The Fire Within

Photographs by John Ranard and Text by Dave Burrows;
Moscow: Medecins Sans Frontieres / AIDS Foundation East / West. 2001


Cooking injectable home-brew opium in Odessa

Left and right. Cooking injectable home-brew opium in Odessa, Ukraine. 1997

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a registered intravenous drug user is checked for fresh track marks. Kaliningrad, Russia

A plainclothes policeman inspects the arms of a registered intravenous drug user for fresh track marks. Kaliningrad, Russia 1998


a drug user injects into his armpit to avoid tell-tale track marks on his forearms, Russia

Making a dangerous habit even more dangerous, a drug user injects into his armpit to avoid tell-tale track marks on his forearms. Russia 2000

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Police interrogate a student for possession of drugs. <br> Nizny Novogorod, Russia

Left: Police interrogate a student for possession of drugs.
Nizny Novogorod, Russia 1998
Right: A user injects into his neck in a Palermo
shooting area. Odessa, Ukraine 1997