Her grades dipped to C's and D's. She was sullen and withdrawn at family events, and became more and more secretive. Her mother, Diane Leland, confronted her several times, but with no results. Finally, early in the morning of June 16th of her junior year, after a graduation party she attended with some friends, Ann was rushed to the hospital, overdosing on heroin. She recovered, and spent a month in a clinic going through withdrawal.
Food contains hundreds of different chemicals.
Some of them are known toxins, such as the arsenic found in potatoes. Other foods, such as apples, contain alcohol. Sugar, found in many foods, is capable of piercing the biological barrier keeping most substances from entering the brain. Thus, food can have a direct affect on mental states. The effect on the body of many of the other chemicals found in food is still unknown.