Andi Peterson, seen in a mugshot (left) and several years after treatment (right). Andi Peterson never thought twice about taking Percocet. After all, the powerful painkiller had been prescribed by a doctor. "I didn't think what I was doing was that wrong. It felt more like a have-fun-once-in-a-while thing. It was not going to lead to this crazy addiction," she told Business Insider. The first time Peterson tried Percocet she was 16. The last time she used any substance was when she was 23, she said. She was finally free from the addiction that had spiraled from painkillers to heroin and cost her custody of her son, tens of thousands of dollars, and a year in prison. Peterson is the face of...
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