DRUG ADDICT ON STRETCHER. NURSES. HAND CLUTCHING
BED. NEEDS METHADONE DOSAGE. IN PAIN

DRUG DEAL ON THE STREET. CIRCA 1973. FASHIONS
PUSHER. URBAN STREET SCENES PEOPLE HANGING OUT

DOCTOR WITH THE NARCOTICS TREATMENT
ADMINISTRATION TALKS

ADDICTS DISCUSS THEIR ADDICTIONS.

MAN WALKING DOWN HOSPITAL HALLWAY. CU SIGN
"PEACE TO ALL WHO ENTER HERE" CROSS SHAPED SIGN
MAKING THE ROUNDS OF A DETOXIFICATION WARD. CU
OF SWEATY BLACK MAN'S FOREHEAD. SHAKES HANDS
BLACK MAN'S ARMS COVERED WITH NEEDLE TRACKS.
TALKS WITH DOCTOR.

ADDICT BEING INTERVIEWED. DOCTOR WRITING ON
MEDICAL SHEET

CITY STREET SCENES, BLACK, AFRICAN AMERICAN SLUM NEIGHBORHOODS IN NYC. GHETTOS. MEN LOITERING IN THE STREET. UNEMPLOYED, MEN OUT OF WORK. RECESSION. DRUG ADDICTS. UNDERCOVER AGENTS. PLAIN-CLOTHES COPS. PEOPLE GETTING ARRESTED, DRUG BUSTS.

CU PERSON GETTING SHOT. CU NEEDLE

DOCTOR TALKS ABOUT METHADONE TREATMENT.

ADDICTS INTERVIEWED. PHASE TWO METHADONE PROGRAM

TWO MEN DRIVING IN CITY. CITY STREET SCENES.
CIRCA 1973. NEW YORK CITY. MEN IN CAR TALKING

MAN PLAYING PIANO. FROM BACK. 1970s POLYESTER
SHIRT. WRITING MUSIC. SHEET MUSIC.

NEW YORK CITY AMBULANCE RUSHING TO SCENE, CU LIGHT ON AMBULANCE, CU GURNEY PERSON WHEELED INTO HOSPITAL EMERGENCY ROOM ON STRETCHER. DRUG ADDICT TREATED IN HOSPITAL. MEDICAL EMERGENCY. DRUG OVERDOSE.

ECU FIDGETY HAND