Black Tar Heroin: The Dark End of the Street is a 1999 television documentary film directed by Steven Okazaki.
The film follows a simple structure, and shows the drug-related degradation of five youths (Jake, Tracey, Jessica, Alice and Oreo) during the course of three years.
Her friend, Kari Guilinger, attempted to give her CPR with the help of a FoodsCo employee while waiting for paramedics to arrive, but they were unable to save her life.
Shortly after stopping his methadone and the break-up with his first clean and sober girlfriend, Jake was found dead of a drug overdose in January 2002.
[1] Tracy Helton posted a comment on the 2004 update video on YouTube that reads as follows: “Oreo, Jessica, Alice, and myself are all clean.