Drugs rule the Skid Row area of downtown Los Angeles. Skid Row is home to thousands of chronically homeless people on the edge of the downtown. No one shares the same story of how they ended up in the center of poverty and despair. The streets are ruled by drugs day and night. Help exists, but too many turn to drugs to cope with their problems. 

Homeless drug addict Andrew Hudson, 33, reacts as he injects himself with heroin next to an angel statue Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2017, in the Skid Row area of downtown Los Angeles. "It's miserable quitting, or trying - trying anything," said Hudson. Skid Row is home to thousands of chronically homeless people on the edge of the downtown. 

Homeless drug addict Andrew Hudson, 33, reacts as he injects himself with heroin next to an angel statue Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2017, in the Skid Row area of downtown Los Angeles. "It's miserable quitting, or trying - trying anything," said Hudson. Skid Row is home to thousands of chronically homeless people on the edge of the downtown. 

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