Photo Journal: Heroin in Denver

Issue oriented stories are getting harder and harder to publish in mainstream media. Much of the space allotted in today’s newspapers and magazines is being occupied by news and entertainment which garner a larger audience. So how does a local newspaper t

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The Denver Post takes them head on as it did with its recent three part series on the re-emergence of heroin in Denver neighborhoods and how it has become the drug of choice for many 20-somethings.

Staff photographer Joe Amon documents this story with extremely personal scenes