From artist Chris Jordan. His new collection is called Running the Numbers: An American Self-Portrait. It “looks at contemporary American culture through the austere lens of statistics.”
His piece Pain killers “depicts 213,000 Vicodin pills, equal to the number of emergency room visits yearly in the US related to misuse or abuse of prescription pain killers.”
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Hat tip: Andrew Sullivan
Published by Jason Schwartz
I have been an addiction professional and social worker since 1994. I started blogging in 2005 as the Clinical Director at Dawn Farm. I currently serve as the Director of Social Work and Spiritual Care for a healthcare system. I've also served as the Director of Behavioral Health at another hospital. I'm also a lecturer at Eastern Michigan University’s School of Social Work.
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