for the doctor who comes between the addict and his fix. carol costello joins us live from washington with the latest installment of our special series "addicted." good morning, carol. >> good morning, kieran. it's easy to sit back and shake your head about people addicted to prescription drugs. you say it's sad, but it won't touch my life, well that isn't true. it is so pervasive and so dangerous for doctors he or she may refuse to write you a prescription no matter how much you're hurting. small town america with a big problem, pill poppers. >> i didn't really realize how bad it was getting until after i'd gotten out of college. >> reporter: daniel salmon grew up in eastern kentucky. her father was a doctor who like other doctors in this part of the country watched prescription drug abuse spiral out of control. >> in december things came to a head in kentucky, population 792. in this clinic danielle's father