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did my first line of cocaine at 18, and it took 14 years to stop, Herren told CNN. this addiction was a full time job. upped his game, from college hoops to the NBA Boston Celtics and Denver Nuggets. But his addiction grew, too from cocaine and Vicodin to heroin.

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Denver Nuggets Keon Clark (L) and Chris Herren take a brake on top of trash bags filled with leaves with DPS Middle school kids after raking up leaves at La Alma Park. (credit: John Leyba/The Denver Post via Getty Images)

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