Louisiana had a good day panhandling. He was able to gather enough funds to acquire thirteen bags of premium Mexican Heroin. It’s not uncommon for a Chicago panhandler to make as much as $100.00 or even $200.00 in as little…
Category: Independent Photojournalism
When I’m Rushing On My Run…
There is some powerful Heroin currently circulating Chi-town right now. According to several addicts, this is the best junk that has been around in several years.
Thoughts Out of Season: Broken Dreams and Shattered Memories
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…
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…