PDFs of my heroin series in the Jackson Citizen Patriot
Posted by Aaron - 29/07/10 at 03:07:15 amMaybe you are a print junkie like me. The internet is great, but some things look so good in print.
Like my series on heroin’s resurgence in Jackson County in the Jackson Citizen Patriot.
Below are pdfs of the pages. Click each link to download.
PS If you are my parents, don’t bother with the pdfs. I sent you copies. Love ya mom and dad!
Part 1: Addictive drug that can shatter lives ‘is back strong in Jackson’, July 25, 2010. (A1 pdf | A3 pdf)
Forced to choose between milk and heroin, Joe Pritchard called his dealer…
Once confined to dope houses and dens, slithering in the seedy underbelly of American cities in the 1970s, heroin is now a drug abused by all ages, all incomes and all over.
“And it is back strong in Jackson County,” Undersheriff Tom Finco said.
Michael and Corinda Hirst lost their 24-year-old son, Andrew, to a heroin overdose in May. (Nick Dentamaro | Jackson Citizen Patriot)
Part Two: ‘IT’S PURE EVIL’: Heroin kills. It strains families and destroys lives, July 26, 2010. (A1 pdf | A4 pdf)
Forced to choose between milk and heroin, Joe Pritchard called his dealer…
Once confined to dope houses and dens, slithering in the seedy underbelly of American cities in the 1970s, heroin is now a drug abused by all ages, all incomes and all over.
“And it is back strong in Jackson County,” Undersheriff Tom Finco said.
Joe Pritchard, right, laughs with his counselor, John Tuomela, at Harbor Hall in Petoskey, where Pritchard was being treated for heroin addiction. (Nick Dentamaro | Jackson Citizen Patriot)
Part Three: Heroin addicts face physical and mental challenges when battling addictive drug, July 28, 2010. (A1 pdf | A4 pdf)
It is the toughest thing they will ever do.
Inside a Victorian house, set among the summer cottages and lakeside homes of northern Michigan’s sleepy town of Petoskey, almost 40 men wage war on addiction.
Among them is a 60-year-old with a lifetime habit of drinking; an 18-year-old with a drug habit that took hold fast and strong; and Joe Pritchard, a 39-year-old father of three from Jackson trying to rid his body and mind of the need for heroin.
“It’s a lot of work. It’s a lot of pain,” said Pritchard, who was sent to Harbor Hall through the Jackson County Drug Recovery Court program.
Beating heroin is not a option. Addicts struggle internally, knowing they will square off with the disease for the rest of their lives. Police chase the drug, its users and its dealers.
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