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Abby's Descent Into Heroin Addiction and Recovery Struggles
Abby recalls starting to date an older pot dealer at 14 and trying multiple drugs including cocaine Xanax mushrooms acid crack and heroin at 17. Heroin seized her life in Eastern Town as overdoses rose from nine in 2009 to 61 non fatal and 21 deaths by 2015. She describes OxyContin to heroin use, stealing to fund it, and multiple failed rehab stints before pregnancy in 2011.
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Abby
Linn County
Iowa
Centers For Disease Control and Prevention
United States
CDC
Ben
Horizons Substance Abuse
Waterloo