Doing a pipe
Ed is demonstrating by way of theatrical performance...what "Doing a pipe" is...
Ed performs the act of smoking crack in alley late at night. This is what it looks like to take a hit in the streets.
I walked with Ed as he told me about his kids and how he would be getting off this shit soon. He was only smoking Crack tonight without the heroine to come because he had given up "H" as he had just got out of jail where he was put on a methadone script. This substituted the heroine for a synthetic version performing much of the same function... Methadone is a green liquid designed to be a substitute for street heroine. Dosages can be reduced in a controlled way. Thereby minimizing withdrawal pains.