Hell in the world, the lens of the American street drug users of the tragic situation.

Referred to as "the press of the Nobel Prize" of the Pulitzer prize, announced in April 16th all awards, and one of them has attracted the attention of the people, that is the Cincinnati inquirer newspaper due to reported that the United States Cincinnati heroin drug abuse problems.

The newspaper used seven days to record the problem of local drug abuse, and in their report, 180 addicts died of drug overdoses within seven days. To outsiders, it seems shocking enough, but it's just a normal week in Cincinnati, and locals seem to have grown accustomed to the fact that there is an accidental death of a drug addict.

A glimpse of the panther, from this report, can also be seen in the United States as a whole. According to a recent report released by the U.S. centers for disease control and prevention, more than 8% of americans are using drugs, while at least half of all global drug sales are in the United States.

The United States is not only a drug abuse, some anesthesia, spirit, hallucinogenic drugs also overrun, President of the United States last year, trump because fentanyl abuse problems, announced that the United States into more limited "public health emergency".

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On July 14, 2016, about 33 people on the streets of brooklyn, New York, collapsed on the streets of a deli in brooklyn, New York.

These people fainted in the streets, or vomited, twitched and drowned.

The initial investigation is believed to have been caused by an overdose of marijuana. And it's rare to see a large number of people on the street taking to the streets.

The woman was given first aid because of overdose.

Several overdosed men sat in chairs. Many people have lost consciousness.

The marijuana K2 is also known as "flavor", "spirit" and "" sea" (Zohai), after smoking will produce with marijuana if excited reaction, because of not hemp composition, several states in the United States have no regulation, also will not be check out after smoking, and easy to be bought on the net, so that all local users, and dozens of young people by using K2 past more accident case.

Most of the patients who snore K2 have symptoms such as dyspnea, accelerated heart rate, etc. Other side effects include vomiting, delusions, trance, excitement and pupil dilation.

K2 appearance and common herbs and tea, but when rolled into a burning cigarette smoking, will synthesize similar four hydrogen cannabinol (THC), which is the main component of marijuana will make smokers hyperactive, get pleasure, use method and effect with marijuana.

Tetrahydrocannabinol is the main component of marijuana, which, apart from affecting the mental state and nervous system of the user, is irritating and hallucinogenic, and can lead to a decline in memory and judgment.

A man slumped to the ground.

The picture shows the police taking an overdose man.

A black man collapsed on the ground.

The police officer supported the drug user and waited for the ambulance to come.

The picture shows a man with a drug overdose on the street.

A man collapsed on the ground because of an overdose and was unconscious.

These overdoses were taken away by ambulances.

A man collapsed on the hood.

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Massachusetts avenue in Boston, USA, is an open-air drug trade. Pain, sadness, recovery and danger are the norm here. Photographer Keith Bedford spent two years photographing the streets and the stories of every addict and homeless man.

Two homeless drug addicts.

On the streets of Massachusetts avenue, Sean is kissing his wife Donna at the supermarket door. They have been using heroin for years, and they are trying to change that habit.

Sean's wife, Donna, is getting ready for a job interview. Before leaving, Sean hugged his wife. And Sean is still trying to get rid of the drug and get out on the streets.

Sean put on his clothes. He's waiting outside for his van. Tonight he's going to the shelter.

Sean (right) and Chris are hiding behind the house injecting drugs. After a night in the shelter, they decided to have a good time.

Shawn was carrying a needle.

After Sean injected the drug, he threw the needle into the sewer.

Lex, a former junkie who has been homeless for nine years, sleeps under a highway overpass.

The thing in shopping is that lex is all of the property. Unable to afford drugs, she often found cocktails to ease the pain.

Leonardo (not the one who made the movie) wears a batman mask. "I wish I could get a job here," he said. "I don't want a bailout or anything. What I need is a place to work and live, and I want to fit in."

Several drug addicts sleep on the streets in blankets.

A homeless shelter was dumped in a pool of water.

Homeless Shirley stands in Albany street, where the drug trade is.

Police in Boston are hunting for a drug dealer.

Andrew, a drug addict, hugs his mother at home, and his mother has to take care of her son at other times during his waking hours.

Andrew, who was alone at home, turned on the faucet and tried to calm himself by dripping water, which he had been drinking for years.

Andrew and his girlfriend sat in the park, and after years of drug use, they decided to take a rehabilitation program to get rid of the drug and return to normal life.

Robert Morgan is distributing free clothing for homeless people in the community.

Dave was sitting alone in the street. His eye was injured because of an argument with a security guard.

"I want to be loved, but it's almost impossible," he said. For me, the hardest thing in the world is how to live.

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Police in the United States have found a couple in a car with an overdose of heroin, while their four-year-old is sitting in the back.

The child was terrified to witness the horror of his parents.

In Sarasota, Florida (Sarasota) someone found a pair of couples in the internal cause excessive drugs into a coma, sitting on the back of the car has two babies, a 1 year old, another is only 5 months old.

The couple were in a coma after the police arrived. Police later found meth, heroin, fentanil, drug paraphernalia and a syringe in the car, which was placed next to a bottle containing baby milk powder.

The two-year-old daughter of Mandy McGowan, a suspected drug addict in a local Family Dollar store, has been holding his arm in a local Family Dollar store.

Erika Hurt, 25, was caught in the car by the police, clutching a syringe in his left hand. Her 10-month-old son was crying in the back seat. His car was parked at a Dollar General gate.