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Black Tar Heroin: The Dark End of the Street

2000·Documentary·1h 15m
7.1
★
The film follows a simple structure, and shows the drug-related degradation of five youths (Jake, Tracey, Jessica, Alice, Oreo) during the course of three years. The film depicts drug-related crimes and diseases: prostitution, male prostitution, AIDS, and lethal overdoses.
Directed by Steven Okazaki
drug abuse
san francisco, california
despair
women's prison
male prostitution
prison sentence
street life
boyfriend girlfriend relationship
heroin addict
twenty something
heroin addiction
1990s
runaway children
self-medication
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Steven Okazaki
Steven Okazaki
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Dec Ramsay
Dec Ramsay
7.0★ · 03/04/26
Black Tar Heroin: The Dark End of the Street
Brutal, unflinching look at addiction. Knowing the postscripts of Tracey, Alice, Oreo, Jessica made it out gives some comfort. but man seeing Jake leave the hospital with the IVs still attached and using them to then inject himself, that was bleak
Brutal, unflinching look at addiction. Knowing the postscripts of Tracey, Alice, Oreo, Jessica made it out gives some comfort. but man seeing Jake leave the hospital with the IVs still attached and using them to then inject himself, that was bleak
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Katy
Katy
6.0★ · 02/02/26
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Gandalf
Gandalf
8.0★ · 10/21/25
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Edward
Edward
8.0★ · 09/09/23
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Kris
Kris
6.0★ · 11/30/22
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