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Bleak outlook

Date12/1/1989

Names

Spremo, Boris (photographer)

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

Format

Picture

Notes

Original Toronto Star caption: Bleak outlook: Ten to 15 drug addicts a day; most of them male; are using the Toronto needle exchange centre on Dundas St. W. to get clean needles.

Subject

Drugs

Medium

Photographs

Language

English

ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives

CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive

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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0005504F

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