The new public health crisis : Wallace's world -- Heroin central : the street life of Bubbles, Marlo, and Johnny -- Losing the war on drugs : the pit vs. the police -- Medicalize vs. legalize : Hamsterdam -- Needle exchange and the AIDS dilemma : sticking it to "the bug" -- Treatment on demand as a strategy : Walon's success story -- School performance and the MIA parent : the tragedy of Dukie's education -- Teenage pregnancy and STDS : Shardene escapes -- Firepower : Snoop's Beretta, Avon's Heckler, and Omar's Mossberg -- Place matters : why didn't Bodie just leave? -- Of paint and guns : did Omar Little die of lead poisoning? -- Obese yet malnourished : the weighty contradiction of Prop Joe -- Public health and politics : the promise and peril of Tommy Carcetti.
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