FEDERAL JUDGE JUST RULED THAT POLICE OFFICIALS CAN GET
INFORMATION FROM YOUR CELL PHONE WITHOUT A WARRANT BECAUSE
YOU ARE WILLINGLY SHARING YOUR DATA WITH A THIRD PARTY
INDICATING THAT YOU ARE SHARING YOUR DATA WITH THE PHONE
COMPANY.
>> BUT THERE IS NO OTHER WAY TO DO IT.
DO YOU WANT ME TO RUN TO SWEDEN UNTIL THE GUY WHAT I WAS
GOING TO SAY?
WE DON'T LIVE IN 1776 ANYMORE.
IT IS PREPOSTEROUS TO SAY THAT IF YOU ARE USING A PHONE OR
EMAIL THAT YOU ARE SHARING WITH A THIRD-PARTY.
>>THEY HAVE TO GET A WARRANT TO WIRETAP YOUR PHONE.
HAVE TO GET A WIRETAP FOR YOUR PHONE.
YOU ARE USING A THIRD-PARTY WITH YOUR PHONE.
>>BUT NONETHELESS THEY ARE RULING NOW THAT THEY CAN
STILL LOOK AT YOUR PICTURES AND YOUR EMAIL.
SINCE THERE IS SO MUCH SUPREME COURT PRESIDENTS SAYING
THEY CAN'T LISTEN TO YOUR PHONE, I GUESS THEY CAN'T DO THAT.
BUT THEY ARE GOING TO VIOLATE YOUR PRIVACY IN EVERY OTHER WAY.
>> THIS IS WHAT I WONDER, [VIDEO BUFFERING] IF YOU ARE NOT
DOING ANYTHING WRONG YOU HAVE NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT.
WHO CARES THAT THE GOVERNMENT IS LOOKING THROUGH YOUR EMAILS.
I FEEL LIKE THIS IS MORE PERSONAL BECAUSE IT IMPACTS
EVERYONE.
ALL OF US HAVE PERSONAL THINGS IN OUR MEDICAL RECORDS THAT
WE DON'T WANT OUT.
TO KNOW THAT AUTHORITIES CAN GO THROUGH YOUR MEDICAL
RECORDS AND HAVE ACCESS TO CONFIDENTIAL PARTS OF YOUR
LIFE SCARES AMERICANS.
WHAT MATTERS THE MOST IS WHETHER OR NOT THIS GETS ANY COVERAGE.
I
THINK IF AMERICANS KNOW THIS IS HAPPENING AND THAT THEIR
INFORMATION IS AT RISK, I THINK THEY WILL STAND UP AND FIGHT
AGAINST IT.