Inside a Romanian Drug House

Portrait
This 24-year-old Roma woman says she supports herself by stealing. Seventy percent of Bucharest's addicts are unemployed. A number of them support their drug habit — or their partner's habit — through sex work. About 30% of prostitutes admit to shooting heroin, making them particularly vulnerable to contracting sexually transmitted infections (STIs). According to ARAS worker Luca, "In one evening, the team can have four girls who test positive for HIV."

• Eve of an Epidemic
• The U.K. Heroin Underground