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Bomb in new england. >> it started with oxy, oxycontin. what many don't realize is that pills like these and heroin have a lot in common. in fact, they are so chemically similar that for an addict or an abuser, they are essentially interchangeable. no surprise, then, 80% of heroin addicts started off using pills. how does that happen for you? >> somebody in the hotel had offered us heroin. i almost looked at it like a science experiment. that was how my brain justified going through the whole process of using heroin. i sniffed it, and it had an effect, but it wasn't the effect that i was looki...

>> oxycontin went off like a bomb in new england. >> reporter: it started with oxy, ox is si contin, and what people don't realize is that these pills and heroin have at lot in common, and they are so k chemistry similar that the for an addict or abuser, there is no difference, so no surprise that 80% of heroin addicts started off using pills. how did that happen for you? >> well, somebody in the hotel had offered us heroin. i almost looked at it like a science experiment. that is how my brain justified going through the whole process of using heroin. i sniffed it. and it had an effect, but it...