Humanizing the Heroin Epidemic: A Photo Essay

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<p>‘For over a year, I’ve bee oc me ti g the lives of three lo g-term r g sers – Marie, Cheryl a Joh y – who are participati g i Va co ver’s heroi -assiste cli ical st y a program.</p>
<p>I rece t years, heroi se i North America has explo e i to a “epi emic.” At the same time, policymakers a the p blic have clashe over how to properly treat this p blic health sco rge. Ma y heroi sers receive metha o e a other forms of treatme t. However, some of the most v l erable a icts have ’t respo e to me icatio a etox.</p>
<p>I spe t weeks b il i g a rapport a tr st with Marie, Cheryl a Joh y, who’ve all bee a icte to heroi for years. They’ve each repeate ly trie etox a metha o e a have bee able to stop si g heroi .’</p>
<p><a href="http://www.alter et.org/ r gs/h ma izi g-heroi -epi emic-photo-essay" target="_bla k">Rea more: H ma izi g the Heroi Epi emic: A Photo Essay</a></p>