doi:10.7916/d8-egyd-ry21Oral history interview with H. G., 1980G., Horal historiesmixed materialDrug addicts--United StatesDrug dealers--United StatesImprisonment--United StatesDrug traffic--History--20th century.--United StatesHeroin abuse--History--20th century.--United StatesG., HIn this interview, H.G. discusses his life in Miami and New York City, with special attention towards his drug use and trafficking. He describes his experience working as a coach attendant on the Seaboard Railroad. He explains how he was first introduced to heroin by a friend when he was thirty-one years old. He describes how he fell ill after three months of sniffing heroin, and went to the doctor who told him that he was addicted. He describes his transition from nasal to intravenous intake of heroin and cocaine. He compares the conditions and relative availability of drugs in the two jails he was incarcerated at, Rikers Island and Sing Sing Correctional Facility. He compares the quality and price of heroin between the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s. H.G. also describes how in the late 1940s and 1950s, many high-level suppliers were Italian and Puerto Rican. He discusses how his clientele changed between when he was dealing out of his apartment in the 1940s versus when he was dealing on the street in the 1960s. He compares his observations of the drug scene in New York in the height of his usage and the 1980s