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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-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 couldn't refuse where he said, i'll 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 upset, you know. i was crying afterwards. i felt so weird. you know, and i remember sitting in the ...

>> 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 don't ever try anything, not even a little. even if you're 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, dana says that staying sober is the only way to stay off the street. >> it's a fight, but i mean...

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 -- >>...

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 ...

And it's 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, it's all about paying for your school. >> after a shoulder injury and with her scholarship on the line, dana started self-medicating to play thro...