Black Tar Heroin: The Dark End of the Street 1/8
Part 1 of 8. Black Tar Heroin: The Dark End of the Street is a 1999 documentary directed by Steven Okazaki. Filmed from 1995 to 1998 in the Tenderloin, San Francisco, California.
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Brilliant and so sad
This was filmed 10 years ago and by all accounts, things are much much worse now.
It amazes me that addicts are forced to live this way in the richest country in the world. Even Iran hands out clean needles! What are they thinking over there?