Needle of Death : An Addict's Day & an Examination of the British Heroin Scene

MJ Delaney
Needle of Death : An Addict's Day & an Examination of the British Heroin Scene

Photographs: MJ Delaney

Text: Paul Hunter & Brenda Jordan

Publisher: Studion Vista

64 pages

Pictures: 23

Year: 1967

Comments: Softcover under acetate dust jacket, 200 x 230 mm. First edition, 1967. Text in english. Black & white photographs. Included in The Photobook by Parr & Badger, vol. III. Some wears to the covers.Very hard to find!!!

Mounting figures for known drug addicts in Great Britain have brought in their wake panic, misinformation and administrative muddle-headedness. The addicts themselves, thinking and feeling human beings, are in danger of being forgotten as the hysteria increases. This is tragic, not only for the addicts but also for the society which has produced them and which should be trying to help them. Statistics are useful but solve no problems. Legislative attemtps to remedy the situation can only be hopeful if the addict himself is considered and if his reactions and his way of life are understood. If the wrong decisions are made now for the treatment of drug addiction, the results may be as overwhelmingly dangerous as the have been in the United States.