True Stories

John Herrera started experimenting with marijuana at just 11 years old. Then, at age 16,  the New Mexico native tried heroin for the first time.

I used to picture an addict as someone under a bridge with a needle in his arm. The end of addiction might look that way, but it sure doesn’t begin like that. I never pictured myself as a drug addict until I became one as a teenager.

Ecstasy caused Chelsea to go unconscious and have powerful seizures. 

Jeremy was 80 days sober before deciding to try OxyContin one more time.

Matthew was full of adventure, mischief and zest for life but things changed when he got addicted to drugs.

Cassie was an honor roll student who was active in sports and volunteered at an after school program at her school. Her parents never suspected drug use until she suffered a heart attack from meth use.

Indiana parents lost two sons to drug overdose.

For years Rachel was addicted to alcohol, pills and heroin.  Find out what advice she offers to young people.

William “Will” Christian Doerhoff, a top-notch student in high school, didn't touch drugs until college. That decision ended up costing him his life.

Cash Owen, described as intelligent and charming by his family, was only 22 years old when he died from a drug overdose. Watch as his mother talks about his addiction and his final days.