Mason Butler talks about starting detox for the seventh time
Mason Butler is about to start his seventh attempt at getting clean.
Like so many American heroin addicts, Butler first got hooked on pain medication. At high school he was a wrestler, and the doctor prescribed an opiate drug for his injuries.
“I took it the first time, and I was like, ‘That’s it.’ It hit the mark. That was the high I was looking for and I chased it from the age of 16. Now I’m 26…”
31 Aug 2016
- From the section Magazine