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Pratt Library: Your Hustling Journey Starts Here
Having just watched National Geographic’s expose of Baltimore – “Heroin Capital of America” – on “The High Wire” episode of their popular Drugs, Inc. television series, we are still blown away by the unintentional product placement the drug hustlers gave … Continue reading
Posted in 2010s, Baltimore Babylon, Drugs, Inner City, Media, Neighborhoods, Roadside Attractions, Television, Vices
Tagged drugs inc., heroin, libraries, national geographic, the high wire
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“Drugs, Inc.” looks at Baltimore in “The High Wire”
By Tom Warner (Baltimore Or Less, August 29, 2014) This week, National Geographic Channel‘s Drugs, Inc. television series aired its Baltimore episode, “The High Wire.” The show characterized Baltimore as the heroin capital of America, with its ever-growing drug problems … Continue reading
Posted in 2010s, Baltimore Babylon, Crime, Drugs, Inner City, Neighborhoods, Roadside Attractions, Uncategorized, Vices
Tagged addiction, drugs inc., heroin, lexington market, national geographic, the wire
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