Safe injection sites would be a godsend at this time anywhere in N. America. Just watched a show 2 weeks ago on CNN documenting the introduction of fentanyl mixed with"tranq", horse tranquilizer that gives the fentanyl "legs", making the high last longer. In the past week I've seen two addicts that I'm almost positive they were under the influence of it. One, I saw a week ago. It was pretty freaky, as he was still on his feet, had his head basically between his knees, and arms behind his knees, but was not moving, was totally out of it, but oddly yeah, still on his feet. Seemed so strange. Then saw another homeless addict, almost same thing, except wasn't bent over. Just standing there, not moving, like he was sleeping standing up. Surely an effect caused by the tranq. The drug is awful for humans causing resistance to narcan, skin lesions that become necrotic, that won't heal. The shit is nasty. Talked to a girl I know who works at a local shelter, she said, yes, tranq is here in our city. She said she even re-dressed someone's lesions, and said she couldn't get the smell of rotting flesh out of her head. There needs to be some sort of harm reduction for these addicts, cause the drug supply is so tainted and dangerous, many more people will die.
