junkies
The Crack House at the End of My Street
At 16 I discovered the secret but un-exclusive members club, unbiased of age, occupation, class and race. Now I'm finally sober.
The Safdie Brothers' ‘Heaven Knows What’ Is the Most Powerful Movie About the Life of Addicts in a Long, Long Time
We interviewed the filmmakers and actress
We Asked Drug Addicts to Rate the Music at Copenhagen Central
We asked a couple of them to rate what they are being forced to listen to.
How to Stage a Felony
In 1979 a guy I knew at a photo agency in LA told me he could market phony crime photos to true-crime magazines, so I invited some of the neighborhood guys over and told them to bring a date and a weapon.
Portland’s Iconic Old Town Chinatown Is Overflowing with Human Shit
Everybody poops, but not everybody has a private place to slink away and drop a deuce, so the human shit piles up in alleyways, under bridges, and in public parks.
Heroin Holiday
Every August, while Europe's desk jockeys shut off their phones and head to the beach, the junkies of Prague set up camp in the poppy fields outside the city for a vacation of their own. For one glorious month, there are no cops to run from, no dealers...
Jerry Stahl Is Not the Father of a Mutant Child
Although Jerry Stahl became famous for Permanent Midnight, his junkie memoir, he now lives a sedate life with his wife and kid. Luckily for us, normalcy hasn't stopped Jerry from writing Happy Mutant Baby Pills, a novel about a woman who...
Jeff Bierk's Devastatingly Fantastic Photos of Junkies and the Homeless
Jeff Bierk's photography ranges from beautiful to deeply disturbing. We spoke to him about his work.
Meet the Neighbors
Here in prison, my bunky is a drug addict from a family of drug addicts. He has spent most of his 20s in and out of jail. I have the top bunk and he has the bottom. All I can say is don’t get caught, kids… This ain’t living.
Boogie on Drugs, Violence and Transsexuals
Serbian-born Photographer Boogie counts shooting neo-Nazi skinheads, Brazilian transvestites, dealers and junkies alike as a nine to five.
Over The Counter Habits
The FSB (which is like the FBI but waaaay scarier) gassed the “Nord-Ost” hostages with it in October 2002 to prevent some Chechen mujahadeen from blowing the building up with 900 or so hostages inside. The women and children simply OD’d on the stuff...
Who Put The H In Country?
Country's favourite junkie fuck-ups make Sid Vicious look like Justin Bieber.