you mentioned brittany murphy. that was a prescription medication death.an absolute problem with this. where it's coming from, it's a little more complicated. >> larry: what starts that? >> peers. maybe plastic surgery, it may be a broken knee procedure. who knows what. sleep disturbances. as tom said. we have to be exquisitely careful with these extremely good -- remember, these medicines are extremely good but they have potential of killing people. >> larry: the number one thing people want to get rid of is pain. >> right. you see, people who are clean, you know, the incidence of people losing their clean time by getting on some sort of medication for a dental surgery, for back pain. i mean, i've seen people go -- that's what happened to me. you know -- >> you give mackenzie a vicodin she's going out. she may not be aware of it, but she will -- a few hours later it will change her thinking, change her motivational system and she'll be on her way. doctors don't understand how powerful this biology is. >> i recently had a procedure that in the past i would

. >> corey haim and brittany murphy seem to have suffered from prescription addiction. >> it's not just hollywood it's america. we want to pinpoint and say hollywood really it's in america. housewives are addicted to prescription medication, you have mothers who are, single mothers addicted to prescription medication. it's the number one thing killing people. they're mixing it with a bunch of other stuff. >> haim was only 38 years old when he died last week. >>> video games can affect your child's ability to learn. boys who have video game systems don't progress as quickly in school as do boys who don't have a game system. although their test scores didn't drop the researchers found their reading and their writing did not develop at a normal rate. now a group for video game makers says that study is no cause for alarm. >>> there is a french fry cutback! sound the alarms, new! love the french fries. apparently whether it's because of recession or our diet, more americans are saying hold the fries. mccain producers has told farmers it's cutting potato orders up to 30% this year. >> it's v