In the 21st Century, there still seems to be a prevailing image of drugs and youth entwined in a glamorous embrace -- all part of the ever expanding culture of drugs.

James, a heroine user who asked his real name be withheld, said all it would take is a day spent in his world for drug-using teens to see is really isn't worth it in the end.

"I'd like to show them what it's like to sit on a bed for half-an-hour trying to find a vein (for the needle) to get a 30-second buzz," he said Wednesday as a member of a panel discussion at the Alberta Harm Reduction Conference in Lethbridge.

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