On the Trail of Addiction
Researchers map drug users’ moment-to-moment experiences as they travel the urban landscape.
By some measures, Baltimore has more heroin users than any other American city. Yet we don’t really see them. They are a part of the city’s complex drug economy: They are buyers and sellers, participants in treatment programs, inhabitants of jail and prison. Full Story »
Posted by Mary Hartney - via Urbanite
The story is fair, relatively compelling and balanced. I really liked seeing the maps of crime and race at the bottom of the page, because the story mentions them very early on. It's nice to give the reader the pictures in addition to the information. I also liked, from a research standpoint, getting the methodology of the studies in the story. I wouldn't recommend this story, necessarily, because it's just not that well-written. The paragraphs are often obscenely long for the web and I'm not all that interested in the topic. That said, it's a pretty good story and is worth a read if you're into it.