A Day in the Life: Southern California’s Fentanyl Crisis

A Day in the Life: Southern California’s Fentanyl Crisis
A homeless man sleeps on the street in downtown Los Angeles on Nov. 18, 2018. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times
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“I don’t even know if I will be alive tomorrow. I might OD tonight,” Pete—a pseudonym—told The Epoch Times. “You are talking to a drug user right now and that’s the name of the game.”

The 34-year-old comedian has been using the opiate fentanyl since the emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic and commonly checks in and out of rehabilitation centers. With his addiction, he wakes up some mornings homeless on the streets of Southern California.

John Fredricks
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John Fredricks is a California-based journalist for The Epoch Times. His reportage and photojournalism features have been published in a variety of award-winning publications around the world.
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