heroin in here. this is probably it right here. inside her car, police find what they say is $300 worth of heroin and three syringes. that s why i m doing this because i m addicted to it, and you know how long have you been out here? involved in prostitution? almost a year. that s what you re feeding the addiction she has been in prostitution for about a year. she has an addiction problem with heroin, and she feeds that addiction through prostitution. back at the state police post, dana confesses she s been fighting heroin addiction for over two years. so what got you started in prostitution? just paying for it.
you know, i haven t it grows out of control. with a $300 a day habit, it s a battle. especially heroin. i mean, it just changes your brain and how you think. when you don t have it you feel like you re dieing. your body tricks itself. it s like you have to had it or you will not load anywhere, like you re loading. unusually articulate, educated, and self aware, officers are surprised to learn her downward spiral from honor student, to addict, to prostitute happened from a sports injury. i had a bad rotator cuff. dana says she graduated to heroin when her health insurance ran out and she could no longer
there is nothing more shocking than understanding that this young woman, who we will call dana, was a highly recruited college athlete just a few short years ago. we refrain from mentioning specifics. i had scholarship offers from i can t even count how many universities. i could have basically played sports any where that i wanted to. we met dana had what she show admits is the lowest point of her life. strung out on heroin and selling her body for cash. she was arrested in a federal sting aimed at rescuing trafficked girls. she did not work for a pimp, she had a little heroin, she was scared at first. between tears and lock up, she admitted to being addicted
calling offers dana scholarships, but she started to rebel and chose to stay close to home. by the time i got to college, i just wanted to hang out and have fun with my friends. it felt like a job at the time. the enjoyment was gone, the fun was gone. it was so serious because at that point, it s all about paying for your school. after a shoulder injury and with her scholarship on the line, dana started self medicating to play through the pain. my body and knees and back were starting to hurt. i was in so much pain i would take ibprophen all the time. that escalated to vicodin and stuff like that. after a year of prescription drug and alcohol abuse, dana entered rehab and was introduced to heroin. i tried it one time and that was a wrap. i don t know how toany pain, hu
to heroin after a devastating sports injury. she said this was not the life she planned. i was a really happy go lucky kid, outgoing, had a lot of friends, played a lot of sports. raised in rural michigan, dana personified the all american girl. dana was not just good, she was exceptional. i was always a bright child, very athletic. anything i picked up i excelled at very quickly. looking back now, she says the punishing physical grind an because alcohol. you re playing sports six or seven days a week. that s hours long practices and tournaments, and you know, just different training sessions, weight lifting, running, everything. and it s just, it consumes your life. big 10 schools and duke came