"I saw this video, I'm in it and I'm shocked... it's disgusting what I did!

Liza, August 2002

"Everyone is so blase about this...shooting up on video...this is real!"

Kathy, July 2002

This powerful, new, and uncensored documentary is about heroin addicts and their life on the streets. It is necessarily about prostitution, stealing, and the constant struggle for money and dope.

Photographed with hand-held digital cameras on the streets, in cars, and hotel rooms, it documents the inside story of five addicts who live their lives from one fix to another. They chase that first "high" and constantly fear arrest or worse.

"I'll do anything to get that golden stuff in me," Jimmy said, then added, "I've even seen people shoot up in their titties." For over thirty years Jimmy lived the life of an addict and pill taker. His life spiraled out of control until the inevitable happened.

Jennifer was only thirteen when she began using pills and about twenty when she started to sniff heroin. "But I was afraid of needles, so I just held out my arm and let my mom shoot me up. Then we went on the Jenny Jones show but they said we were high and wouldn't let us on the stage." Until recently, Jen was living in a tent on Cape Cod.

"Everything goes better with dope," Andrea said, then added, "I love heroin, it's better than sex, it's better than eating blueberry pie!" But a month later she promised she would get into detox and then rehab. "Dope," she said, "makes you feel empty inside." But she has yet to be seen at the clinic.

This video is shocking, but it is the reality of heroin use today. The spread of heroin and the declining price have made the drug more readily available today than ever before. In Burlington, Vermont, a 100-bed facility devoted to heroin detoxification and treatment was recently opened. In Massachusetts, heroin use is nearly an epidemic.

The people in this video could well be our sons or daughters, our brothers or sisters, and as Liza pointed out, our mothers and fathers. Liza was recently arrested and her case is pending.

"I could be a model for heroin."

Who should see this video? For a better understanding of heroin, it is recommended for all parents and educators. For specialists in the field of addiction, it may well be used as an adjunct to treatment and for group discussions about heroin denial and defenses. Anyone interested in understanding the nature and ramifications of drug abuse and drug addiction needs this video.

It could also be a valuable teaching tool for mature teenagers if used carefully as part of a school health studies program.
This video is also intended for a wider and more general audience who want to know what addicts really say, the way they shoot up, and how they support their habit.

College students? Absolutely.

Finally, whether you buy the video be prepared to see very graphic images and hear totally honest confessions about heroin use and the life that may follow.

A proposal for Heroin Treatment

A portion of the proceeds will be used for the rehabilitation of people in the video

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