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In this Thursday, Feb. 20, 2014 photo, Cody Lewis, 21, a recovering heroin addict, smokes a cigarette before speaking about his life and addiction at the Good Samaritan Methodist Church in Addison, Ill. When Lewis walked out of Cook County Jail in May 2013 after being arrested with 15 bags of heroin, he had $11 in his pocket. Almost immediately, he spent $10 on yet another bag of the drug. By then, Lewis was a $100-a-day addict. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
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ADVANCE FOR USE TUESDAY, APRIL 8, 2014 AND THEREAFTER - In this Friday, March 21, 2014 photo, Cody Lewis, right, horses around with his sister, Mackenzie, as they walk to a Wal-Mart near their suburban Chicago home in Aurora, Ill. At a certain point in his addiction to heroin, Cody, who once was so scared of needles he'd look away when a doctor gave his younger sister shots, was mainlining. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
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ADVANCE FOR USE TUESDAY, APRIL 8, 2014 AND THEREAFTER - In this Friday, March 21, 2014 photo, Cody Lewis, left, a recovering heroin addict, laughs with his mother, Karen, as they walk back to their suburban Chicago home from a Wal-Mart store in Aurora, Ill. "I will be there for him as long as I can," she says. "Cody's finally ... coming back to the person that he used to be." (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
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ADVANCE FOR USE TUESDAY, APRIL 8, 2014 AND THEREAFTER - In this Friday, March 21, 2014 photo, Cody Lewis, right, jokes with his sister, Mackenzie, as she surfs the Internet at their suburban Chicago home in Aurora, Ill. Lewis was consumed by heroin. Every day was the same: Get up sick if he hadn't used in 12 hours. Figure out how to get money. Then drive 35 miles from his suburban home to Chicago to score. "My whole existence," he says, "was just finding ways to get high." (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
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ADVANCE FOR USE TUESDAY, APRIL 8, 2014 AND THEREAFTER - In this Friday, March 21, 2014 photo, students at Tinley Park High School in Tinley Park, Ill. listen as Cody Lewis talks about his addiction to heroin and the tremendous problems it causes for him and his family. At age 12, Lewis started using marijuana. By freshman year, he was smoking weed daily at home - hiding his stash in a bedroom vent - or outside school in Batavia, a far western Chicago suburb. "It would bring my mood up," he says. "I felt ... like a normal teenager." (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
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ADVANCE FOR USE TUESDAY, APRIL 8, 2014 AND THEREAFTER - In this Thursday, Feb. 20, 2014 photo, Cody Lewis, a recovering heroin addict, runs his hands through his hair, before speaking about his life and addiction at the Good Samaritan Methodist Church in Addison, Ill. Lewis never thought of quitting until May 2013, weeks after his arrest, when a childhood pal called, frantically seeking help. He and a girlfriend had taken heroin with a woman who had overdosed and died in her sleep. Lewis urged him to call the cops. Afterward, he says, his mind raced with thoughts of the death - and the prospect his friend could face criminal charges. Cody still wears his drug treatment center bracelet to remind him that he does not want to go back. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
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ADVANCE FOR USE TUESDAY, APRIL 8, 2014 AND THEREAFTER - In this Thursday, Feb. 20, 2014 photo, Cody Lewis, a recovering heroin addict, talks abut his life and addiction at the Good Samaritan Methodist Church in Addison, Ill. To pay for his drug habit, he shoplifted video games from stores, broke into cars, stole his mother's gold jewelry and laptop and, he says, pawned everything. He also stole money from his mother's wallet. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
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ADVANCE FOR USE TUESDAY, APRIL 8, 2014 AND THEREAFTER - In this Thursday, Feb. 20, 2014 photo, Cody Lewis, a recovering heroin addict, talks abut his life and addiction at the Good Samaritan Methodist Church in Addison, Ill. Lewis speaks openly about his struggles. At age 12, he turned to marijuana. By his freshman year, he was smoking weed daily at home, hiding his stash in a bedroom vent or outside school in Batavia, a far western Chicago suburb. "It would bring my mood up," he says. "I felt ... like a normal teenager." (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
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ADVANCE FOR USE TUESDAY, APRIL 8, 2014 AND THEREAFTER - In this Thursday, Feb. 20, 2014 photo, Cody Lewis, 21, a recovering heroin addict, smokes a cigarette before speaking about his life and addiction at the Good Samaritan Methodist Church in Addison, Ill. When Lewis walked out of Cook County Jail in May 2013 after being arrested with 15 bags of heroin, he had $11 in his pocket. Almost immediately, he spent $10 on yet another bag of the drug. By then, Lewis was a $100-a-day addict. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
