Philadelphia Magazine
Nov 1988
The tragic life of 70s-era supermodel Gia Carangi.
heroin
4 articles
On Gia’s early years as a bisexual “Bowie kid” in working class Philadelphia.
On Gia’s heroin addiction and death from AIDS at age 26.
Science 85
Mar 1985
In the early ’80s, underground chemists cooked up synthetic versions of heroin that took over the market in California—and left young users with symptoms typically associated with Parkinson’s.
