Triangle of Despair,Heroin, Prostitution, HIV

Bradley E. Clift

The Hartford Courant

Like many of her peers, Chris uses the bathroom at McDonald's to shootup. ' It's warm, there's light, and you don't get hassled.' After a long night of hustling she shoots about $10 worth of heroin and $10 worth of cocaine at about 7am. Immediately after, she leans back and soaks up the feeling. But the only thing she felt was despair and fatigue. It wasn't good stuff she said as she turned the coke can over she used as a cooker and popped the top and took a sip, 'Want some?' she asks.

Bradley E. Clift, "Triangle of Despair,Heroin, Prostitution, HIV," in POYi Archive, Item #19634, http://archive.poy.org/items/show/19634 (accessed June 8, 2025).