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Dopefiend chronicles the lives of the users and pushers in Detroit during about a year's time. Teddy brings his girlfriend Terry to see Porky, an obese dealer in a seedy drug house run by himself and his wife Smokey. Before long, Terry is hooked and begins stealing from her job and her parents to support her habit. She befriends a prostitute named Minnie who doesn't think twice about feeding her habit in spite of her pregnancy. Teddy turns to theft to support his needs.

I work in a courthouse and our city has a major heroin problem. I have friends and co-workers whose families have lost members due to overdose. We hear about the details every day. This book is brutally honest in the way it details the gruesome drug use and the negative effects it has on a person's life. The writing is to-the-point and the characters seem like real people, so it flows well in spite of the hard realities it shines a light upon.