Investigators #6

Date1986

Can DescriptionsSee tape for content list: Drugs, pt. 1-5 (Donna Hallorau, Hostipals, Nurses, Glover); Teen Prostitution, pt. 1-3

Viewing NotesA Boston Police officer leaning on a police cruiser. A female reporter (Pam Cross), in voiceover, reports on the body of a woman found in Charlestown. Shots of police officers. A covered body being loaded into the medical examiners van. A woman introduces herself as Donna, a 25 year old addict. Reporter gives her name as Donna [Halorin?], who was interviewed a few weeks before her death. Parts of that interview. Stills of pictures of Donna. Interview with Donna’s family. People gathered outside the: ‘Watson Funeral Home’. Interview with a man who describes ease of getting prescription pills. Reporter speaking to the camera outside a doctor’s office in Arlington, Massachusetts, describing how Donna got prescription painkillers from doctors. Zoom in on the sign in the window: “David T. Casey M.D.” Donna’s interview in voiceover. Shots of the exterior of the doctor’s office. Reporter describes the pills found with Donna when she died, prescribed by Dr. Casey. Casey claims he “didn’t know she was a drug addict.” Interview with Donna’s family. Shot of Donna’s two daughters. One of the girls having her hair brushed. Clip from Donna’s interview. Shot of the police cruiser. [End of story, 00:00:00-00:05:15] Shot of a vial of morphine. A female reporter (Pam Cross), in voiceover, discusses medical and recreation use of morphine. Close up of a package of: ‘5 mg Methadone Hydrochloride Tablets’. Panning shot of various narcotics. Reporter says thieves are stealing them from hospitals. Interview with a man [Mike Duvonick?] who describes stealing drugs from hospital pharmacies. Shot of a hospital exterior. Slide describes “2000 Doses of Narcotics” stolen from New England Medical Center in July 1986. Shot of a pharmacist filling a prescription bottle. Interview with a hospital staff member. Slides: 1000 Dilaudid pills go missing from Jamaica Plain VA Hospital in January 1985. 15000 valium pills stolen from Mount Auburn Hospital in June of 1982 and 1985. Shots of Mount Auburn Hospital. Reporter says a pharmacist suspected of theft committed suicide. Slide: 5 ounces of cocaine and 845 doses of other narcotics disappear from Massachusetts General Hospital in October 1985. Shot of Mass. General Hospital. Interview with a hospital staff member. Slide: 13900 valium pills stolen from Mass. General Hospital in September-October 1984. Shots of pill manufacture. Reporter speaking to the camera. Shot of someone filling a pill bottle. Interview with a hospital staff member. Shots of various drug packages. Interview with a man, who discusses street value of prescription drugs. Shot of EMTs bringing a patient into the hospital. Reporter discusses difference between hospital value of drugs and street value. Interview with a man who also discusses drug value. [End of story, 00:05:15-00:10:19] Shot of Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts. A female reporter (Pam Cross), in voiceover, discusses a case of morphine going missing from the hospital in spring of 1985. Shot of a nurse treating a patient. Interview with a person, whose face is obscured, discussing their substance abuse problem. Reporter speaking to the camera, saying federal officials claim nurses are responsible for 70 percent of “drug diversion in hospitals”. Slide: 30 syringes of narcotics are tampered with at St. John of God Hospital in October 1985. Interview with a private investigator [Ed Cass?] who investigates hospital employees. Slide: Two boxes of valium stolen in November 1984 from Harvard Community Health Plan Hospital, and Demerol substituted with saline. Shot of a man on a hospital gurney. [Did he consent to be on camera?] Interview with a man [Mike Duvonick?] who stole prescription drugs while working as a pharmacist. Shots of various medicine packages. Shot of a heart monitor. Shots inside the hospital. Drugs being locked in a safe. Interview with an investigator whose face is obscured, who caught a hospital employee stealing and using cocaine. [End of story, 00:10:19-00:14:50] Shot of the exterior of Glover Memorial Hospital, Needham, Massachusetts. A female reporter (Pam Cross), in voiceover, reports on a case of drug substitution, over images of people working in the hospital. Interview with a hospital employee. Shot of a nurse taking prescription drugs out of a safe. Reporter discusses thieves stealing prescription drugs and replacing the drugs with water. The reporter speaking to the camera. Interview with a woman with her face obscured, who admits stealing drugs while working as a nurse. Shots inside the hospital. Close up of packages and vials of morphine. Shots of nurses working. Interview with a private investigator [Ed Cass?]. The reporter speaking to the camera outside Saint Elizabeth’s Hospital in Brighton, Massachusetts, talking about a case of theft and drug substitution. Interview with a public health official. Close up of a pill package that had been tampered with. Shot of a package of Wyeth Morphine Sulfate. Health official says replacing drugs with other, potentially harmful, substances is a form of assault or patient abuse. Interview with a man [Ed Cass?] Shots inside Glover Memorial Hospital. Hospital staff say no patients have been harmed. [End of story, 00:14:50-00:20:03] Shot of a man identified as neurosurgeon Thomas Schultz, of Jamaica Plains, Massachusetts. A female reporter (Pam Cross), in voiceover, says he has been accused of practicing medicine while under the influence of drugs, and faces having his medical license revoked. Shot of the cover of ‘The New England Journal of Medicine”. Reporter says the journal reports one third of doctors surveyed used narcotics in the past year, and ten percent use narcotics regularly. Interview with a man. Shot of doctors in gowns and masks. Report on nurses using drugs. Interview with a person with their face obscured. Interview with a man [Jack Shea?] who says medical professionals are more likely to become addicted. [Shea?] runs Project Nightingale, a treatment program for nurses with substance abuse issues. Shot inside a hospital. Interview with a man. Reporter speaking to the camera, discussing drug addiction and medical professionals who sell drugs illegally. Police arrest a pharmacist for unlawful distribution of codeine. Shots of the pharmacy and arrest. Shots of pharmacists filling pill bottles. Interview with a man. He and the reporter describe sending copies of prescriptions for controlled substances to the state government. Shot of people on the street. [End of story, 00:20:03-00:24:16] Shot of a girl walking down the street. A female reporter (Susan Warnock) identifies the girl as a prostitute. [rape victim] Shots of girls on the street. Interview with a man. Interview with a woman. The reporter speaking to the camera. Interview with a girl facing away from the camera. Shots of neon signs and people on the street. [Combat Zone, Boston, Massachusetts] [‘Addicted to Love’ by Robert Palmer plays in the background.] Interview with a pimp, in voiceover. Interview with a girl, facing away from the camera. [End of story, 00:24:16-00:29:37] Shot of a girl standing on a dark street. A female reporter (Susan Warnock), in voiceover, describes the girl as 15 years old “prostitute” [rape victim]. Shot of girls getting into cars. Black and white stills of the street, while people talk in voiceover talk about prostitution. Shots of the street and neon signs. [Combat Zone, Boston, Massachusetts] Interview with a girl in voiceover. Reporter describes the girls as abused children who have run away. Interview with a woman. Shots of people on the street. Shot of people waiting at a bus station. Interview with a man who talks about pimps. Interview with a girl facing away from the camera. Shot of the Combat Zone. People in voiceover talking about their experiences. [End of story, 00:29:37-00:35:04] An ambulance with sirens blaring. Shots of a street at night (the “Combat Zone”, Boston, Massachusetts). Shot of people on the street. [Image cuts out] A person being carried on a gurney. Two people getting in a physical altercation. A female reporter (Susan Warnock) speaks to the camera, discussing teenagers in the Combat Zone. Shot of a woman on stage wearing a bikini. Shot of a neon sign: “Live Nude XXX”. Various shots of lights, the street, and performers. [Image cuts out, people talking in voiceover] Interview with a woman who says young girls become “addicted to the dangerousness of the street life.” [Image cuts out] A girl interviewed facing away from the camera. She talks about being sold from one pimp to another. Reporter discusses arrests of teenage “street walkers”. [rape victims] Interview with a man who says it is difficult for “prostitutes” [rape victims] to return school and normal life. The reporter interviewing a girl who is facing away from the camera. Shot of a woman being interviewed. [No audio] [Image cuts out] Reporter, in voice over, talks about a rehab center for girls who have escaped human trafficking in Chelmsford, Massachusetts. Interview with a staff member of the facility. [End of story, 00:35:04-00:39:37] An ambulance with sirens blaring. Shots of a street at night (the “Combat Zone”, Boston, Massachusetts). Shot of people on the street. Two people getting in a physical altercation. A female reporter (Susan Warnock) discussing teenagers in the Combat Zone. Interview with a woman who says young girls become “addicted to the dangerousness of the street life.” A police officer on a motorcycle. Reporter discusses arrests of teenage “street walkers”. [rape victims] Interview with a man who says it is difficult for “prostitutes” [rape victims] to return school and normal life. Reporter, in voice over, talks about a rehab center for girls who have escaped human trafficking in Chelmsford, Massachusetts. Interview with a staff member of the facility. The reporter speaking to the camera. [End of story, 00:39:37-00:42:19