Jessica Polmann, now 18, had a heroin addiction for 5 years starting when she was 13. She talks about becoming a heroin addict, getting money to feed her addiction, and finally about being clean for 5 months and the hope that rehabilitation and drug treatment has given her. Read more about her heroin addiction story at www.usnews.com

Meet people deep in the throws of a heroin addiction, with no way out. Explorer: Heroin Crisis : TUES OCTOBER 23 10P et/pt : channel.nationalgeographic.com

Kristen Delgado, 18, talks about overdosing on heroin, the double life of heroin addiction, and her realizations about what heroin and drug treatment may hold. Read more about her heroin addiction story at www.usnews.com