THEY ARE TRAUMATIZED.
REPORT TO THE DOGS ARE UNDER
QUARANTINE IN THE CITY DOG
SHELTER.
AIRLINES SAY IT'S GETTING OUT OF
CONTROL EMOTIONAL SUPPORT
ANIMALS ON BOARD ALMOST EVERY
FLIGHT.
RICK: INVESTIGATION FOUND
MEDICAL MARIJUANA -- SIGNING OFF
ON THE PETS.
DAVID GOLDSTEIN.
REPORTER: WE FOUND SOME OF THESE
UNDERCOVER. I
INDUSTRY HAS SPRUNG UP
CERTIFYING ANIMALS TO FLY FOR
FREE.
AIRLINE OFFICIALS SAY IT'S
GETTING
PETS ON BOARD.
WE FOUND SOME DOCTORS WILLING TO
DO IT FOR A PRICE.
20, 40 AND 50 SO 150.
REPORT OVER 100 $80 CASH THIS
CLINIC WITH A GREEN CROSSES
SYMBOLIZES MEDICAL MARIJUANA IS
APPARENTLY BRANCHING OUT.
I WANTED TO SEE ABOUT GETTING
A LETTER FOR AN EMOTIONAL
SUPPORT ANIMAL.
THE LETTER WOULD ALLOW OUR
PRODUCER TO TAKE HER DOG CODY ON
A FLIGHT FOR FREE AND IT'S
BECOMING BIG BUSINESS.
I'M DAVID GOLDSTEIN THE "CBS 2
NEWS."
DOCTOR YOU ARE BASICALLY SELLING
LETTERS TO ALLOW THEIR OWNERS TO
TAKE ANIMALS ANYWHERE?
EMOTIONAL SUPPORT ANIMALS ARE
ALLOWED BY FEDERAL LAW TO BE
TAKEN ON CAGE FROM FLIGHTS AND
CAN BE HER PET DOG OR HOW ABOUT
A MONKEY, EVEN A PIG.
THEY ARE BECOMING SO COMMON THAT
SOME AIRLINES AND THE FLIGHT
ATTENDANTS UNION SAY THEY MAY
JEOPARDIZE SAFETY FOR EVERYONE
ON BOARD.
THEY CAN BECOME UNRULY ON
BOARD AND CREATE POTENTIAL
PROBLEMS WITH FLIGHT ATTENDANTS
WHO ARE TRYING TO CONTAIN THE
PROBLEM.
THERE MAY BE A HEALTH EMERGENCY.
UNLIKE TRAIN SERVICE ANIMALS
LIKE 5-YEAR-OLD MS. SCALIA ESA'S
NEED NO TRAINING.
IN A WHEELCHAIR BECAUSE OF A
MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENTS AS THE
UNTRAINED ESA'S COULD UNDO THE
THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IT TOOK TO
TRAIN HIM TO GET HIM WHERE HE
NEEDS TO GO.
YOU CAN RUN ALL FOR TRAINING
AND STOP THEIR CAREERS.
IT'S A REAL SERIOUS THING.
REPORTER: THE GOVERNMENT ALLOWS
ESA IS ON BOARD IF PASSENGERS
HAVE DOCUMENTATION BY A LICENSED
MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONAL
INCLUDING A MEDICAL DOCTOR WHO
SPECIFICALLY TRADING A
PASSENGERS MENTAL OR EMOTIONAL
DISABILITY AND DOCTORS ARE
CASHING IN.
YESTERDAY WE EXPOSE THIS
CHIROPRACTOR WHO CHARGED $250
EVEN THOUGH THE CHIROPRACTIC
BOARD SAYS IT'S OUTSIDE THE
SCOPE OF THIS PRACTICE.
NOW WE FOUND HIS MEDICAL
MARIJUANA DOCTOR'S OFFICE WITH
DR. HOWARD RAGLAND ON SKYPE.
HE INSTRUCTED US ON THE PROPER
DIAGNOSIS.
WE LEFT WITH THIS LETTER
GENERATED BY A COMPUTER AND
SIGNED BY ANOTHER DOCTOR SAYING
OUR PRODUCER HAD AN EMOTIONAL
HEALTH-RELATED ISSUE PSYCHIATRIC
COMPLICATIONS AND WOULD BE
GREATLY IMPROVED WITH THE
PRESENCE OF THE THERAPEUTIC
COMPANION.
I'M -- A FEW DAYS LATER THAT
DOCTOR DIDN'T HAVE ANY ANSWERS.
WE SENT IN THE PRODUCER BEYOUD
TALK GUY.
HE DIDN'T ASK HOW THEY ANIMAL
WOULD HELP HER OUT AND YOU
AUTHORIZE A LETTER AND TOOK 150
BUCKS.
ARE YOU SELLING THESE LETTERS?
A SPOKESPERSON FOR THE
CALIFORNIA MEDICAL BOARD SAID
THE LETTER B. RECIEVE SHOULD
HAVE BEEN SIGNED BY THE DOCTOR
MAKING THE RECOMMENDATION.
IN THIS CASE IT WASN'T.
THE
WITH DR. RAGLAND.
WE FOUND THEY FILED THIS
ACCUSATION AGAINST HIM IN 2015
FOR NEGLIGENCE AND ISSUING
MARIJUANA RECOMMENDATIONS.
THE D.A. HAS FILED UNRELATED
CHARGES FOR ISSUING
RECOMMENDATIONS FROM PATIENTS HE
NEVER SAW.
THE DOCTOR PLED NOT GUILTY AND
IS AWAITING TRIAL.
WHY WOULD A LETTER COME FROM A
DIFFERENT DOCTOR?
DOCTOR ARE YOU TRYING TO HIDE?
IS IT BECAUSE YOU ARE FACING
FELONY CHARGES?
WHAT DO YOU THINK OF DOCTORS
DOING THIS?
REPORTER: HE SAID THE ESA'S MAY
LOOK HARMLESS BUT FOR TRULY
DISABLED PEOPLE THEY ARE NOT.
THE FEDERAL DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION HAS TAKEN NOTICE
HOPING TO PROPOSE NEW RULES
LATER THIS YEAR.
IT NEEDS TO BE CLEAR
INDICATION OF WHAT IS A SUPPORT
ANIMAL AND WHAT IS NOT.
WE HAVE ON TAPE.
YOU AUTHORIZE THE LETTER FOR NO
REASON.
DOCTOR YOU WILL SEE IT ON TV.
THE FEDS TRIED LAST YEAR TO COME
UP WITH SOME LIMITATIONS ON THE
PETS AT THE AIRLINES AND
DISABILITY GROUPS COULDN'T COME
TO A CONSENSUS.
ONE PERSON INVOLVED TOLD ME THEY
HOPE OUR INVESTIGATION COULD
HELP CONVINCE THE DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION THAT CHANGES NEED
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