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Series won a national Edward R. Murrow award.
Heroin addicts often bring to mind images of disheveled homeless people littering city parks and doorways. The truth is that IV drug use and heroin addiction are everywhere. Whether users live on the street or work in a downtown office building, their addiction rules their lives. Most are infected with Hepatitis, many have HIV. Seattle, Wa and Vancouver, BC, both face growing numbers of IV drug addicts. Both have taken different approaches to dealing with the problem.
This piece first aired in segments on KUOW's Morning Edition progam and subsequently as a 30 minute documentary on KUOW's Weekday program. We then followed it up with a discussion about the story and took listener questions.
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Series won a national Edward R. Murrow award. Heroin addicts often bring to mind images of disheveled homeless people littering city parks and doorways. The truth is that IV drug use and heroin addiction are everywhere. Whether users live on the street or work in a downtown office building, their addiction rules their lives. Most are infected with Hepatitis, many have HIV. Seattle, Wa and Vancouver, BC, both face growing numbers of IV drug addicts. Both have taken different approaches to dealing with the problem. This piece first aired in segments on KUOW's Morning Edition progam and subsequently as a 30 minute documentary on KUOW's Weekday program. We then followed it up with a discussion about the story and took listener questions.
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Review of Taming the SnakeI found it very informative, a bit too one-sided however. I think it would be a good piece to run on a national level, however it would probably need to be edited down a bit. |
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In America heroin addicts are usually scorned. Whether they live on the street or work in a downtown office building, their addiction rules their lives, while their health is increasingly at risk.
Seattle and Vancouver, BC, both face growing numbers of IV drug addicts, spurring rampant levels of HIV and hepatitis. While Seattle offers needle exchanges as a way to help, Vancouver is taking more drastic measures by providing Safe Injection Sites, and is even considering offering addicts prescription heroin.
KUOW’s Patricia Murphy spent time in both cities to compare the effectiveness of those programs, and to hear those who are addicted describe their relationship with heroin.
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It’s easy to believe that all drug addicts are homeless and dirty.
“I had three kids, I owned a home, I had three and a half acres, I paid my taxes, I made donations to charitable caus...
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Transkalimba by Elea/ label- Ultra Vista / CD- Electr'orental Delight
Teardrop by Massive Attack/ Virgin records
M.Dupont by Dining Rooms
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stan larson
Posted on June 17, 2004 at 08:48 AM | Permalink
Review of Taming the Snake
This piece provides a very detailed look at the lives of herion addicts in the Seattle area, along with the treatment options available to them. It also discusses some of the direct and indirect health risks associated with IV heroin addiction. I liked hearing a realistic view of addiction, coming directly from the addicts and those who treat them, as opposed to statisticians and politicians. I enjoyed the few injections of music, and would have enjoyed a few more. All in all, a great piece.