A Cure for CURES

California Health Report

In October of 2003, Jimena Barreto lost control of her Mercedes, running into and killing Bob Pack’s 10-year-old son Troy and 7-year-old daughter Alana. Barreto was under the influence of alcohol and prescription painkillers. She had been doctor-shopping, going from one physician to another to get multiple prescriptions for the drugs she craved. Pack questioned how authorities could not have noticed someone obtaining an exorbitant amount of pain pills, and wondered why there was no system in place to monitor such action.

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