Needle exchange in Hamsterdam · Moral Midgetry

S03E08 · SCENE 40/36 · 49:13

Needle exchange in Hamsterdam

Health workers distribute clean needles and condoms in Hamsterdam.

49:13→50:23

in the episode · 1m 10s · S03E08

What happens

49:13–50:23

A health worker exchanges needles, telling a woman to soak her works in bleach. Another woman asks for peanut butter, and the worker dismisses her.

WhereHamsterdam

DriverHealth worker

Positionact3 · payoff

ThreadStringer business conflicts

Key lines

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49:31
Get the other girls to come by.

49:39
Just pass these out for me, okay?

49:49
Hey, when all this bullshit falls apart, l'm gonna kick your fuck....

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49:14Needle exchange

49:44Worker dismisses request

Scene in the episode

49:13–50:23

A · Carcetti political maneuvering

B · Colvin Hamsterdam experiment

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C · MCU phone tracking

D · Stringer business conflicts

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