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iraq. here, so stoned on prescription drugs, he can barely hold his 3-year-old daughter. the war hero turned addict. >> had everything going for me. and like a flash, that fast, you look up and it's gone. this was my family. >> reporter: he's not alone. according to the center for investigative reporting, at v.a. hospitals, the number of prescriptions for highly addictive painkillers surged 270% in the past 12 years a rate far above the increase in patients. in fact, more than 50,000 veterans were treated by the v.a. for painkiller addiction last year alone. >> my life revolved around one thing, when is my next pill? >> reporter: minyard's road to addiction started hours after 9/11. there he is -- part of the rescue effort outside the pentagon. he injured his back pulling a woman from the debris pile. more back problems, more prescription drugs when he fell off a helicopter in iraq. minyard says v.a. doctors kept prescribing more painkillers. soon, a full-blown addict, he tried to stop three times. >> it's a living, seemingly never-ending nightmare. i'm angry that there w

decorated army veteran, justin, bronze star in iraq, here so stoned on prescription drugs he can barelyhis 3-year-old daughter. the war hero turned addict. >> i had everything going for me. and like a flash, that fast, you look up and it's gone. >> this was my family. >> he is not alone. according to the center for investigative reporting, a v.a. hospitals, number prescriptions for highly addictive pain killers surge 270% in the past 12 years. a rate far above the increase in patients. in fact, more than 50,000 veterans treated by the v.a. for painkiller addiction last year alone. his road to addiction started hours after 9/11. there he is, part of the rescue effort outside the pentagon, he injured his back pulling a woman from a debris pile. more back problems, more prescription drugs when he fell off a helicopter in iraq. he said v.a. doctors kept prescribing more pain killers. soon a full blown addict. he tried to stop three times. >> it is a living, seemingly, never-ending nightmare. i'm angry that there are better options, more effective ways to treat my pain. the priority was seem

anthony szema, a professor at stone brook university school of medicine who has been analyzing dust from iraq and its impact on veterans' lung function. >> i wanted to make sure that he got some of the lung tissue. i said what happened to will, happened to will, we can't change that. but if there is anything we can do to help other soldiers, we wanted to do that. >> we first met dr. szema last march. >> how toxic is that dust. >> this dust is very toxic. >> jeff: 14% of the veterans he studied returned with some sort of lung complication. this week dr. szema will present the results of his team's analysis of camp victory dust to a pentagon subcommittee. >> after one month of exposure of sub-lethal doses of this stuff we can see thickening or lung fibrosis. so if in the mice, so if we give a larger dose, it will kill mouse. and eventually in a human that would lead to a lung transplant. >> jeff: any doubt in your mind that what is happening to him now is because of what he was breathing in overseas. >> i truly believe this happened in iraq. he was fine before he left. he was perfectly healthy.

iraq for them. working for iran was less than ideal, but amanda hoped it was a stepping stone to a better job. >> thisere exotic must have been really attractive. >> yeah. yeah, absolutely. >> reporter: but war reporting was more daunting than she had expected. amanda wanted to get more experience but also cover stories she cared about. you need to get out there and go somewhere where you can get a break. >> i'm also starting to look like a little bit further out on to the who are done, what other stories are out there that i feel passionate about. at the top of my list was somalia. >> reporter: somalia. one of the most dangerous countries on the planet. so much so few reporters ever travel there. there's been no national government for more than 20 years. islamic rebels rule much of the country, but amanda on her own as a freelance journalist wanted to make a name for herself. >> she did tell me that she was going to somalia. she had sent me -- >> reporter: kelly cox was amanda's best friend. they'd traveled the world together. she remembers amanda's desire to go to somalia. >> she felt it was really