Thursday, August 18, 2005

Just Say No!






Yet another reason has surface to “just say no to drugs”. It seems there’s a bad batch of the stuff out here on the mean streets of NYC. So far the papers have reported the known deaths of six people due to tainted heroin.
The deaths have been concentrated in downtown Manhattan (LES), with people discovering overdose victims since last week:
Wednesday (8/10): 24 year-old man in his Avenue B apartment.
Friday: Two friends both 18 year-old college coeds on East Houston Street (pictured)
Friday: 25 year-old man on roof of East 7th Street apartment building. At least he died looking at the stars.
Saturday: Homeless man in portable toilet at Pier 54. Man that is a sad death ala Elvis, on the crapper.
Monday: 42 year-old homeless man in a mini storage facility on Spring Street.

I can only imagine that the number will increase as they find other so called “solid citizens” as well street junkies keeled over from the bad batch. Call me heartless but the deaths don't move me.Somehow I find it hard to shed a tear over someone doing heroin.



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