I’m looking through the Facebook wall of one of the junkies that I have been photographing. It’s really tearing me up. He has a wonderful daughter, a brother, a sister, and other family members and friends that care about him…
Category: Heroin Addiction
Solemn Confessional Chambers
While High Priests preform Holy rituals in solemn confessional chambers, junkies prepare their next jab behind bathroom stall doors. Immaculate salvation flows in their blood like religious fervor through a Baptist church. I’ll take three Hail Marys and a jab of…
Word From The Street: Harm Reduction – Clean Needles for Heroin Addicts
Today I spent several hours walking around downtown Chicago while talking with Ozzy. Ozzy has been a Heroin addict for about ten years. I hadn’t seen Ozzy in quite some time, so we had some catching up to do. This…
Chicago Heroin Crisis – Starbucks Bleed
This, is Dominick. Dominick is a 28 year old Heroin addict, who, like many Heroin junkies, first started his habit by snorting. But, before ever trying Heroin, Dominick was taking prescription medications. Prescription drugs later led him to snorting junk –…
Is There A Heroin Crisis? A Response to Nick Gillespie
According to libertarian political pundit and editor in chief of Reason.com, Nick Gillespie, the recent death of actor Philip Seymour Hoffman has triggered, what he characterizes as “[a] massive outpouring of patently false and exaggerated stories about the increase in…
Contemplating Addiction – John, Heroin Addict, Chicago 2014
“I really want to get clean, but I hate having to get fucking sick.” -John
When Clouds Get In The Way… R.I.P. Philip Seymour Hoffman
“No civilization has found life tolerable without narcotics or stimulants.” -Will Durant The recent death of actor Philip Hoffman has pulled the issue of heroin addiction into the forefront of our collective attention. To look at the photo of Philip…