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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 it's not like they can go up to a cvs and say may i have some heroin? >> once i saw how much money the drugs i had made from it, that hushed any concern or negative feelings i had toward it because there was no other way i could get that amount of drugs for, you know, doing anything else. >> you are aware of all of the parties going on? >> yeah, they have them all over. >> the night she was arrested...

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 can't even count how many universities. i mean, i could have basically played sports anywhere that i wanted to.

>> although the unsolved murder terrifies her, her addiction to crack keeps her on the street. >> my advice, don't even try anything even a little, even if you're uncomfortable, just stay away from it. >> as the woman disappears, we are also reminded of dana, who was hungry for her next fix. but today, dana says that staying sober is the only way to stay off the street. >> it is a fight, but a fight worth fighting for. to stay clean, i'm aware of that. i just really hope that you know, i can continue forward and just don't ever go back to it.

Calling offering dana scholarships. but she says she started to rebel and chose to stay close to home. >> by the time i got to college, i just wanted to hang out and have fun with my friends. it felt like a job at the time. the enjoyment was gone, the fun was gone. it was so serious 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 through the pain. >> my body started hurting. but knees and backerer hurting. i was in so much pain i would take ibuprofen all the time. that escalated ...

Heroin in there. >> inside dana's car police say they find what is $300 worth of heroin and three syringes. just enough of a fix to get the woman through the night. >> take a photo quick. what's going on with you that you're getting so addicted? you don't appear to be the woman that needs to be on that stuff. >> i know. that's why i'm doing it. because i'm addicted to it. and you know -- >> how long you been out here? >> what do you mean? >> involved in prostitution? >> almost a year. since last january. >> that's the way you're feeding the addiction? >> she's been in far year and has an addic...