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“The Needle And The Damage Done” (2017) - Digital Collage - Anthony D Kelly

Part of the Reflections On An Age of Anxiety Series. The Needle And The Damage Done is a Digital Collage which aches with the pain of the growing epidemic in Opioid related addiction and overdose. Like Morphine and Heroin, Oxycodone and Fentanyl are Powerful synthetic derivatives of the Poppy plant. Although Oxycodone is legally available by prescription and was originally intended for pain management, it is highly addictive and its rates of prescription have skyrocketed, this is resulting in daily overdose deaths in Canada and America. As the danger has become clearer and regulations have tightened on the prescription of Oxycodone; Individuals already caught in a cycle of addiction are turning to both Heroin and Fentanyl, Oxycodone's more potent, more addictive and more lethal cousins to fill the void.

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"Lay Down Your Weapons" (2017) - Digital Collage - Anthony D Kelly

Part of the Reflections On An Age of Anxiety Series. Lay Down Your Weapons is a Digital Collage which takes aim at the staggering rates of Gun Violence which occur in the United States. According to the Gun Violence Archive in 2017 to date there have been a total of 48,309 incidents of which 1,571 were unintentional shootings and 564 resulted in the injury or death of a child (aged between 0 - 11 years). Thats without mentioning the almost daily mass shootings including the recent tradgedy in Las Vegas. Still the debate rages on and heavy resistance to increased gun controls persists.

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