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Rachel Thraxton, Recovering Heroin Addict, Charleston, West Virginia
Last Updated: Tuesday September 7, 2021
Rachel started drinking and smoking marijuana when she was just 14 years old. In the following years, she became addicted to alcohol, pills and heroin. Drugs cost her her home, child, car and job.