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Category: Heroin Addiction

RIP Greg Antczak

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Heroin overdose… I’m at a loss right now, having just learned of your passing. You were a good man, Greg. I’m grateful that you were in my life. We talked about this day, about life, about death – about the…

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John Lee draws heroin into his syringe while standing on an overpass above the Eisenhower Expressway in Chicago, October 15, 2014

Expressway to Disease

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UPDATE: 2/2/2017 I just discovered that John Lee passed away from a heroin overdose last week. John was a good guy and someone that I will miss. R.I.P John…  “Who knows what I’ve injected into my body,” said heroin addict…

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CHICAGO, ILLINOIS - OCTOBER 11, 2014 - Long-time heroin addict, Punchie, laments over the possibility of having to have his leg removed, due to the serious abscesses which he has now developed.

A Reason NOT To Do Heroin: Abscess Update

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One of the most horrifying things that I have encountered during the past 18 months of working my heroin documentary project, has been witnessing the severe abscesses many heroin addicts develop. Many long-term heroin users acquire these infections through the repeated use…

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Contemplation

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John Lee: Then, and Now…

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I’ve been spending a considerable amount of time with heroin addict, John Lee, lately. I really like John as a person, and it truly hurts watching him deteriorate. The first shot was taken Thanksgiving morning, 2013. The other was taken…

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Heroin Addiction is a Life of Grime

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It is not uncommon for junkies to use dirty water to cook their heroin in. It’s absolutely frightening watching someone draw nasty water into their syringe from some discarded container found at the bottom of a stairwell.

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CHICAGO, ILLINOIS - SEPTEMBER 1, 2014 - John Lee, recovering from a blood infection which caused by a broken needle that was in his foot, sleeps on Hepatitis Boulevard.

Heroin Addiction: Only Two Endings…

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I looked at John Lee as he plunged a needle deep into his groin, and I said, “you know John, there are only two endings to this story; one where you get clean and straighten out your life, and another…

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Junkie Shit - #274 - Lower Wacker, #Chicago - Fall, 2014 - Minolta 202, Tri-X EI 800, Stand Development -

Junkie Shit – #274

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