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Going cold turkey in a Bangkok prison

Holly’s life was shaped by heroin addiction. At rock bottom, she finally got clean.

A life shaped by addiction.

Australian Holly Deane-Johns had a complicated childhood. Her parents ran an escort agency from their home, and heroin addiction later took over the whole family. She was first given heroin by her mother, aged just 15. Holly ended up dealing to feed her habit, and in her early 30s was sentenced to 31 years in a notorious Thai prison, convicted of drug smuggling.

Presenter: India Rakusen
Producer: Mary Goodhart
Editor: Rebecca Vincent

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