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Homeless man talks openly about being addicted to heroin. We have an opioid crisis in America.

A short street interview from Invisible People with Keith, a homeless man in Los Angeles who lost his housing-industry job in the crash and moved from painkillers to heroin because it was cheaper. He talks candidly about the grip of addiction.

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Why HN readers recommended it

HN commenters point to it in threads on homelessness and drug policy as a short, honest firsthand account from an articulate addict.

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Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel
Invisible People
Topic
heroin addiction and homelessness
Format
interview
Level
general
HN recommenders in dataset
3
HN mentions in dataset
4
Recommendation years in dataset
2021–2021

These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.

From the original HN conversations

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  • Can't read with the paywall, and this is probably contrary to the message of the article, but this interview ( [VIDEO] ) with a homeless heroin adict made a great impression on me. He comes off as both extremely self-aware and honest.

    Grieving on Hacker News · 2021-04
    In Heroin-Using Professor Wants to Change How We Think About Drugs

  • Extremely powerful 5 minute interview with an obviously intelligent homeless person addicted to heroin: [VIDEO] Terrifying

    blackandsqueaky on Hacker News · 2021-10
    In My experience of losing a friend to heroin (2020)

  • > doing drugs to forget your life has been a mess for a long time is not a lifestyle choice decision. That's a bold statement. Choice and compulsion occupy the same place in hell. Youtube is actually a fantastic resource for the average Joe (like …

    nate_meurer on Hacker News · 2021-07
    In Finland provides housing and counseling to the homeless (2020)

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