While walking through one of the back alleys we came across a man who was just waking up after sleeping in the alley all night and was soon going to head off to work. This is what he had to say.
We met a woman in a wheelchair who shared what happened to her and had some advice for the kids.
We met Jennifer one night while doing an evening tour. She is a sex trade worker who had managed to get clean and was doing well for several years. Unfortunately, she started using drugs again and she was back in the ghetto when we caught up with her.
In this video clip we explain how drug dealers get young people hooked on drugs and trap them in a sort of living nightmare.
This clip was recorded while talking to a volunteer at pop up safe injection site (a site they temporarily set up in a back alley). The worker shares with the group just how severe the fentanyl epidemic has become.
In this interview we talk with a man who had entered a 90 day addiction treatment program. He shared his story about the choices he made that eventually led him to becoming an intravenous drug user and injecting heroin into his veins. He also had a powerful message to youth about the dangers of getting into experimenting with drugs.
John was a man who helped me with the tours for several years. I asked them if he wanted to make a video so that I could share it with as many kids as I could and he enthusiastically agreed. This is what he had to say.