+@
+@EASY
+@EASY IT
+@EASY IT IS FOR USERS TO GET THEIR HANDS ON.
>> ALL OF US ARE AFFECTED ONE
WAY +@OR ANOTHER BY THE OPIOID
EPIDEMIC.
EPIDEMIC.
EPIDEMIC. WAS DOING UNDERCOVER WORK,
NARCOTICS WORK.
NARCOTICS WORK. >> HELLO.
>> HELLO.
>> HELLO. >> HELLO.
>> HELLO.
>> HELLO. >> AND WITH THE PILL MILL
DOCTORS.
DOCTORS.
DOCTORS. THEY WERE HANDING OUT
PRESCRIPTIONS LIKE CANDY.
>> YOU WANT ME TO GIVE YOU
MORE?
MORE?
MORE? >>
MORE? >> YES.
>> YES.
>> YES. >> WERE YOU SURPRISED HOW EASY
IT WAS?
IT WAS?
IT WAS? >> WAS SHOCKED.
I WAS +@SHOCKE+@D AT THE EASE O
IT.
IT.
IT. >>
IT. >> HOW MANY CAN YOU GIVE ME?
>> THAT IS DR. TAD TAYLOR.
>> ARE YOU HAVING LIGHT PAIN?
>> Reporter: THIS IS NEVER-
BEFORE-SEEN VIDEO INSIDE HIS
CLINIC+@ IN RICHARDSON.
WE OBTAINED IT FROM THE FEDERAL
COURTS.
COURTS.
COURTS. THE PATIENT IS AN UNDERCOVER
COP WITH A HIDDEN CAMERA POSING
AS A TRUCK DRIVER.
HIS NAME IS NICK BRISTO.
HE WORKS FOR THE COLLIN COUNTY
SHERIFF'S OFFICE.
SHERIFF'S OFFICE. BACK THEN, HE WAS ON SPECIAL
ASSIGNMENT FOR THE DEA.
>> YOU'RE NOT SEEING A+@ MEDICA
PROFESSIONAL.
PROFESSIONAL. THIS IS A DRUG DEALER.
>> HOW ARE +@YOU?
>> GOOD.
>> GOOD.
>> GOOD. >> NOISE TO MEET YOU.
+@
>> NOISE TO MEET YOU. >> Reporter+@: THIS IS THEIR
FIRST EPCOUNT.
FIRST EPCOUNT. >> I HAVE BEEN USING
HYDROCODONE FOR AWHILE.
>> DID YOU HAVE A INJURY OR
WHAT HAPPENED?
WHAT HAPPENED? >> NO, IT'S SOMETHING THAT
MAKES ME FEEL BETTER AND GETS
+@ME THROUGH THE DAY.
>> Reporter: THE DOCTOR NEEDS
TO HAVE A LEGITIMATE MEDICAL
REASON TO PRESCRIBE PAIN PILLS.
HE MAKES ONE UP.
>> NO INJURIES?
>> WELL, WAY, WAY BACK I HAD
SOMETHING.
SOMETHING. >> WHAT HAPPENED?
>> WHAT DO YOU NEED ME TO SAY.
>> FOR THE CHART, I AM SUPPOSE+
TO DOCUMENT IT.
WHAT HAPPENED.
WHAT HAPPENED. AS THEY COME OUT -- .
>> I HAD A BIKE WRECK FIVE
YEARS AGO.
YEARS AGO. >> AWESOME.
>> AWESOME. >> HOW IS THAT?
>> OKAY.
>> OKAY.
>> OKAY. >> SO YOU TOLD THEM YOU NEED+@E
TO GET THROUGH THIS.
>> HE WOULD +@SAY IN CASE DEA
AUDITS ME.
AUDITS ME. HE NEEDS SOMETHING TO PUT IN
THE CHARTS.
THE CHARTS. I MADE UP THE BIKE STORY REAL
+@ QUICK.
QUICK.
QUICK. HE
QUICK. HE SAID AWESOME.
>> Reporter: THERE ARE REAL
FACES AGAINST THE THOUSANDS
THAT ARE DIEING IN THE OPIOID
EPIDEMIC EVERY YEAR.
>> AND WE WATCHED THEM SLIP
AWAY IN FRONT OF YOU.
>> Reporter: WFAA HAS BEEN
INVESTIGATING SUSPECTED PILL
MILLS FOR YEARS.
>> I HAVE TO GO TO THE CEMETARY
+@
+@ NO
+@ NO YOU
+@ NO YOU TO SEE HER.
>> IT'S HEARTWRENCHING TO HEAR
THEIR STORIES.
THEIR STORIES. >> Reporter: FOR SEVEN YEARS,
THIS DEA INVESTIGATOR WORKED TO
GET JUSTICE FOR FAMILIES.
+@
GET JUSTICE FOR FAMILIES. +@>> SOME OF THESE DOCTO+@RS MA
CHOICE AT SOME POINT+@ TO ABAND
THAT OATH OF DO NO HARM AND
SELL THAT MEDICAL LICENSE TO
MAKE EASY MONEY.
>> Reporter: HER INVESTIGATIONS
PUT SOME OF NORTH TEXAS MOST
+@
PUT SOME OF NORTH TEXAS MOST PRO-LIFIC PILL MILL DOCTORS
BEHIND BARS.
BEHIND BARS. HOWARD DIAMOND, RANDALL WADE,
TAD TAYLOR. +@
>> WE LOOK FOR PATTERNS OF
BEHAVIOR.
BEHAVIOR.
BEHAVIOR. WE'RE NOT GOING AFTER YOUR
DOCTOR+@S WHO MIGHT MAKE A
MISTAKE ON ONE DAY.
>> Reporter: SHE'S THE ONE WHO
SUPPORT BRIST+@O UNDERCOVER DR.
TAYLOR'S CLINIC.
TAYLOR'S CLINIC. >> WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT
IT'S CLEAR THAT ANY PERSON, NOT
+@
IT'S CLEAR THAT ANY PERSON, NOT JUST A ME+@DICAL +@PROFESSIONAL
COULD WATCH THE VIDEOS AND SAY
WHAT THIS DOCTOR IS DOING IS
CLEARLY WRONG.
CLEARLY WRONG. >> Reporter: ON THIS DAY, DR.
TAYLOR'S WAITING ROOM WAS
PACKED WITH PATIENTS.
>> WHAT WAS THAT?
>> ALWAYS GOOD.
>> ALWAYS GOOD.
YOU KNOW THAT.
>> HOW'S THE LEG?
>> IT'S ALWAYS GOOD.
>> WHICH ONE?
>> THE LEFT.
WASN'T IT.
WASN'T IT. >> Reporter: MEAN YOU'RE SAYING
WHICH LEG DO YOU NEED ME TO
SAY?
SAY?
SAY? >>
SAY? >> THAT IS WHAT IT WAS.
HONESTLY, I DON'T REMEMBER
WHICH LEG I SAID.
>> Reporter: EACH TIME, THE
EXAMINATION LASTED LESS THAN A
MINUTE.
MINUTE.
MINUTE. >> Reporter: DURING THE THIRD
VISIT, THE URINE SAMPLE SHOWED
NO DRUGS IN THE SYSTEM.
>> AND BEST YOU COME IN AND
HAVE THE EUROPE.
THAT WAS IF YOU GET -- AUDITED.
THEY CAN'T SAY WHAT IS GOING ON
HERE.
HERE.
HERE. >>
HERE. >> THAT TELLS HIM I AM NOT
+@
>> THAT TELLS HIM I AM NOT USING IT OBVIOUSLY, RIGHT?
SO WHAT AM I DOING WITH IT.
AM SILING IT?
>> Reporter: HEY PRESCRIBES
MORE PILLS.
MORE PILLS. >> HOW MANY CAN YOU GIVE ME?
>> I CAN GIVE YOU 90.
>> LET+@'S DO THAT AND THAT
SHOULD WORK.
SHOULD WORK. >> Reporte+@r: DR. TAYLOR +@WAS
CHARGE+@D IN CONNECTED WITH ANY
OVERDOSE DEATH.
OVERDOSE DEATH. IN MAY, A JUDGE SENTENCED HIM
TO 20 YEARS IN PRISON.
DR. WADE SERVING 10 YEARS AND
DR. DIAMOND, 20 YEARS.
>> THOSE ARE PEOPLE TH+@AT ARE
HIGHLY EDUCATED AND WHO KNOW
BETTER.
BETTER.
BETTER. WHO KNOW HOW DANGEROUS THE
DRUGS ARE.
DRUGS ARE. HOW IT CAN TURN A COMMUNITY
UPSIDE DOWN.
UPSIDE DOWN. >> Reporter: HE IS HEADING SHE
IS HEADING UP A NEWLY CR+@EATED
UNIT TEMPING T+@HEM+@ HOW TO CA
PILL MILL DOCTORS IN THE A+@CT.
>> WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO
+@ FIGHT THE OPIOID EPIDEMIC.
HOPEFULLY NO MORE COMMUNITIES
OR FAMILIES HAVE TO GO THROUGH
LOSING A