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Here's the Story: A Family Disease

A heroin addict asked her cousin to write about the disease of addiction before she died.

10/26/2016 | Rating NR

Here's the Story

Here's the Story: A Family Disease

Special | 29m 24sVideo has Closed Captions

A heroin addict asked her cousin to write about the disease of addiction before she died.

When she was 19, Alicia Cook lost her cousin Jessica to a heroin overdose. Before she died, Jessica, fearing she wouldn't make it out alive, asked Alicia to write about the disease of addiction and the epidemic of heroin abuse. Jessica's story and the accounts of those who share her journey will be told on Here's The Story: A Family Disease. Produced by Driving Jersey.

10/26/2016 | Rating NR

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Here's the Story

Here's the Story: A Family Disease

Special | 29m 24sVideo has Closed Captions

When she was 19, Alicia Cook lost her cousin Jessica to a heroin overdose. Before she died, Jessica, fearing she wouldn't make it out alive, asked Alicia to write about the disease of addiction and the epidemic of heroin abuse. Jessica's story and the accounts of those who share her journey will be told on Here's The Story: A Family Disease. Produced by Driving Jersey.

10/26/2016 | Rating NR

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