SPANISH FORK, Utah (AP) — A once promising baseball player at the University of Utah who became addicted to heroin after an injury is now sober, and he's sharing his story with youth groups to help prevent others from getting sucked in as he did.
Derek Larsen, who had a scholarship to play baseball, spent more than a decade addicted to heroin after his friends suggested he take opioids to deal with the pain of tearing his rotator cuff when he was 16, the Daily Herald reported.
"I love the feeling of heroin, that's why I did it for so long," said Larsen, who lives in Spanish Fork.