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>> with one weight lifted off her chest, claire and i now go in without cameras to face her mother. how you doing? >> i'm so glad to see you. >> i love you. >> i love you, too. >> and i really want you to be proud of me. >> you know i'm always here for you, right? >> i'm sorry, mommy. i'm sorry. i'm going to detox tonight. >> you are? >> i need to detox to get the [ expletive ] out of my system. >> you're sure you're ready to do this? >> i'm doing this. i can't do this anymore. i'm exhausted. i can't [ bleep ] do this anymore. >> okay. get all that stuff behind you. you can do it. i know you can do it. >> so claire just told her mom, and it was very, very emotional. you could tell that she has a lot of doubt in her because when
>> can you describe the feeling? >> the best feeling in the world. my body is really, really tingly and warm but a good warm. it's like the feeling you get after you have sex, right after you orgasm. that's exactly what it feels like, an orgasm on steroids. >> claire tells me that chasing this feeling has led her to use in public places where she once had a close brush with the law. >> i was on the west side one day, and i was in the bathroom stall. an actual chicago police officer was banging on the door. all i remember is banging on the door, opening it with a needle still in my arm. he walked me to the car because i couldn't walk straight. the kid i was with had 3 1/2 grams with it. and the cop saw all of that, and he said, get the [ bleep ] out of the west side and didn't do anything. >> claire got lucky. in the state of illinois, if you are caught with less than 15 grams, you can face up to three years in prison.
have tried to help her, but she continues to shut them out. >> do you think your mom is worried about you? >> i know she is. >> this is not how things were supposed to turn out. claire was a girl on track who had a lot of potential. how did you do in school? >> i graduated high school national honor society. i did really well in school. school was like my number one priority. >> did you play sports or anything? >> yeah. i was a softball player for five years. i was a cheerleader for nine years. it's like everything i picked up i was always good at. so i figured i could be anything i wanted to be when i grew up. >> just 15 months ago, claire was introduced to heroin by an ex-boyfriend. >> i had no idea what addiction was. i was experienced with club drugs, but never thought that i would ever be a heroin addict. >> you've done a lot of things
her mother has known about her struggle with heroin but believed her when she said she was no longer using. now claire needs to tell the truth. >> that's my mom's building right there. right there in front of us. park at the edge right here. >> but claire wants to do one thing before she goes inside. what are you doing now? >> throwing everything away. >> throwing what away? >> throwing all of my paraphernalia and needles and pipes in the garbage. >> how does that feel? >> pretty -- i don't know. all right, put it deep down where no children can get this. good-bye. that can go, too.
detox and i asked her if she wants to go tonight and she said, i'm down. i'd be surprised if she actually would agree to go in and goes, but i'd love to be surprised. claire wants us to pick her up and take her to the hospital for a three-day detox. i'm super proud of you. this will be so inspiring for you. >> i know. >> and motivating for you. claire tells me she needs to make a stop on the way.
i can't. i think i'm going to follow through and detox. >> are you ready to do it? >> yeah. i can't do this anymore. >> as we talk about leaving for the hospital, we hit a wall. claire has leftover heroin. >> i'm going to do the rest of it. just my last -- i'm not going to throw it away. i'm going to do it all. >> claire is caught between her desire to get clean and her need to use. it's heartbreaking to watch. and i'm left wondering what choice she'll make. and for kids like claire, there are choices. new programs where addicts are getting help from an unlikely source. >> bring your drugs. we're not going to arrest you.
>> doing heroin, it is not because i want to be [ bleep ], your brain knows there is no better feeling in the world. i'd like to see you fight your brain every single day. >> but claire, i mean, i look around your apartment, for example. you have nothing. you don't have a single dollar to your name right now. so while you feel really really great -- >> i know. >> -- you have nothing. >> i know. i would love to get clean if i knew i had something to look forward to. i want to be happy. i want to have a job to go to. i want to live in a place that's beautiful. >> all of those things are things that are completely attainable. completely. >> it doesn't feel like it. >> how long can this continue? how long can you do this? >> i can't do it anymore.
it's like you have the flu, and there's no sleep on top of that. >> and are you planning on getting anything anytime soon? >> yeah. i'm actually waiting for someone. would you mind if i -- >> no, go ahead. is this a dealer you're calling? >> yeah. >> what's up? >> yeah. >> what's up? where you at? >> at my house. >> give me 20 minutes. i'll come over there, all right? >> right. >> all right, bye. >> so you have a dealer who comes to your house? >> he meets me in the alley. >> how much money will you spend right now when your dealer comes? >> 50. >> is that all the money you have to your name? >> yeah. it's like i don't want to live like this but i have been pushing detox aside every day. i really, really want to, but the only thing that is stopping me is being sick. >> claire tells that me her parents live nearby and they
said, i'm down. i'd be surprised if she actually would agree to go in and goes, but i'd love to be surprised. claire wants us to pick her up and take her to the hospital for a three-day detox. we find her on the south side where she's been crashing with a friend. >> can i put this in your trunk? >> yep. i'm super proud of you. this will be so inspiring for you. >> i know. >> and motivating for you. claire tells me she needs to make a stop on the way. her mother has known about her struggle with heroin but believed her when she said she was no longer using. now claire needs to tell the truth. >> that's my mom's building right there. right there in front of us. park at the edge right here. >> but claire wants to do one thing before she goes inside. what are you doing now? >> throwing everything away.
>> you're not sick at all? >> no. oh, sweet. >> can you describe the feeling? >> the best feeling in the world. my body is really, really tingly and warm but a good warm. it's like the feeling you get after you have sex, right after you orgasm. that's exactly what it feels like, an orgasm on steroids. >> claire tells me that chasing this feeling has led her to use in public places where she once had a close brush with the law. >> i was on the west side one day, and i was in the bathroom stall. an actual chicago police officer was banging on the door. all i remember is banging on the door, opening it with a needle still in my arm. he walked me to the car because i couldn't walk straight. the kid i was with had 3 1/2 grams with it. and the cop saw all of that, and he said, get the [ bleep ] out of the west side and didn't do anything. >> claire got lucky. in the state of illinois, if you are caught with less than 15