Coke use is Charleston’s favorite way to play Russian roulette.
I keep two things of Naloxone (aka Narcan) in my kitchen drawer. I’ve lost a couple friends to fentanyl in the past 5 years and want to be prepared if need be. I’ve also regretfully done a good bit of cocaine. No one wants to talk about it…. because everyone (everyone) in Chas is doing it.
I think access to both fentanyl testing strips and Narcan would decrease fentanyl related deaths. Weird example, but you always smell weed before you buy it, or at least take a good look at it to check its quality. I see no reason for people (buyers or sellers) to not whip out a testing kit before selling or purchasing. Sellers should be motivated to prove their stuff is safe, and buyers should be adamant on only buying when product is tested in front of them. Testing strips would need to be able to be obtained anonymously. Maybe make them available in bathroom stalls at bars, venues and clubs for people to test before they use? Would encourage cocaine use? Yeah, maybe, but it would encourage safer cocaine use. Not at all the same, but it’s semi-similar to high school nurses’ offices providing free condoms…. it may encourage sex, but people are gonna be having sex regardless, so why not give people room to do it safely.
These ideas only really work in a perfect world and at the end of the day if you are an addict (or even just a one time user), you’ll take what you can get. I surely remember when I would purchase the driest, stemmiest, seediest of weed just so I could get a little buzz and sleep soundly that night.
Nonetheless… kill your local heroine/coke dealer, and for god’s sake, just get an Adderall scrip.
