After more than eight months in the Cook County Jail, Teddy is back out on the streets. This is a capture of Teddy and Levi on South Clark Street gathering the resources needed to purchase an adult beverage.
Category: Independent Photojournalism
“Heroin: A Love/Hate Relationship”
Well, I fired-up the scanner at 4:53 this morning and just now shut it down. I scanned all the New Orleans photos, and framed all the 24×30 prints for my April Show – “Heroin: A Love/Hate Relationship”… Good day! 24×30…
Heroin Prevention Project
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 struggle for meaning and purpose. You were a true talent, and a good soul.…
True stories of life on the streets
John Lee told me the following story. Even junkies think it’s funny… A guy was sitting in an abandoned building getting ready to inject some heroin, when all of a sudden a man wearing a ski-mask burst into the room.…
John Lee, 1-31-2015
John Lee preparing his heroin rig in an abandoned East Garfield Park home.
West Side Chicago Heroin House
Abandoned houses often serve as shelter for people suffering with drug addiction. This is a popular house where several people live, and where many addicts come to inject heroin throughout the day after they purchase the drug in the surrounding…
END THE WAR ON DRUGS!
While searching for John Lee today, I ran into Shaggy, whom I haven’t seen in about eight months. He’s now in a wheelchair due to complications from a recent heroin overdose. Drug addiction is a biological and psychological sickness, NOT…
John Lee Update: Fighting Heroin Addiction
I am very happy to report that John Lee wants to take a stab at getting clean. John was allowed a day-pass yesterday in order to attend to some personal business, and was able to successfully fend off both the…