It was a wrap. i don t know how to describe it. any pain, 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 men and women who have sold themselves for drugs. heroin addiction or opiate addiction is a physical as well as a mental 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. and you know, it s just an obsession of the mind. dana says her $20 a day fix quickly escalated to a $300
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 drug. heroin addiction or opiate addiction is physical and a mental, you know, we consider it a brain addiction. 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. and you know, it s just an obsession of the mind. dana says her $20 a day fix quickly escalated to a $300
Mass transit in the city. we ll keep you updated throughout the night. now back to msnbc undercover. 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. at dana s request, 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 at what she now admits was the lowest point of her life. strung out on heroin and selling her body for cash. dana was arrested in a federal sting aimed at rescuing trafficked girls. she did not work for a pimp,
Type of you know, just takes over their life and it s just an obsession of the mind. dana says her $20 a day fix quickly escalated to a $300 a day habit. a drug dealer who had been very fond of me kind of made me an offer that i couldn t refuse where he said, i ll give you x amount of drugs if you let me sleep with you. the memories of selling herself remain a source of trauma for dana. the first time was obviously really hard on me. i was so upset. i was crying afterwards. i felt so weird, you know, and i remember sitting in the shower for a half hour after crying. you know, what am i doing? am i going crazy? well, those who are open about their sex work experience, i would say it s about 95% also admit some sort of drug
She had a little heroin, she was scared at first. between tears and lock up, the college student admitted to being addicted to heroin after a devastating sports injury. she told our cameras, this is not the life she had planned. i was a happy go lucky kid, had a lot of friends, played a lot of sports and was really active. raised in rural michigan, dana personified the all-american girl. she 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, the punishing physical grind and pressure to succeed led her to abuse alcohol. you train rigorously. you re playing sports seven days, six days a week and that s out hour s long practices and