College student, Ian Eaccarino, dies of a heroin overdose in his sleep. During high school in Connecticut, he and his friends started to abuse marijuana and tobacco, which are usually gateway drugs to heroin. He was then put in rehab after being tested positive for marijuana by his parents. He was planning to go back to rehab the day he died.However, when in recovery, the heroin addiction was too strong and he took one last hit, which killed him in his sleep. He passed away at 20 years with so much of life ahead of him, but the heroin took that all way from him.

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