Warning: This Drug May Kill You Page #6

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I had called the police,

and they were on their way.

And whatever I said to Judy,

I let her know that

Georgia was gone.

And we finally went outside

with our son, Eli, and

a man pulled up in a car,

parked across the street,

and he got out with a camera,

a big camera in his hand,

and it was obvious that he was

going to photograph the scene,

but as he was

walking toward me,

we made eye contact,

and he said,

"I'm sorry for your loss."

Pretty soon after that,

they were rolling her out

of the front door on a gurney...

in a body bag.

That was the last

time she was here.

This person that had

been a part of my life

for more than 26 years...

would never be again.

I know she's,

uh, she's here.

I feel her.

And I talk to her

the same way I always have.

I miss her.

Kelly:

The last time I was with her,

she seemed fine.

Her outlook on

things was hopeful.

And then...

all of a sudden, nothing.

She's not answering the phone.

She's not answering the door.

She started this relapse

around the time

of Ashley's birthday.

Stephany?

Kelly:
And, when she's using,

it's a very dark,

small, closed world.

Stephany?

Steph?

Kelly:

What happened?

We were together.

We were making plans.

Kelly:
Nobody's given up on you,

please.

Please, honey.

You can't do it

on your own, sweetie.

You tried,

you gotta go in.

Kelly:
Why don't you get up,

and...

you come back to the house,

take a nice hot shower.

You'll feel better.

Get dressed.

Okay? You ready?

Yeah.

Kelly:

Okay.

Oh, it feels

a lot nicer in here.

Laura:

Better than the majority of my clients.

I'm going to sit here.

Kelly:

You want to try a little protein?

Whatever. Looks good.

Kelly:
They're not chilled.

I was drinking...

Laura:
I can get some

for you if you want...

Like ice tea, like

this is really good.

Well, drink the ice tea.

There's a, a pot of it in there, too.

If you want, I'll chill this,

this is good for you.

All right. Kelly:

I don't know how well you've been eating.

I haven't eaten

in like two days.

I just need my clothes.

Kelly:

Clothes? You've got them.

Laura:
Mm-hmm.

I'm worried about that too.

Steph?

What are you doing?

Stephany:
I'm taking my medication!

You okay?

Yes.

And I can't

straighten it or close it.

Laura:

This is the spoon of a heroin user.

She had it in her bag.

Stephany is feeling

very anxious right now.

She's gonna be going into rehab.

She knows that she can't use.

The program that we started

is called "A Way Out."

We have seven

police departments

in our county

that are participating,

and someone can walk into the

police department and say,

"I need help."

No repercussions whatsoever.

Okay.

Okay.

All right.

If you do have any sort

of paraphernalia or drugs...

Stephany:
I got...

gave it all to my mom.

Yeah, I've done

her laundry before,

and I've asked her, "Is there

anything in there that will poke me?"

Like how... how many bags?

I just have, like,

a backpack and, like, a carry bag

with clothes in it for when I go. Okay.

So, what we'll do on, on our end,

is we'll go through it.

Okay? Kelly:
Yeah, that's...

just in case, she might...

It's part of the program,

so, whatever we find,

it just gets disposed of.

Stephany:
I definitely did not know

that that one was there, Officer.

Just a little bit.

Kelly:

What is it?

It's like really embarrassing.

Officer:
Okay.

It happens.

Hi, this is Officer Jake Anderson

with the Mundelein Police Department.

I am calling with

an "A Way Out" participant.

Hi.

Oh.

Sure.

Well, I have, I've suffered

with kidney stones.

That's how I got

addicted to opiates was

I had been getting kidney stones

since I was sixteen,

but that's it.

Okay.

Stephany:

Okay.

Kelly:

I do blame prescription opioids

for my daughter's addiction.

I never pieced together

how does one become

an I.V. drug user.

That was... that was

the bridge right there.

Officer:

Are you ready?

Yep. I'll help you

carry some stuff here.

Kelly:
She was still a teenager

when she started with 'em...

these really

high-powered pills.

And I trusted the doctors.

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