N°4

• July 10th, 2008 No comments

It is called N°4 because it resulted from the fourth stage of poppy sap refinement. In other words it showed up after opium, morphine and brown sugar. Because of the combination of unemployment and easy access to heroine, coming directly from the Myanmar side of the Golden Triangle, the North East of India has one of the highest HIV positive rates among drug users and sex workers, considering the 8% positivity rate overall the Sub Continent.
“…when I was fourteen we used to exchange the same needle among friends. Now that I’m twenty there are syringes exchanging programs to avoid HIV infection transmission, but it is too late for me…”