In 2009, Swansea drug agencies reported a 180 percent rise in heroin use – a rise that was clearly visible on the city's streets.That year, early one morning, a VICE documentary team met a young, homeless couple named Amy and Cornelius in a city centre alley. As heroin-addicted alcoholics, they were smack in the middle of two of South Wales's most ever-present epidemics, and it was through their story that we explored the two issues blighting young people in the area.More on VICE:Young People Are Still Dying From HeroinFentanyl, the Drug Deadlier Than Heroin, Has Reached the UKThis Is What Happened to the 'Trainspotting' Generation of Heroin UsersThe Secret Lives of Functioning Heroin Users
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