I haven't posted about finding syringes and people shooting up in a while. Last fall or winter the city decided to increase the police coverage of Washington Square Park and…
Context: I post about addiction not to comment on the individuals in the pictures but to reveal our culture. The images are only the most poignant representations of it, but…
A reminder: my point in posting about syringes and addiction is less about the people addicted to hard drugs and more about our culture of huge parts of America (and…
Please tell me there's another way to see it: The way we as a culture consume doof and chase comfort and convenience over meaning and purpose, people using heroin, fentanyl,…
Syringes discarded in the park mean out-of-control addiction. By out of control, I don't mean in the addict. I mean in our culture. People shooting heroin, fentanyl, and meth in…
Sorry to get grim, but remember as you read this post that I'm talking about abandoned property in public space. I didn't ask for it. I just found it. In…
I've posted about finding used syringes in Washington Square Park and Penn Station. Besides the syringes, I described my unexpected wincing at seeing someone inject in broad daylight. Today I…
I posted last year about finding syringes in Washington Square Park. I still find them. Wednesday, I met my dad at Penn Station as he was passing through Manhattan and…