Fentanyl, over time, attacks muscle and spine, cuts people in half, twists them in knots, and buries them. In 2022, 1,910 fentanyl overdose deaths were recorded in Los Angeles County.
He said his name is Aaron and that he came to L.A. two years ago from Louisiana. He couldn't remember what had happened to his shoes. One foot was bare, the other was sheathed in a dirty sock.
When I asked what would help him and other people get clean, he said, 'People don't want to get clean. They want to get high.' It would be best, he said, to just give them prescriptions for the drugs they crave.
He was still a young man. If he had the chance, I asked, would he go into rehab and try to restart his life? 'Everybody wants to,' he said. 'But is it likely? Doubt it.'
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