Description: Boston City Council votes to accept needle exchange plan to reduce transmission of AIDS. Dapper O'Neil creates a fuss. Bruce Bolling, David Scondras, Ray Flynn. Drug paraphernalia, shooting up.
Description: INTERVIEW WITH NATHANIEL ASKIA, DIRECTOR OF FIRST INC, DRUG REHABILITATION CENTER. CLIPS FROM "SUPER FLY" AND "MIAMI VICE" GLAMORIZING COCAINE
Description: Heroin samples at state police drug lab. White powder in glassine envelopes and individual packets of injectable doses. Contents of envelopes poured onto balance scale, weight recorded. Four samples put through lab procedures: diluted with unspecified liquids, shaken in test tubes, turn colors.
Description: Ray Flynn's six month trial needle exchange program gets hearing in City Council. Dr. George Lamb explains it; Dapper O'Neil opposes, Rosaria Salerno favors. Person shooting up. Intravenous drugs.
Description: Jon Parker on a personal mission, distributes clean needles and bleach to intravenous drug users in exchange for their used works. Heroin addicts shooting up. Needle in arm with blood. Syringe. AIDS.