okay? did you find the heroin? yep. she says she s got a bunch of heroin in here. that s probably heroin right here. inside dana s car, police find what they say is $300 worth of heroin and three syringes. it s just enough of a fix to get the young woman through the night. i can take the photo real quick, and then we ll go on from there. what s going on with you that you re getting so addicted to it? that s our main concern. you don t appear to be the girl that needs to be on that stuff. okay? i know. that s why i m doing this because i m addicted to it and, you know how long have you been out here? what do you mean? involved in prostitution? almost a year. since last january. that s where you re feeding the addiction? she s been involved in prostitution for about a year. and 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
time and that was it. it was a wrap. i don t even know how to describe it. you know, it felt like any pain, any hurt in my life, anything negative when i did it, it was just gone. these are kids that grow up in great households, stable households. dana s story isn t shocking to scott macy, who says he counsels many high-achieving young women and men who have sold themselves for drugs. heroin addiction or opiate addiction is a physical as well as a mental, you know, and it s what we consider a brain disease. a former addict, scott macy knows firsthand the devastating impact of what is known as chasing the dragon. like dana, he lived a double life, going back and forth from his white-collar job to detroit s east side to feed his addiction. addiction just takes over any type of thought process, any type of you know, just takes over their life.
hey, are you taping me? for a sobering look at the overwhelming power of drug addiction in the business of sex for sale. and i thought that i could just, you know, do it once and stop. it s a growing epidemic that can touch anyone, even the all-american girl next door. this is going to sound crazy, but it s not that hard to go once you re using drugs from the point a to point b of selling yourself. i mean, because think about it, it s like, how are you going to get that much money daily when your addiction is going out of control and you re using so much of it? it s like, how are you going to get that money every day? it s a saturday night in detroit, and the city is jumping. the local economy is finally on the rebound, and people are out on the streets again looking to celebrate and have a good time.
it s okay, just be honest. you re okay, sweetheart. i don t want to get you in trouble. am i going to get you in trouble? i have an addiction. how bad is it? well, i m not on heroin or anything, but you know, i left my family and dropped out of college and nursing school about six months ago, so you were in nursing school? mm-hmm. how powerful is that addiction? very. and then, did you have children? yeah, four. and where are they now? they re grown. they live down south. i never used drugs when i was pregnant. at 41, this mother of four says she s been out on the streets for about a year and admits her addiction to crack leaves her powerless to change. i would do it, but i just can t hardly i don t want to go to jail or rehab. i ve already done that, but i just can t seem to get over the hump.
well, you ve got to come get me. because they re not going to let me go unless you come get me. you have to come get me. as far as laurie s concerned, police hope tonight s trip to jail will make her think twice before hanging out with friends like april and jason ever again. we re going to let you sit in here, because you have to my take on it is she s got an acquaintance. she s got the bad friend that every parent worries about, the bad friend that makes the bad decisions. and you d like to think that, yeah, this did change her. i feel like this is going to be a good night for her, because she s going to hopefully get a wake-up call, hopefully realize what a dangerous road this is and kind of see the error of her ways. up next hey, are you taping me? neither rain nor sleet nor gloom of night shall save these troubled souls from working to feed their desperate need for drugs. how powerful is that addiction? very.