To Shoot Up or Not To Shoot Up — Why That’s Not the Question
Exploring Skid Row’s needle exchange program
3 min readOct 13, 2023
In the middle of Skid Row, men and women filter into Homeless Health Care of Los Angeles on a sunny, Thursday morning. Each holds a bag containing used syringes. These needles were used to shoot heroin into arms, legs, feet, any body part not already too damaged. These bags will be traded…
