Drug reality- Vancouver's East End

So charming and witty! These two are just like Keith Richards and Marianne Faithful. Check out these poor misunderstood rebels, living life on their own terms. Don't you love how charismatic drug addicts are, just like in the movies!? John Travolta certainly nailed it in Pulp Fiction, didn't he? Or how about Val Kilmer in Salton Sea? these actors sure captured the charismatic wit and style of drug life. Not shown are the open sores along the spine of the woman's emaciated frame.

Both of these people were aware I was recording them.



This was shot outside the door of my workplace near Hastings and Main in Vancouver's East End. And scenes like this happen CONSTANTLY. If you were to see what goes on here in a movie, you would never belive this place could actually happen. People inject drugs on the sidewalk for everyone to see. Others smoke crack while jaywalking directly in front of moving cop cars. The alleyways are open air drug supermarkets where no one even pretends to hide what they're doing. Much of this takes place less than a block from Vancouver's central police station.

Though you may not believe me, I did not record or post this with any intent on judging these two individuals. My only motivation is to show the true face of drug addiction. Heroin chic? A junkie often looks more scab than skin, their clothes covered in puke or feces. This is drug reality.

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• Drugs
• poverty
• junky
• junkies
• heroin
• addiction
• vancouver
• east
• side
• smack
• crack
• hastings
• main

[paj187]

ur sooo cool BRO

[Andrew2294]

i dnt get it