For so many Americans, Jenna Rae Tatro’s story is one that’s all too familiar. After a visit to the emergency room in 2012, she received her first prescription for OxyContin.
That 30-day opioid prescription changed the course of her life.
The once joyful 20-year-old who loved horseback riding and animals became addicted to OxyContin. Then she turned to other drugs like heroin and fentanyl. She struggled with addiction for six years and went to 22 rehab facilities and numerous intensive outpatient treatment programs.
“We did everything that we were supposed to do as a family. We did family vacations, we did the Sunday dinners,” her mother, Dawn Tatro, said. “But it doesn’t matter who you are, because that drug basically owns you.”
By Meg Dunn, CNN
