The Pacific Northwest is in the grip of an opioid epidemic, with the rate of fatal overdoses rising by 58% over 2014 in Seattle alone. This crisis has driven city officials to propose a new approach to the problem: What if the city built a space for addicts to do hard drugs in a safe place, under medical supervision? Get a closer look at this controversial proposal in this video.
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MUSIC: ‘Wonder Cycle’ by Chris Zabriskie
VIDEO CLIPS:
Street heroin Optimal preparation and injection
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gc-2A4F0kBk
ABOVE Seattle Drone captures Seattle as youve never seen it!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0vneOvULMM
Pulp Fiction – Vincent Vega Heroin Drug Trip [HQ 1080p]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3QAXDMOVamI
HIV crisis in Austin, Indiana
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmsvOO0ZXUc
Heroin The Hardest Hit 2016 Documentary on Heroin Addition and Prescription Pill Abuse
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIGaGkBVfK8
Mayor Ed Murray Celebrates Seattle Urban Academys 25th Anniversary
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-r_j6mRhwY
Greater Seattles Global Identity – Remarks by Dow Constantine
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fSSFsR_Ng64
Heroin Documentary 2013 A Deadly Dance The New York Times
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rnSsB0vfCQ
CNN INTERNATIONAL, WORLDS UNTOLD STORIES, Shooting Up Legally April 2013
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvFjY1mJIng
What is Insite – Safe Injection Site in Downtown Eastside Vancouver
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjzWkQz_Z5c
Trainspotting – Scene 11 A Visit to the Mother Superior
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zgCprJPSlpA
SOURCES:
http://source.colostate.edu/study-points-to-cannabis-effect-on-emotion-processing/
Seattle’s Legal Heroin Safe House | HowStuffWorks NOW
https://youtu.be/IkKzFjw6XaM