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Over their life. and you know, its just an obsession of the mind. >> dana says her $20-a-day fix quickly escalated to a $300-a-day habit. transforming her into a vulnerable fiend. >> a drug dealer who had been very fond of me kind of made me an offer i couldnt refuse where he said, ill give you "x" amount of drugs if you let me, you know, sleep with you. >> the memories of selling herself remain a source of trauma for dana. >> the first time was obviously really hard on me, you know. i was so up...

>> the woman says the need for crack cocaine keeps her out on the streets. >> if people helped you to get off of it instead of trying to force you, maybe you could make it. my advice is dont ever try anything, not even a little. even if youre uncomfortable, just get through it. thank you so much. good luck with that. >> take care. >> good luck to you. >> as the woman disappears into the downpour, we are reminded of dana, who also walked these desperate streets, hungry for her next fix. but today...

Okay? did you find the heroin? >> yep. >> she says shes got a bunch of heroin in here. >> thats probably heroin right here. >> inside danas car, police find what they say is $300 worth of heroin and three syringes. its just enough of a fix to get the young woman through the night. >> i can take the photo real quick, and then well go on from there. whats going on with you that youre getting so addicted to it? thats our main concern. you dont appear to be the girl that needs to be on that stuff. >...

Time and that was it. it was a wrap. i dont 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. >> danas story isnt 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 its what we consider...

And its just, it kind of consumes your life. >> big ten schools and duke came calling, offering dana full athletic scholarships, but she says she started to rebel and chose to stay close to home. >> by the time i got to college, i was just like, you know, i want to hang out and have fun with my friends, you know? it felt like a job almost at the time. the enjoyment was gone. the fun in it was gone. it was so serious, you know, because at that point, its all about paying for your school. >> after...

Afford prescription drugs. in the cold quiet of her jail cell, struggling without heroin and facing charges, dana realizes she has hit rock bottom. i had scholarship offers from, i mean, i cant even count how many universities. i mean, i could have basically played sports anywhere that i wanted to. [ laughs ] jamie. right. make a bad bundle joke, a buck goes in the jar. i guess thats just how the cookie bundles. now, youre gonna have two bundles of joy! im not pregnant. im gonna go. [ tapping,...

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 danas request, we refrain from mentioning specifics. >> i had scholarship offers from i mean, i cant even count how many universities. i mean, i could have basically played sports anywhere that i wanted to. and thats why im doing this. i have a drug problem. >> okay. >> we met dana at what she now admits was the lowest part of her l...

Heroin. >> you know, i tried heroin one time and that was it. it was a wrap. i dont 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. >> danas story isnt 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 me...

You know, my habit, it grew so out of control. >> with a $300-a-day habit, its a battle shes losing. >> heroin, especially, especially heroin, i mean, it just changes your brain, you know, how you think. i mean, when you dont have it, you feel like youre dying almost. like your body tricks itself. its like you have to have it or else youre not going to live anymore, like youre dying. >> unusually articulate, educated and self-aware, officers are surprised to learn danas downward spiral from hono...

Enslave women. >> drugs cause physical addiction. your body goes through withdrawals. so even if the pimp is nowhere near them, the physical need for the drug overwhelms any urge to leave or to report that pimp, to go home, any of that, because they have this physical addiction. and its not like they can go up to cvs and say, "may i please have some heroin?" >> once i saw, you know, how much money, the drugs i had made from it, it was, that hushed any concern or any negative feelings i had towar...