Oxycontin Express - Vanguard 3.1 (CurrentTV, Hulu)

UPDATE: Added the CurrentTV video embed - Hulu content is restricted to the U.S., and CurrentTV is not as far as I’m aware.

Vanguard airs on CurrentTV on Wednesdays at 10/9c

Season 3 episode 1 (released on Hulu today) is a shocking expose on South Florida, esp Broward County. The top 50 U. S. Oxycontin prescribers are all in Broward County. Doctors in Florida prescribe Oxycontin at 5 times the national average — and you can have on-site pharmacies where you get the prescription and the pills in one easy visit. Cash only.

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Correspondent Mariana van Zeller reports from South Florida, the epicenter of the prescription drug abuse epidemic in America. She follows America’s largest pill pipeline from the Sunshine State to Appalachia, where OxyContin is in high demand.

Rebecca Harper (Hulu) posted on Oct 8 2009, 10:11:53

Check out our interview with Mariana van Zeller, who reports on prescription pill abuse in “The OxyContin Express” in the Hulu Blog: http://blog.hulu.com/2009/10/08/first-look-vanguards-oxycontin-express/

Although Season 3 of Current TV’s in-depth reporting series Vanguard doesn’t get started on television until next Wednesday at 10 p.m. EDT/9 p.m. CDT, Hulu is bringing you the full season premiere a few days early. “The OxyContin Express” is an in-depth look at prescription drug abuse and the pill mills of Southern Florida, where lax prescription regulations provide easy access to addictive medications such as oxycodone for people all over the U.S.

mariana van zeller