"I do drugs, but I do drugs to feel good. I like to party. Coke, ecstasy, mushrooms. However God made me, opioids do not agree with me. ... I immediately get sick."
""I could tell this dude really wanted to -" he paused as his eyes filled with tears. "He wanted something better for me.""
""It's going to save my life," said Vance."
""Being out here and losing everything.""
Nicolas Vance, 30, had been released from Santa Rita County jail after serving about a month for organized retail theft. He stole from stores to afford drugs but became clean while incarcerated. He grew up in a family of substance abusers and first tried heroin at 15 after early exposure to alcohol and cigarettes. His friend N-1, 44, uses party drugs like cocaine, ecstasy, and mushrooms but says opioids make him sick and he copes by eating sugar. Vance suffered a seizure in June and plans to receive a monthly Sublocade injection at Highland Hospital as part of his recovery.
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