dr. daniel spitz and anita kay, we appreciate it.d on the speculation of michael jackson being addicted to painkillers, reaching out to doctors and dentists for prescription drugs. it is called dentist shopping. scoring that next fix out of the yellow pages. here is thelma gutierrez >> reporter: kenny morrison used to be a sous chef at a top los angeles restaurant. >> married, house on the beach, very corporate job. >> reporter: within a couple of years he lost it all because of a habit. you started with codeine, graduated to vicodin. how many pills were you taking at the height? >> at the height? i was taking probably 20, 25 a day. >> reporter: kenny didn't buy his drugs on the street corner or get them from a dope dealer. he got them from a dentist, a medical professional he had never even met before. according to the dea, 7 million american are abusing prescription drugs. that's more than the number of using cocaine, heroin and inhalents combined. >> if you have a legitimate medication prescribed by a doctor or dentist, how can yo