I've never seen cocaine that I knew about. I've passed some drug use on the streets, in Vancouver is pretty prevalent if you walk about. We smell weed here pretty often walking about and of course I see some homeless who are out of it, probably alcohol mostly.
The homeless here rarely beg or say anything to a passerby. I've fixed a few of them a sandwich and taken it back to where they were with a Coke thrown in, and then they ask for money, figuring I'm a softie. There are a surprising percentage of homeless women here, like maybe 1 in 6. Unhoused, whatever the correct term is. I'm told the women are more apt to staying in a shelter, where I'm told usually there are plenty of beds. A lot of the women are "short term" homeless.
The fentanyl thing is pretty scary to me, though that was part of the "cocktail" they gave me during the eye surgery gig. It wasn't enough to make me feel anything really.
I dislike taking "medication". I'm very fortunate not to need anything, I suspect I could stop with the statin, but I want to get blood work done first.
