It's a devastating drug sweeping Waukesha County, and three teens cried Tuesday night as they told a room of nearly 800 people how heroin kills.VIDEO: 800 gather for heroin summitThey want people to listen to their moving message to prevent more deaths."I tried heroin because it was cheaper and got me more for my high," Oconomowoc High School senior Ashley Herbst said.Herbst was on the varsity poms team, an honors student and came from a good family before she tried heroin.Tuesday night, she felt compelled to share her story in front of hundreds, she said, to hopefully save a life."I always told myself I would never do heroin but in reality no one sets out to be a heroin addict," Herbst said.Herbst was one of the lucky ones. After hitting rock bottom earlier this year, she has been sober for nine months.But for senior Augie Badura's family, they weren't so fortunate."It's the biggest lost without you, and all because of drugs and your choice, your addiction," Oconomowoc High School senior Augie Badura said.His older brother, Archie, a 2013 graduate of Oconomowoc High School, died from heroin days after receiving his diploma.There wasn't a dry eye in the room as Badura talked about the day he learned his brother overdosed."Then I go home and see my brother in a body bag, blue and cold," Badura said. "That was it -- because a part of me died right there, too."The summit was only supposed to go on for 90 minutes but lasted nearly three hours. Families said that's a testament to how bad the heroin problem is there and how badly the community wants to stop it.According to the district attorney, someone in Waukesha County is more likely to die of a heroin overdose than in a car accident.Between 2000 and 2011 heroin deaths quadrupled in Waukesha County, and in 2012, people were saved by Narcan more than 5,000 times.

It's a devastating drug sweeping Waukesha County, and three teens cried Tuesday night as they told a room of nearly 800 people how heroin kills.



VIDEO: 800 gather for heroin summit



They want people to listen to their moving message to prevent more deaths.

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"I tried heroin because it was cheaper and got me more for my high," Oconomowoc High School senior Ashley Herbst said.



Herbst was on the varsity poms team, an honors student and came from a good family before she tried heroin.



Tuesday night, she felt compelled to share her story in front of hundreds, she said, to hopefully save a life.



"I always told myself I would never do heroin but in reality no one sets out to be a heroin addict," Herbst said.



Herbst was one of the lucky ones. After hitting rock bottom earlier this year, she has been sober for nine months.



But for senior Augie Badura's family, they weren't so fortunate.



"It's the biggest lost without you, and all because of drugs and your choice, your addiction," Oconomowoc High School senior Augie Badura said.



His older brother, Archie, a 2013 graduate of Oconomowoc High School, died from heroin days after receiving his diploma.



There wasn't a dry eye in the room as Badura talked about the day he learned his brother overdosed.



"Then I go home and see my brother in a body bag, blue and cold," Badura said. "That was it -- because a part of me died right there, too."



The summit was only supposed to go on for 90 minutes but lasted nearly three hours. Families said that's a testament to how bad the heroin problem is there and how badly the community wants to stop it.



According to the district attorney, someone in Waukesha County is more likely to die of a heroin overdose than in a car accident.



Between 2000 and 2011 heroin deaths quadrupled in Waukesha County, and in 2012, people were saved by Narcan more than 5,000 times.

