Trainspotting (novel) the shortlist after "offending the sensibilities of two judges"). Trainspotting (novel) Trainspotting is the first novel by Scottish writer Irvine Welsh, first published in 1993. It takes the form of a collection of short stories, written in either Scots, Scottish English or British English, revolving around various residents of Leith, Edinburgh who either use heroin, are friends of the core group of heroin users, or engage in destructive activities that are implicitly portrayed as addictions that serve the same function as heroin addiction. The novel is set in the late 1980s and has been described by "The Sunday Times" as
Black Tar Heroin (film) the community she used to use drugs in, helping those who suffer from addiction. In 2017 a photo of purporting to be of Oreo taken in 2010 appeared on the website DocumentaryVine.com, some other sources online had previously incorrectly reported that he had died. Songs featured in the film: Black Tar Heroin (film) Black Tar Heroin: The Dark End of the Street is a 1999 documentary directed by Steven Okazaki. Filmed from 1995 to 1998 in the Tenderloin, San Francisco, California, the documentary describes the lives of heroin addicts. The film follows a simple structure, and shows the drug-related degradation