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Andrew Johnson: Heroin - 1999
Andrew Johnson was the teenager photographed shooting up heroin in 1999 that appeared on the Sun Herald front page and triggered a NSW drug summit which brought about injecting room drug reforms.
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Andrew Johnson, who was featured on the front page of the Sun Herald, January 31, 1999 shooting up heroin in Redfern, seen in a Christmas photo in 1985.Credit:
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Heroin users on Everleigh Street, Redfern, January 28, 1999.Credit:Julian Andrews
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Heroin users on Everleigh Street, Redfern, January 28, 1999.Credit:Julian Andrews
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Heroin users on Everleigh Street, Redfern, January 28, 1999.Credit:Julian Andrews
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Heroin users on Everleigh Street, Redfern, January 28, 1999.Credit:Julian Andrews
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Sun Herald front page from Sunday, January 31, 1999.Credit:
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Andrew Johnson leaves Mount Druitt court. Andrew was the teenager photographed shooting up heroin in 1999 that appeared on the Sun Herald front page and triggered a NSW drug summit which brought about injecting room drug reforms. January 23, 2014.Credit:Kate Geraghty