Oral history interview with Salvador, 1980
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- Name
- Salvador (Interviewee)
- Joseph, Herman, 1931- (Interviewer)
- Title
- Oral history interview with Salvador, 1980
- Other Titles
- Reminiscences of Salvador, 1980; Oral history of Salvador, 1980
- Abstract
- In this interview, Salvador discusses his life in New York City, with respect to his drug use and trafficking. He describes using opium and heroin. He discusses in depth his heroin trafficking including his suppliers, his clientele, his prices, and the location he sold from. He compares the quality and price of heroin across decades in the twentieth century. He reviews his arrest history, and estim ates having spent a total of fourteen years incarcerated in his lifetime. He describes how he was able to smuggle heroin into federal prison in Atlanta, Georgia. He describes joining a methadone program in the early 1970s, and gives his opinion of the program. He reviews his health issues including emphysema, ulcers, and back pain
- Collection Name
- Addicts Who Survived oral history collection
- Subjects
- Drug addicts--United States; Drug dealers--United States; Imprisonment--United States; Drug traffic--History--20th century.--United States; Drug abuse--History--20th century.--United States; Heroin abuse--History--20th century.--United States; Opium abuse--History--20th century.--United States; Methadone maintenance--History--20th century.--United States; Salvador
- Format
- oral histories
- Genre
- Interviews
- Date
- 1980
- Physical Description
- 96 pages
- Note (Biographical)
- Salvador was born on October 14, 1906 in the Lower East Side of Manhattan, New York. He was the oldest of five children. His formal education ended when he left school in the sixth grade. At seventeen years of age, Salvador began using opium. At twent y three years of age, he began using heroin, and soon after, selling it. That same year, he got married and had a son. He was arrested around nine times in his life, and spent a rough total of fourteen years incarcerated. He joined the methadone program in the early 1970s. Salvador was interviewed for the project that led to the book Addicts Who Survived. The name is likely a pseudonym for the project
- Note
- Interviewed by Herman Joseph on October 28, 1980
- Note (Provenance)
- David Courtwright, Herman Joseph, and Don Des Jarlais, Gift, 1988
- Language
- English
- Library Location
- Columbia Center for Oral History, Columbia University
Browse Location’s Digital Content - Catalog Record
- 11874933
- Also In
- Oral History Archives at Columbia
- Time-Based Media
- Time-Based Media
- Persistent URL
- https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-4vn7-7516
- Related URLs
- Available digital content for this interview.