How Do You Tell a Friend Their Addiction Is Hurting You?
Street interviews asking how people would approach a difficult conversation about a friend’s addiction (Street location, unspecified, 2025).
Drugs & Addiction
Kaitlin (Follow Up — 2025)
Mark Laita checks back in with Kaitlin in 2025 (Los Angeles, CA (likely Skid Row area), 2025).
How Do You Have a Conversation With Someone Who Has a Gambling Problem?
Street interviews asking people how they would approach a friend about a serious gambling addiction (Street location, unspecified, 2025).
Is It Fair to Non-Drinkers? People Weigh In on Alcohol Culture
Street interviews asking whether alcohol-centred social culture is fair to people who do not drink (Street location, unspecified, 2025).
A Dangerous Skid Row Hustle — Melissa
Melissa describes a dangerous hustle she runs on Skid Row (Skid Row, Los Angeles, CA, 2024).
A Paranoid Schizophrenic on Skid Row — Nicole
Mark Laita interviews Nicole, who is living with paranoid schizophrenia on Skid Row without access to consistent treatment (Skid Row, Los Angeles, CA, 2024).
Eighteen, Addicted and Homeless — Kianna
Mark Laita interviews Kianna, who at 18 is already navigating addiction and homelessness (Skid Row, Los Angeles, CA, 2024).
How Did This Happen? Inside Kensington, Philadelphia
Street documentary following the people living through the fentanyl epidemic on Kensington Avenue (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2020s).
Kensington’s Last Cry: Fentanyl’s Deadly Grip on America’s Streets
Street documentary interviewing survivors of the fentanyl crisis in Kensington, one of America’s most drug-ravaged neighborhoods (Kensington, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2020s).
Homeless Man Shares Real Truth on Opioid Addiction
A homeless man gives a candid street interview about opioid addiction and how he ended up on the street (United States, 2020s).
How Did This Happen? A Documentary About Kensington, Philadelphia
Street documentary following the people living through the fentanyl epidemic on Kensington Avenue in Philadelphia (Kensington, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2020s).
Chasing Heroin — FRONTLINE Documentary
FRONTLINE documentary following heroin addicts and the systems that surround them through street interviews and observation (United States, 2016).