I've sat in a nice restaurant in Portland watching tears run down my mothers face as my brother slumps nodding for everyone to see only to wake up and ask for $100. There is nothing more selfish than a junkie. No lie too ugly, no betrayal off limits. They will become a sniveling, complaining, sad shell of their former selves. They will bankrupt you financially and emotionally all the while only thinking of their pain. I've never loved and hated someone so much.
Agreed. Ive seen both sides of this and im happy to say ive made it outta that life. Lets put these lowlife drug dealers outta biz and day no to opiates yall!
Kevin is doing exactly what I was doing 15 years ago on the streets of Portland..... grateful to be clean now for 12 years so I don't have to live like that.
God bless you and your journey. I am so glad I can stories like yours, it makes me feel that much stronger about my hobbies here of documenting this stuff
I live in Portland and I'm shocked at how much this town has changed in the last 10 years. It used to be charming in a quirky way, but now it just looks traumatized, like a big sad garage sale full of homeless drug addicts. It's getting kinda violent as well.
It seems to me that the turning point was the virus shutting down so many businesses, and the moment when that asshole sent in his little army with the aim to destroy our city, and actually murder people, because it was so solidly blue. What did those people think that would be? Their version of the Beer Hall Putsch? Crystal Night? Before that it was a jewel box. The President of the United States took a direct hand in the destruction of our city. First Thursday used to be so great.
@@OrdoCorvus This is true. That whole movement and year. Last time I drove around downtown a few weeks ago, I didn't see any homeless. I didn't see any people at all for that matter. Some asshole homeless advocates built a bunch of shacks in North Park Blocks, but those are gone now.
I think what discourages a lot of people in early recovery is that people don't give a shit that you've beaten nearly impossible odds. I've been clean from crystal nearly 20 years, with no relapses in the intervening time. I've had "friends" smoke it around me, offer it to me, try to talk me into "moderate " use... but no. Never gonna happen because I still care and I respect myself too much to let myself down. It's a goddamn lonely feeling but sometimes you just have to be lonely.
Bro when you get to the point when you love and respect yourself too much to give away your power to that 💩 again, you've made it. That goes for anything holding you back 💪🏿
Here's my story. At the age of 21 I was beaten to death. Literally. I died in the ambulance, but they were able to bring me back. The surgeons thought I was going to die, but I didn't. They thought that I would be a vegetable, but I came back to my old self. They let me out of the hospital two weeks after I was beaten. I have a large plate in my head and the left side of my face was destroyed including my left eye. So I had plates in my face to basically reattach the whole thing and a glass eye. I forgot to mention the broken ribs and collapsed lung. I worked in the woods for three more years until I couldn't take the pain. No doctor would help me. I'm 6'3 and I was about 210 pounds all muscle and tattoos. So every doctor would look at me and say I'm a drug seeker. Most didn't even look at my file. So in the end, about 1998 I started self-medicating with heroin. At first it was just when the pain got so bad I couldn't do anything. When I realized I was addicted I really started to hate myself and the drug itself. I never stole or hurt anyone other than myself, but I lost those closest to me. I wanted off of that shit so bad and the detox places are hell. I sometimes prayed that I'd be arrested and be forced to detox in jail. I found a way to detox painlessly. And for those of you that think that an opioid detox is easy, please stick your head back into the sand and shut up. So this is how I did it. First I bought 4 doses of methadone of fourth milligrams each. Then I left town for another really small town where I didn't know anyone. I took my first dose as methadone works for about 30 hours in your system that's when I'd start getting drunk. The next day I'd feel hung over and dope sick as all get out, so then I'd take dose #2 after about 30 hours I'd get drunk again. When I woke up I still felt horrible but I'd take a smaller dose. Maybe 25-30 milligrams I'd get drunk one more time and I'd wake up hung over, but I was waiting so long between doses (that's what the booze was for, to stretch out the time between doses) that I felt no more dope sickness. It worked for me and I turned a couple of friends on to it and it worked for them. The important part is that you have to want to get off the shit. If you're in pain their are actually pain clinics. I find it interesting that no doctor ever told me that fact. Just looking at my face one could tell I was in a absolutely traumatic incident, much less looking at my records. I'm of the belief that doctors causes more people to become junkys than just trying it. Its not pleasant the first few times. Think lots of vomiting. If doctors would treat pain patients as patients and not drug abusers then we might be able to get to the issues of modern junkys with the fentenal. I've lost my trust in doctors, they all seem to be on the take from drug companies to push their particular pain drugs. I understand that morphine and codine are addictive, but most pain patients are not going to get better. When the government told doctors to stop prescribing pain med or they would loose their license a lot of pain patients just committed suicide. We had ten years of that then the CDC said "THATS NOT WHAT WE MEANT". I used to have a life, then the doctors took that away. I didn't go back to self-medicating though. Its been 13 years now that I've been clean, but I wish the doctors would give me back my pain meds. I want my life back. I want to go fishing and hunting and gold prospecting. I used to make a bare living mining gold, but it was better than " living on the lowest level of disability". They've given others back their meds, but if you're big, scary looking and most importantly poor. You're screwed. I didn't mean to go into my issues, but I just kept writing. Good luck out there. If you're tired of the life of a junky, try my method. But you got to mean it! Or you'll fail.
Glad to hear you're at least clean. Ask the people you know that are getting pain meds who their doctor is. Try to get to know that doctor establish a relationship with them, explain your situation and any good doctor will be able to see you're not drug seeker... I know people who have got their marijuana card and use edibles to treat pain. Some of these people got off opiates and now strictly use marijuana for pain... have you tried that? I know marijuana is not for everyone has helped a lot of people from what I hear... Good luck man. And by the way it's going on three years clean for me... June 24 2020 was my first day of sobriety... I have been Suboxone since then. Trying to wean off of Suboxone is difficult it seems like it's more addictive than fentanyl.
I live in Portland. I also live on the street. I am a weed smoker. That's it. The street where I park is packed with trailers, cars trucks, and a lot of trash and rats. It didn't used to be like that. Every single person on that block uses heroin or fentanyl or both. I've gone to the exchange several times for narcam( check spelling). Literally everyone of them have overdosed. Some more than once, some,more than that. It's a fucking nightmare out here. Several folks I've gotten to know are dead and don't even do fentanyl. They mistook it for another drug. That fentanyl is the devil. It has single handedly taken our city to it's knees. These folks that indulge are ruthless. They would shove a gun in your face and take your shit without hesitation. The crime is off the charts. They're literally running business out of here. People are moving bc our government has turned a blind eye. They call it a homeless crisis. Yea right. There's a housing concern yes but it's a fucking drug crisis and they know it. I guess they figure it will peter out or something. But their unwillingness to acknowledge the severity of the situation is inconceivable. I do my part by picking up the messes they leave behind. And various other tasks that won't get done by the city. Think about the camps you see on the side if the road. For every one you see, there are ten you don't see. The bushes are riddled with camps. They are worse than the ones you do see. Two dollars for one pill. That's it. Some if these folks do a couple hundred a day. Times that by how many? Our system is broken in a bad way. It's not so broken that it can't be fixed, but it's going to take some work and effort from the higher ups to make it work. Let's hope they can hang. Kate brown is single handedly responsible for the break down of this once gorgeous, beautiful city. Her nose is brown. Thank god she's done
I’m sorry to hear this. Pray for your son. And call the cops on him. Get him the help he needs. It’s tough love, and that might actually work! My sister in-law is also on this crap. She just had a kid and of course, the cps took it away! I’m not mad at her, I just want her to go to jail or rehab, and the state doesn’t do that anymore. No more accountability. It’s her fault yea, but without a kick in the a**, she’ll never get it together.
@@felonstomillionaires I have called the cops on him they do nothing. I've tried to get him civilly committed again nothing. He's mentally ill and drugs don't help. I'm getting a restraining order against him because he breaks into my apartment does damage and attacks me.
@@TheReaper42069 I am not giving up on him. I just had to call the police and have him arrested because he lost it and tried to attack me and use a knife on my service pup in training. I will not give up on him but I can't help him anymore. He needs to get it right on his own
But it does allow you to use less of the actual substance the person thinks they're buying, which is often going to save you money due to fentanyl being cheaper than whatever it is someone thinks they're buying.
Did he say i can get a job, but… but what? You guys dont realize they dont want the help, because the help is to become clean and be responsible. Something they didn’t have even before being on the streets
The USA’s 2022 Fentanyl Epidemic: Headlines have been full of reports on COVID-related fatalities, but there’s something as contagious that’s responsible for even more deaths in the US: the fentanyl epidemic. In 2021 alone, 41,587 people aged 18 to 45 died due to fentanyl overdose. In the same time period, and for the same age group, COVID-19 was responsible for just over half as many deaths.
From 2021-2022 107,000 Americans lost their lives to fentanyl. 2022-23 was even more. Over a quarter million Americans have lost their lives to fentanyl since the beginning if 2022 to now. 5x the amount of americans than the entirety of the vietnam war. There will be no memorial for these people.
We need to over turn the decriminalization of drugs so people can actually get help. There is no consequences anymore, so they will stay in their misery. I would of never got sober if I didn't have consequences!! Sober off heroin for 7 years in July!!
Congrats on your 7 years clean Cheyenne! I am approaching 4 years on the 14th (2days) And I couldn’t have said it better, there is ZERO accountability in our justice system, pertaining to drug offenders! The law used to hold people for weeks, months even years. Now, they have adopted a system here in California called pr 47 where people won’t see but a ticket to show up for court. And the police usually ‘won’t waste their time with druggies.’ It’s definitely a root cause of something bigger.
I think you are right on this, but if something that can kill them wont stop them whats to say prison will ? I think a new law should be adopted like forced inpatient and psycho analysis because a lot of the problem stems from poor mental health especially in our youth. I see a storm brewing for the next generation if things don’t change . I hope we as a country can come together to help these people rather than shun them
I work in Portland and we just Narcan ed a guy today and they said he wasn’t loaded after we got him back breathing they went out and got high again, I just don’t get it I’m an ex addict but never met with fentanyl and don’t want to I love my life today 10 years 4 months clean and sober and will stay that way
@@U.s-epa weird way to put it. This addiction knows no limits. Your loved ones can be affected, and same with me. We shouldn’t wish death, but accountability on these people.
@James Mathers Congrats on your 4 months. That means that you are that much closer to 1 year and so on. It takes a while for us to be totally free. Cravings are real. But in due time, you will find what works and what doesn’t. Keep up the good work!
@@felonstomillionaires enabling isn't helping. He said this guy went right back to baking fent after getting narcan. It didn't help him at all except to get high again. It sucks to say but the same holds true with family.
While fentanyl is surely a part of the problem, so is this hapless mayor. I have lived in Portland almost all my life since '75. Until about 10 years ago I felt perfectly safe in pretty much any area downtown at any time of the day or night. I went to the waterfront over the past weekend. It is clear that the city leadership has given up. The sidewalks aren't cleared of piles of fallen leaves. There was a burned out...something...in the middle of the road right in the heart of the city. Many buildings are spray painted and boarded up with chain link fences. Every single vintage street lamp is destroyed and spray painted. There is no bustle of shoppers and workers. I didn't see a single police car nor did I see a single city worker cleaning the streets. Not that the police would do anything. I was shooting a movie scene a year ago at the waterfront. One of our actors was a minor female. There was a tweaked out bum standing close to her, jacking off in public and in broad daylight. There happened to be a cop nearby so I went and told him. He just left. Even as a lifelong resident walking in the middle of the day, I have to constantly look over both shoulders at all times when downtown. This city has gone to shit.
I am NOT trying to Kure you into some political BS... I am LEGITIMATELY asking, did you vote for that Mayor, or did you vote Dem or Rep in the last 10yrs that you spoke about?
@@donchamberound7477 please get over the Dem Rep angle this is everywhere even in small rural conservative places but the scale of people and damage is less apparent wake up and look around at the real truth….of course the cities look worse and not even mentioning how all the folks are bussed here from other places ❤
We can agree to disagree! Hope you see how important it is that anyone can fall victim to addiction. These addicts, are equally responsible as they are a victim. They make their bed at night yes. But the drugs shouldn't be here in the first place. What if those who sold this crap, faced actual punishment?
The guy is an expert loser. "I could get a job right now, but you know, just taking a break having fun"... (doing drugs). To help these people, something needs to be done to change that kind of mindset.
this is the mindset of probably 2% of people outside. and for you to blanket people all into onw lumpsum of losers like this dude, then the people who rlly need help and cant do it themselves are just shit on for eternity. quit pushing bullshit like this to the masses and actually speak truth, so effective solutions can take place.
I have ten years clean and work for an organization in Portland thats focus helping folks like this gentleman here. I believe that if weren't for my consequences I would have never gotten clean. It's gotten too easy for people to sustain this type of life style that they have no desire to anything else. Hot fresh free meals are accessable all.over the city, 200 bucks a month for EBT benefits, collecting cans and boosting shit to feed the habit. There is fine line between helping and enabling in my opion. Oregon has one of the highest addiction rates in the country yet ranks 48th in access to treatment. It's really sad and feels like revolving door often. I do believe that people shouldn't be punished for a health issue like addiction , if we want to take away the legal consequences for actions surrounding drug use and distribution there NEEDS to be other routes of interventions in place, which at this tt ime there aren't many. Downtown Portland even a handful of years ago was such a beautiful place to be. Now it's impoverished and completely run down! A completely different city. The city officials and leadership do nothing to move in a positive direction either. When people start racking up felonies because of drugs and are looking at or have to do some significant time, it really helps to put things into perspective and wakes people up! The scale has gotten completely unbalanced and people are suffering from it. Not only the people that are stuck in their active addiction but the entire community that surrounds them. Somethings gotta give eventually! 😢 Thanks for your reporting good sir🙏
I wish my son could have stayed clean and sober. It didn't work out that way. He was living in supportive housing and working after his release from prison. I was proud of the way he was rebuilding his life. He hasn't said what caused his relapse or why. I've lost my beautiful boy to this epidemic. There's nothing easy about it. My son has mental health and addiction issues. We moved to Oregon from NY for a better life. Access to mental health treatment here is an absolute joke. I'm planning on getting a protest together to march on the capitol. It's time people and families like mine are heard and something is done.
Oregon is #1 for addiction and 50th (dead last) for access to treatment. I tried for a year to get into treatment and I couldnt get access. I finally got clean on my own and have 4 mths clean and I still cant find support from anyone, anywhere.. no one gives a shit about anything, anyone, anymore except for themselves.
They don't want to solve homelessness few people get insane amounts of money to fix the problem and then it only gets worse so the next year they get even bigger budget
@@chlin966 You are right.. right now mayor ted wheeler and oregon governor Kotex are trying to get hundreds of millions in federal funding by declaring a state of emergency on the homeless crisis. The irony is they created this crisis by 1. Opening the southern border 2. Making Oregon a sanctuary state 3. Legalizing drugs 4. Defunding Police. 5. Allowing extremist groups to dictate policy like Antifa, BLM, and other George Soros funded projects. 6. Ignoring existing laws set in place decades ago to push liberal progressive agendas like the ones listed above. Oregon legalized marijuana with the understanding that the resulting tax revenue would pay for more police and drug treatment. After the law was enacted, they immediately changed it by defunding police and cutting off access to treatment. Keeping the money for themselves to pay for their own personal multi million dollar projects (breweries, wineries, distilleries) and private gated communities you and I arent allowed to visit, maintained by the cheap labor they allowed to flood our communities with from the southern border that they subsidize. And to top it all off they are trying to ban Christianity, the spiritual foundation of all our traditions.
Of course it has and the police don't make any efforts to bust crime everybody commits crimes all day and the police drive right past it All the time I see I live in downtown A bunch of junkies not paying their bills resorting to drugs instead it's insane and really sad
Instead of collecting cans why not just get a job bartending or a server? A good bartender can make $100k a year or more. And nobody wants to work so there are lots of jobs
it being fentynal, makes the drugs STRONGER 💉 makes junkies a regular customer I am so glad that I am clean today and have been for 10 years. God bless the "soldiers "on the front lines.
Thank you! You sir, have won the game with that answer. Now if we can get more people to see that this is what’s going to kill an entire generation, we might have a chance. Growing up, it was normal for us to try weed. Beer. And one day, try coke. I’m serious, this was just like every other cherry in life. Nowadays, these college kids looking to try party drugs are in for a rude awakening and it could be fatal.
For years my family tried to hide the fact that my nephew has been dealing from me. I had to find this out from friends who called me to report it. It was like getting kicked in the nuts when I found out. And it's turning out to be way worse than I originally thought. He was raided five times, already did two years state time, OD'd twice, was sent to rehab right near where I was living, was caught with bags of fent- laced heroin, meth, etc. etc., and every time he was raided he went right back to dealing. A friend who knows my nephew says she knows of people who died from my nephew's heroin. Yesterday was my nephew's thirtieth birthday. He is in county lockup right now, headed for seven and a half years in state prison. I am the oldest son, our parents are deceased, I was a social worker and also a re- entry worker trying to keep drug felons clean and out of prison, not knowing the entire time that my own nephew was dealing. Now I'm sad, but more than being sad, I'm mad as hell at my sister (who was bankrolling her son) and my other relatives who enabled this situation. I had to report what I discovered to the DEA, now my relatives threaten me.
That sucks I'm truly sorry but you didn't have to tell dea shit he was definitely headed towards prison anyways but the dea and others like to lie, railroad people, destroy families. Addiction is a disease
I wouldn't really say that Fent being so prominent now is just so the Cartels can "making more product". That substance is not only A LOT stronger with such a small amount compared to heroin, but it's also A LOT more addictive. The WD's from those pressed pills are far worse than kicking dope, even if you're an IV user. Also, whenever addicts hear about someone OD'ing, the first thing they wanna know is "where did he get the dope from?". I'm really grateful that I don't live in an area where those dam things are selling for $3 a pop, because otherwise I don't think there would have been a chance in Hell that I would have ever gotten clean and STAYED clean. I mean shit, they put Fent in pretty much everything nowadays on top of it, so people may think they're buying some cheap coke or Xanax, and a week later they're going through opiate WD's and don't have any idea why. It's fuuuuuuuuucked up out there and I really do hope that more people end up having that moment of clarity, and go do the work to get off the shit if they get the chance to.
So sad, I was born in Portland but now I've written the whole city off. I've worked as a cashier before and now I think I'd wear gloves because you never know if the bill is contaminated. I hope positive change will eventually come after all this horror.
Never write Portland off this is happening in every major city in the US, people got to make the change , anything worthwhile in this world didn't come easy through succession of trial and error we fought hard, Rome wasn't built in a day and Portland isn't going to get fixed in a day but you can count on it we ain't going down without a fight to put Portland back on the map as one of the best biking, skate 'n hiking parkcity mecca's of the west!!! Do you know how many generations of hard workers since the pioneers landed it's taken to build this city up from the stumptown it was by every nail hammered every stone put in it's place ? If you ask me the great cities across the US are being sabotaged undermined by certain groups with corrupt political agendas by agent provocateurs most likely, but we ain't going down without a fight you forgot to give the power back to the people ✊✌️🐾jf
I've been smoking weed for 16 years. It's never interfered with my ability to function and live a productive life but I used to always worry about my herb being laced with something nasty. Fortunately that never happened but it easily could have. Now that it's legal the weight of that is totally gone and the cannabis from dispensaries is wonderful. I quit smoking and vape now. What I don't understand is why people still turn to these rotten street drugs when high quality regulated cannabis is legally for sale. I understand the weight of total sobriety and empathize with people who need to take the edge off but WHY FENTANYL?? Every day after work I take a few drags from my vape and feel amazing without every worrying about ODing or the oil being laced or seedy dealers or sketchy people. It boggles my mind why people would rather buy some awful poison off the street instead of walking into an elegant dispensary and buying something a thousand times better. I don't know what the answer is (or if there is one at all) but if someone is having a hard time being sober all the time there are now legal options that don't ruin your life but still provide an amazing high. What a dystopia this has become... I'm so glad cannabis has been all I ever needed. Once you're on fentanyl I'm not sure there's a way out 😞
your shit being laced with horrid chemicals is what happens with this legal market. and back in the day, only morons worried about their shit being laced with other drugs, because only morons could not understand the fact that real humans making money dont lace their weed with ANYTHING. a gram of weed costs 10 at the time, or less. to sprinkle enough of ANYTHING on a bag of flower that would make any substantial difference in weight of high would mean sprinkling at LEAST $20-$30 worth of the other drug onto it which in turn would have you spending money instead of ever making any. that shit only ever happened to people with shitty friends and people who smoke with randoms who they cant trust. people lace their own shit when they wanna smoke a chewy or get that other high themselves, never would you buy a bag and run into that. sorry to break it to ya, its just facts.
Dystopia is the word. In response to your question, I would think it's a combination of accessibility, affordability, strength and addictiveness. Some of those reasons may sound ridiculous, but think of the standard procedure when at a dispensary and the cost + tax. I could be terribly wrong or terribly right. It depends on the person without a conventional home.
My bestfriend of 30+ years is strung out on both meth, alcohol & pills (Fentanyl). He has stolen from, used & abused, lied to and burnt every bridge he's ever had and is currently out there wondering the streets of Portland. He posted on social media a picture of himself infected with Monkey Pox and he was absolutely unrecognizable and it's so fucking heartbreaking!....
That is absolutely heartbreaking. And it’s common. Folks end up burning bridges and they’re SOL. sad. Some parents failed their kids, by not being tough enoigh on them. Letting them grow up to believe it will always be ok when it’s not the case. In this country, you must fight and work hard for your life to be in tact. The second you fall out of line, the harder it is to get back in place.
I have to drive my wife to work because I don't want her on public transportation because two bums fighting at the Max station bumped into her and broke her arm. 80% of homeless people choose to live on the street.
New York California Portland all democrat ran cities and they all follow the same play book I mostly vote Republican now but I also voted for Obama and I voted for trump but I'm not one of these people that treat party like a gang But I think they're doing the same thing over and over in expecting a different result Not necessarily saying republicans need to be run the city but democrats need to try something different
I was able to avoid addiction by never using illegal drugs in my whole long life. Just saying it is something to try, that maybe nobody else thought of. Wishing the best for everyone, and that all these destroyed cities can recover one day.
He has so much potential. He sounds smart, he’s very good looking, able bodied like you said. I wish you’d pushed a little more on the ‘I could get a job but I’m just down here having fun’ part.
You're right. I didn't want to shut him down, although I'm a big fan of blunt honesty. Sometimes, it's nice to let these people talk, uninterrupted, no intentions, no motives, and just listen. These people aren't heard enough. They can go days or even months without friendship or valuable contact. Many of these homeless are treacherous beings and a lot of them are good souls, but one thing for sure, they are all lost.
@@felonstomillionaires that’s a really good point. I live in Portland as a single mom and spend a lot of time looking over my shoulder, and worrying these days. It’s easy to let fear, disgust, and resentment take over your humanity. Thanks for keeping a soft heart and highlighting this crisis with compassion
I wish Portland had a good way for him to think bigger. Maybe programs for education without having to go into debt right away. The incentive isn't really there for people who are smart. I just want a way to streamline the process for whatever it is he is passionate about. As of now it's a giant complicated process. Let's say he wants to work at Wendy's while he gets educated to be an engineer. Right away he's buried in problems. Where do you stay? Anywhere that accepts him makes him live by rules that threaten to put him out..that's not freedom. Even IF he could qualify for a place locally, which he won't be able to, he won't be able to afford it. To get educated at the same time the system wants him in debt. If he fails or decided not to do it they charge him? That's not freedom. Half the people not even on drugs are barely making it in this money scam we call an economy. Right now he's free. The money system isn't set up for him to thrive, it's setup for him to serve. No good incentive or effective way to live a full life.
@@tylerriojas6250 the incentive is the same for him you and me don’t do drugs plus drugs, make you lazy and lazy people are not productive and become losers
@@adambrown4315 some drugs do the opposite..our incentive is not the same. All our environment is different as is our goals. Doesn't make you a ' loser' , just depends on your point of view, which are a product of your environment. I would argue that Money is the real addiction.
I was homeless in Portland for years..they used to not allow tents and we slept out front of doorways and food carts in the winter i had to get a new blanket every night from the rescue mission. They got it good nowadays.. can nearly build a hous if you want.
@@freddyferguson7763 Don't let the original comment get away with calling it eugenics, as if it's got something to do with Scientology. I would also feel insulted by someone associating humans with "herd" activity.
I can see how you would call it eugenics if we were mentioning the whole country or so. But if we are only talking about Portland, then I think Portland had and still have a good general standard of intelligence and physical health. I thought what Portland had an issue with was classism not eugenics, a classic need for a variety of classes to create harmony and a sense of worth among people, A problem which they maybe tried solving by bringing and allowing such lifestyles hoping that one day this people will be a stable working class. Meanwhile we work and navigate towards a better future and environment, we shall wait and see.
I left Portland thirty years ago, before it turned into a festering cesspool. I obviously didn't know it at the time, but it was the best move I've ever made, by far. I can't think of a city that has been so extremely mismanaged as Portland, except for possibly Seattle, San Francisco, Los Angeles . . .
Done all drugs in excess I am so glad I hated the feeling of opiates, they just make me miserable and itchy. I may have landed in a place like this if my internal chemsitry was different.
It's so sad. 20 years ago I was thinking about making a move to either Portland Seattle, or San Francisco. Today I'm glad I didn't. Not because of personal politics; I'm just as liberal as I ever was. I'm just content to live in the Midwest. For now.
I think the midwest is beautiful and highly underrated! Not only is Cleveland rich in people, atmosphere, and scenery, but it's far from gentrified. Unlike the west coast! I think the Gentro, especially being a California native, has ran out most if not all the people I grew up with.
The ONLY SOLUTION now is a hard-line, Philippine approach. Yes, there will be martyrs and even some collateral damage, but it sure isn't anything we can't handle. We may even have to use bulldozers to flatten the curve. Let's all work together to make sure it won't come to that, but if it does, it's for the greater good. :)
Live right next to Portland as a cashier while I go to college at Sumner near PDX airport, we sell the pipes they use for this stuff . I feel bad I see more and more people addicted to this stuff and it’s destroying and ending so many lives.
This guy turned around and slammed as many dugs as he could, right after this interview. He looks like he is fiending the whole time on here, like he needs a hit or else he will kill. I hate these cities. I am glad they are finally actually falling apart, it takes them burning to the ground in order to fix them, when they are this bad.
How long were you addicted for? How long did your withdrawals last or how long until you felt semi normal? I'm about to kick cold turkey any knowledge would be much appreciated. Stay clean and sober!
cross contamination is why it's being found in meth and Coke. All these drugs are mixed at labs in Mexico where cleanliness health and safety isn't a priority.. Mix the fentenl one shift quick hose down and Coke or meth next shift
Sorry didn't anyone learn from all the famous people dying from these types of Drugs? I'm petrified of that crap, I'll stick with my Weed and Gin in moderation.
Damn- such a shame. Such a good looking guy. Damn. Please get the drive to want to get help and get off of drugs. You shouldn’t be out there picking up bottles and cans just so you can buy and use drugs. There’s so much more to life and you are so young.
Ehh. I mean. People don’t need to look at addiction as a choice but an illness. We don’t bash someone who acquires cancer from smoking cigarettes do we? No. We treat them accordingly. 15/100 will ever recover from addiction.
Why is alcohol and benzos the only drugs you can actually die from withdrawing, if fentanyl is more physically and mentally addictive? Doesn’t seem statistically accurate
Ehhh. It’s a physical dependency and mental. As for alcohol and benzodiazepines withdrawal, I am not sure as to why it can kill you. It definitely can cause seizures. And I guess there are other things that come on, when withdrawing from drinking. As for opioids, the user will be sick, vomiting, nauseated, restless, cramped up, and sleepless. Never heard of someone dying from wd, but I’ve seen people turn into desperate monsters to get their next fix 🤷♂️
@@felonstomillionairesFor sure. If we’re talking about “the most addictive drug” though, I don’t think there’s anything more addictive then dying from withdrawing. The second highest would be the drug that releases the most dopamine and other hormones in the body when the person takes the drug, and a study was done that showed meth released 50 times more dopamine then food, sex, or any other recreational drug. Meth can last 3 days while fentanyl last 1-5 hours. Imagine how bad withdraws are from a drug that last 3 day’s or more,
Boy slow about cutting it for bulk smh it's to cause a addiction where you need it or get sick. They know what they're doing.... The cartels aren't stupid. I'm in Tucson Az we got the best cheapest everything in the country so trust me I seen it all!
EXACTLY!!! They’ve been doing this. It use to be cut with heroin. All the meth and cocaine. Now, it still is cut but with fentanyl. Certain amounts can kill.
Please put dumpster in a area zoned for homeless people, put up a portable potty and wash station. Our state is rich with funds to treat people better then abuse pet's. This is a crime of or state with our taxes that cover's care. Grants Pass has been working on village homes to get them clean they provide potty area, trash dumpster to keep there city clean they now open a closed down DMV to stay in to keep warm and eat along with the soup kitchen. city people help feed clothes and sleeping bags and feed gather garbage to get taken away . Thousands have lost job's and more to come were in the worst ever if our lives.
This is good to hear. I like these ideas. Maybe we can get the homeless people involved to empower them? Kind of like ok here is a proposal from Your neighbors for an area. The ultimate goal is to get you sober and educated ( even getting sober is experience towards being a great social worker). In the meantime show them you mean business by building rehab facilities that are not for profit. They are a community themselves and can discuss it and get a feel for concerns like security etc. Ultimately I guess I am saying empower them. Then empower the people around them to come donate clothes, toys books, blankets or whatever to people they actually know.
I stayed in downtown Portland for a few nights this past Thanksgiving and I was sooooo disappointed. I was prepared to see some homeless, vandalism, etc., but it was way worse then what I expected. Right outside my boutique hotel were tents, a block away trash everywhere, right outside the shops are addicts and homeless, and in the parking garage where I parked my car, four cars were vandalized with their windows broken out, this is all in one night. It made me very sad and angry at the same time. I won't be visiting downtown Portland anytime soon. What needs to be done? Adopt strict drug laws like Singapore.
That last sentence should earn you a paycheck from those looking to solve the homeless problem! This decriminalization, apparently 'raciss justice system' has caused society to crumble.
I feel the same, my last trip to Portland 4/22 was also at a high end hotel for my wife's surgery at OHSU. Neither of us could sleep due to the adicted junkies howling all throughout the night. In the alleys it echo's and sounds like a distress call. I watched while most walked by and paid no attention, then about 2am a Social Worker tried to help this person and gave up. This addiction especially Portland will decimate the city and finally take it to it's knees. Thanks Wheeler and Kate Brown you are scum
@@felonstomillionaires society is just fine. Democrat run downtown core cities like Seattle, Boston and Miami are thriving. Unfortunately this is what the people of Portland want
When those preachers in the 50s said rock and roll was evil this is what they saw. Check out the Xian Psych genre maybe things can change. I've got some good playlist.
It is no longer on the market. Junkies have moved on to this stuff. Even those who never thought they would transition, they all have done so. Heroin is the Nokia for opioid users and Fentanyl is the iPhone 12
That so sad. No one should be on the streets. Please get out of there you're a beautiful person and I would hate for you to waste your life. I wasted 28 years been clean 30 years. If I would not have quit I wouldn't have been with my grandchildren or my great grands now. Nothing like family. I hope you have a good family to go back too. Sending love your way.
It’s not your problem, correct. What is the government’s problem has become everyone’s problem, to an extent. Some more severe than others. The feds don’t care! They prolly like people being powerless and stupid, overdosing and dying. Instead of catching these creeps at the border, they let them right in. And yes, they bring this crap in to the US.
@@TR-zx1lc China, Mexico, and our own govt. George Soros funded ideology. Open borders, sanctuary cities, defunding police, and legalizing drugs. Total disaster. They want everyone to be reliant on them to solve the problem so they can tax you more (declaring states if emergency) and keep the money.
SINCE 1999 MORE THAN 100,000 DEATHS FROM OPIOD OVERDOSE IN THE USA. WE LOST 80,000 DEATHS DURING VIETNAM WAR. WE AS A-NATION SHOULD BE OUTRAGED. NO DOUBT ADDICTION IS A COMPLICATED SUBJECT BUT THERE NEEDS TO BE A FUNDAMENTAL CHANGE IN THE WAY WE VIEW BOTH DRUGS AND ALCOHOL. HOW THIS IS ACCOMPLISHED I HAVE NO IDEA.
If I see someone blacking out, I wouldn't care, be one less junkie on the street. Drug addicts are the worst and weakest of us. Stop stealing kids' bikes.
@@tylerriojas6250 it’s definitely a cool area. Plenty to do and see but you can’t leave a single thing in your car. You can’t leave a car on the street overnight. And if you’re a female it’s probably not safe to walk around passed dark
The only humane way out of this for people hooked is access to drugs from government sources. Free, safe potency, clean needles and constant, compassionate access to treatment. It’s not a new idea and it’s worked in other countries.
By saying "ANY exposure to Fentanyl can be deadly" is putting false information out there.I live downtown Portland..I smell and walk past people smoking Fentanyl countless times a week,and I still have a pulse.
People will believe any kind of fear mongering the news puts out there just because it was the news who said it. Oh you can die from touching a grain of fentanyl! Lmaooo dumbest shit ever and completely false.
Well shit I just Narcaned another guy and this one hit home I didn’t know if he was going to make it when I got to him he wasn’t breathing I hit him with two doses and he finally came around then he was like shit I gotta go, I messed up his high and he said he just dabbles in it not being in the right mind he doesn’t need treatment
Jim Goad!? Holt shit. You are absolutely correct sir. Portland used to be a fantastic place to live. Especially during the 90s. So but surely liberal politics have turned it into an utter shit hole. "Traffic laws are racist" 😆 🤣 Fuckin clown world. Redneck manifesto should be mandatory reading for US citizens.
Canners please be careful. The other side of the game are the theives waiting for the end of the day. When you come back in with your big haul of the day, you simply hand it over. It's not worth getting seriously hurt over. Choose a different route for tomorrow.
I cannot listen to anymore sad stories of people giving up their lives to drugs. Theydon’t want to work, they don’t want to take responsibility of adult life, they just want to be hip and take drugs and have fun and escape life because life is too hard. I do not know a single person who takes drugs or even want to take drugs…you know why they don’t take drugs? Because they know it is addictive and will kill you!
It's hip and fun, eh? Lolz. You sure as shit don't know any addicts. At the point that its clearly an addiction, its all misery from then on. Lots of them would give damn near anything to escape their addictions and work a 9-5. Its called an addiction, not a hobby, for a reason.
DO YOU KNOW WHY WE ARE LOSING THE WAR ON DRUGS IN AMERICA? There this hostess bar in San Francisco Chinatown that own by the Chinese call MAJESTIC. That place is not a hostess bar but more like a TRAP HOUSE! And what is a TRAP HOUSE? It a place where you walked in there as a normal person but come out as a DRUG ADDICT! Let me tell you what happens at this hostess bar so you and your family don't fall for this TRAP. When we first got there at MAJESTIC, our driver Johnny drop us off and he went and park the car, we are in San Francisco Chinatown. When we walk inside MAJESTIC the guy that I was with say let Johnny to talked to the manager. When Johnny got inside MAJESTIC he would of TALKED IN SOME KIND OF SLANG WHERE ONLY HIM AND THE MANAGER WOULD UNDERSTAND! The manager sent us to a room kind of like a karaoke room. Three girls came in and sit with us because there was three of us and we are at a hostess bar. The girls don't understand english so every time we talk to them, we got to talk to there phone so it would translate to there language. So I know they are some illegal immigrants from China. Ten minutes later Johnny ask the girls "CAN I GET SOME COCAINE?" The girl say " THE MOMMA GOT SOME." And left the room and came back with some COCAINE. LOL the girls don't understand english but they do understand "CAN I GET SOME COCAINE." Johnny and the guy that went with us started snorting the COCAINE. One of the girls say "YOU SNORT COCAINE." IT BETTER IF YOU SMOKE IT. SO SHE PUT THE COCAINE IN THE CIGARETTE AND STARTED SMOKING IT. RIGHT WHEN I SAW THAT I TOOK OF MY JACKET AND COVER MY NOSE AND MOUTH RIGHT AWAY! WHAT EVER YOU DO, DO NOT BREATHE IN THAT CRACK COCAINE SMOKE.(WHEN YOU SMOKE COCAINE IT CALL FREE-BASE) THAT SECONDHAND CRACK COCAINE SMOKE CAN AND WILL GET YOU ADDICTED!! THAT IS WHY ALL THE VIETNAMESE ON DRUGS CRACK COCAINE AND NOW METH. THAT SECOND HAND CRACK COCAINE SMOKE IS SO DANGEROUS, THEY JUST WANT YOU TO SMELL IT! YOU SMELL IT THE FIRST TIME IT MIGHT NOT GET YOU ADDICTED BUT THE SECOND OR THIRD TIME YOU SMELL IT PROBABLY WILL GET YOU ADDICTED OR GET YOU INTO TRY AND SMOKE IT! THAT'S WHY SO MANY PEOPLE HOOKED ON CRACK COCAINE IT BECAUSE OF THE SECONDHAND SMOKE. THAT WHY WHEN YOU COOK CRACK COCAINE THAT SECONDHAND SMOKE AND SMELL CAN AND WILL GET YOU ADDICTED. AND I KNOW THIS HAPPENS TO A LOT OF THE VIETNAMESE ALREADY BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT THEY TRY TO DO TO ME. THEY WOULD OF SLIP A PILL IN YOUR DRINK WHEN YOU DON'T NOTICE THAT WOULD PUT YOU TO SLEEP! YOU FALL ASLEEP IN THAT MAJESTIC PLACE AND THEY START SMOKING THAT COCAINE YOU WILL COME OUT OF THAT MAJESTIC PLACE AS A CRACK COCAINE ADDICT! THAT PLACE MAJESTIC HAVE GOTTEN SO MANY AMERICANS HOOKED ON CRACK COCAINE AND IT NOT JUST THE VIETNAMESE. THAT PLACE MAJESTIC PLACE IS LEGENDARY ALL THE VIETNAMESE KNOWS ABOUT THAT PLACE. I HEARD ABOUT THAT MAJESTIC PLACE IN THE EARLY 80'S WHEN I WAS JUST A KID! THAT PLACE MAJESTIC HAVE GOTTEN SO MANY AMERICANS HOOKED ON CRACK COCAINE ESPECIALLY THE VIETNAMESE! So don't let you and your family fall for this TRAP because where ever they have one place like this in America THEN THERE ARE MANY MORE PLACES LIKE THIS MAJESTIC IN AMERICA!! If I got to guess there at least one MAJESTIC IN EVERY CHINATOWN IN AMERICA!
@@MOB_JD I think it's a "bot". There's another comment under a different name with the exact same story but it's Las Vegas instead. Names are similar.
@@w12ath040211 I know I saw that and commented on it as well I believe if not there's another comment where he says he's the greatest story teller of this generation and blah blah lmao fools been inhaling too much crack smoke lmaooooooo
I've sat in a nice restaurant in Portland watching tears run down my mothers face as my brother slumps nodding for everyone to see only to wake up and ask for $100. There is nothing more selfish than a junkie. No lie too ugly, no betrayal off limits. They will become a sniveling, complaining, sad shell of their former selves. They will bankrupt you financially and emotionally all the while only thinking of their pain. I've never loved and hated someone so much.
^^^^^^ facts
Agreed. Ive seen both sides of this and im happy to say ive made it outta that life. Lets put these lowlife drug dealers outta biz and day no to opiates yall!
Kevin is doing exactly what I was doing 15 years ago on the streets of Portland..... grateful to be clean now for 12 years so I don't have to live like that.
God bless you and your journey. I am so glad I can stories like yours, it makes me feel that much stronger about my hobbies here of documenting this stuff
I live in Portland and I'm shocked at how much this town has changed in the last 10 years. It used to be charming in a quirky way, but now it just looks traumatized, like a big sad garage sale full of homeless drug addicts. It's getting kinda violent as well.
It seems to me that the turning point was the virus shutting down so many businesses, and the moment when that asshole sent in his little army with the aim to destroy our city, and actually murder people, because it was so solidly blue. What did those people think that would be? Their version of the Beer Hall Putsch? Crystal Night? Before that it was a jewel box. The President of the United States took a direct hand in the destruction of our city. First Thursday used to be so great.
@@DerBingle1 Watching Antifa and the BLM horde destroy downtown and vandalize the city for basically all of 2020 was ridiculous.
@@OrdoCorvus This is true. That whole movement and year. Last time I drove around downtown a few weeks ago, I didn't see any homeless. I didn't see any people at all for that matter. Some asshole homeless advocates built a bunch of shacks in North Park Blocks, but those are gone now.
I think what discourages a lot of people in early recovery is that people don't give a shit that you've beaten nearly impossible odds. I've been clean from crystal nearly 20 years, with no relapses in the intervening time. I've had "friends" smoke it around me, offer it to me, try to talk me into "moderate " use... but no. Never gonna happen because I still care and I respect myself too much to let myself down. It's a goddamn lonely feeling but sometimes you just have to be lonely.
I am proud of you!
@@runner2008 thank you kindly.
Your friends aren't friends at all
@@AMERICAFIRST54 correct friends don't push death upon you they try to lead you to life
Bro when you get to the point when you love and respect yourself too much to give away your power to that 💩 again, you've made it. That goes for anything holding you back 💪🏿
Here's my story. At the age of 21 I was beaten to death. Literally. I died in the ambulance, but they were able to bring me back. The surgeons thought I was going to die, but I didn't. They thought that I would be a vegetable, but I came back to my old self. They let me out of the hospital two weeks after I was beaten.
I have a large plate in my head and the left side of my face was destroyed including my left eye. So I had plates in my face to basically reattach the whole thing and a glass eye. I forgot to mention the broken ribs and collapsed lung.
I worked in the woods for three more years until I couldn't take the pain. No doctor would help me. I'm 6'3 and I was about 210 pounds all muscle and tattoos. So every doctor would look at me and say I'm a drug seeker. Most didn't even look at my file.
So in the end, about 1998 I started self-medicating with heroin. At first it was just when the pain got so bad I couldn't do anything. When I realized I was addicted I really started to hate myself and the drug itself. I never stole or hurt anyone other than myself, but I lost those closest to me.
I wanted off of that shit so bad and the detox places are hell. I sometimes prayed that I'd be arrested and be forced to detox in jail.
I found a way to detox painlessly. And for those of you that think that an opioid detox is easy, please stick your head back into the sand and shut up.
So this is how I did it. First I bought 4 doses of methadone of fourth milligrams each. Then I left town for another really small town where I didn't know anyone. I took my first dose as methadone works for about 30 hours in your system that's when I'd start getting drunk. The next day I'd feel hung over and dope sick as all get out, so then I'd take dose #2 after about 30 hours I'd get drunk again. When I woke up I still felt horrible but I'd take a smaller dose. Maybe 25-30 milligrams I'd get drunk one more time and I'd wake up hung over, but I was waiting so long between doses (that's what the booze was for, to stretch out the time between doses) that I felt no more dope sickness. It worked for me and I turned a couple of friends on to it and it worked for them.
The important part is that you have to want to get off the shit. If you're in pain their are actually pain clinics. I find it interesting that no doctor ever told me that fact. Just looking at my face one could tell I was in a absolutely traumatic incident, much less looking at my records.
I'm of the belief that doctors causes more people to become junkys than just trying it. Its not pleasant the first few times. Think lots of vomiting. If doctors would treat pain patients as patients and not drug abusers then we might be able to get to the issues of modern junkys with the fentenal.
I've lost my trust in doctors, they all seem to be on the take from drug companies to push their particular pain drugs. I understand that morphine and codine are addictive, but most pain patients are not going to get better. When the government told doctors to stop prescribing pain med or they would loose their license a lot of pain patients just committed suicide. We had ten years of that then the CDC said "THATS NOT WHAT WE MEANT".
I used to have a life, then the doctors took that away. I didn't go back to self-medicating though. Its been 13 years now that I've been clean, but I wish the doctors would give me back my pain meds. I want my life back. I want to go fishing and hunting and gold prospecting. I used to make a bare living mining gold, but it was better than " living on the lowest level of disability". They've given others back their meds, but if you're big, scary looking and most importantly poor. You're screwed. I didn't mean to go into my issues, but I just kept writing. Good luck out there. If you're tired of the life of a junky, try my method. But you got to mean it! Or you'll fail.
Glad to hear you're at least clean. Ask the people you know that are getting pain meds who their doctor is. Try to get to know that doctor establish a relationship with them, explain your situation and any good doctor will be able to see you're not drug seeker... I know people who have got their marijuana card and use edibles to treat pain. Some of these people got off opiates and now strictly use marijuana for pain... have you tried that? I know marijuana is not for everyone has helped a lot of people from what I hear... Good luck man. And by the way it's going on three years clean for me... June 24 2020 was my first day of sobriety... I have been Suboxone since then. Trying to wean off of Suboxone is difficult it seems like it's more addictive than fentanyl.
Drinking on methadone is dangerous guy. Not sound advice
I live in Portland. I also live on the street.
I am a weed smoker. That's it. The street where I park is packed with trailers, cars trucks, and a lot of trash and rats.
It didn't used to be like that. Every single person on that block uses heroin or fentanyl or both.
I've gone to the exchange several times for narcam( check spelling).
Literally everyone of them have overdosed. Some more than once, some,more than that.
It's a fucking nightmare out here.
Several folks I've gotten to know are dead and don't even do fentanyl. They mistook it for another drug.
That fentanyl is the devil. It has single handedly taken our city to it's knees.
These folks that indulge are ruthless. They would shove a gun in your face and take your shit without hesitation. The crime is off the charts. They're literally running business out of here. People are moving bc our government has turned a blind eye.
They call it a homeless crisis. Yea right. There's a housing concern yes but it's a fucking drug crisis and they know it.
I guess they figure it will peter out or something.
But their unwillingness to acknowledge the severity of the situation is inconceivable.
I do my part by picking up the messes they leave behind. And various other tasks that won't get done by the city.
Think about the camps you see on the side if the road. For every one you see, there are ten you don't see.
The bushes are riddled with camps. They are worse than the ones you do see.
Two dollars for one pill. That's it. Some if these folks do a couple hundred a day.
Times that by how many?
Our system is broken in a bad way. It's not so broken that it can't be fixed, but it's going to take some work and effort from the higher ups to make it work. Let's hope they can hang.
Kate brown is single handedly responsible for the break down of this once gorgeous, beautiful city. Her nose is brown. Thank god she's done
My son is addicted and he's been narcanned at least 3-5 times. I've watched drugs turn my beautiful and loving son into a raging skeletal monster.
I’m sorry to hear this. Pray for your son. And call the cops on him. Get him the help he needs. It’s tough love, and that might actually work! My sister in-law is also on this crap. She just had a kid and of course, the cps took it away! I’m not mad at her, I just want her to go to jail or rehab, and the state doesn’t do that anymore. No more accountability. It’s her fault yea, but without a kick in the a**, she’ll never get it together.
@@felonstomillionaires I have called the cops on him they do nothing. I've tried to get him civilly committed again nothing. He's mentally ill and drugs don't help. I'm getting a restraining order against him because he breaks into my apartment does damage and attacks me.
Don’t give up on him. In April I am one year clean from fentanyl. My mother and I went thru hell and back.. but we talk today and things are better.
@Jay Dawg exactly! He is 100% powerless!
@@TheReaper42069 I am not giving up on him. I just had to call the police and have him arrested because he lost it and tried to attack me and use a knife on my service pup in training. I will not give up on him but I can't help him anymore. He needs to get it right on his own
Adding fentanyl doesn't bulk out anything it's milligrams. It's all about desperation and addiction. And enslavement
I brush my teeth with it
But it does allow you to use less of the actual substance the person thinks they're buying, which is often going to save you money due to fentanyl being cheaper than whatever it is someone thinks they're buying.
Did he say i can get a job, but… but what? You guys dont realize they dont want the help, because the help is to become clean and be responsible. Something they didn’t have even before being on the streets
Sad but true.
The USA’s 2022 Fentanyl Epidemic: Headlines have been full of reports on COVID-related fatalities, but there’s something as contagious that’s responsible for even more deaths in the US: the fentanyl epidemic. In 2021 alone, 41,587 people aged 18 to 45 died due to fentanyl overdose. In the same time period, and for the same age group, COVID-19 was responsible for just over half as many deaths.
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Interesting. How many were due to heroine in the same time frames? Thanks
People need to wake up and realize their county doesn't care their agenda is to depopulate the earth and fentynal is the perfect way.
From 2021-2022 107,000 Americans lost their lives to fentanyl. 2022-23 was even more. Over a quarter million Americans have lost their lives to fentanyl since the beginning if 2022 to now. 5x the amount of americans than the entirety of the vietnam war. There will be no memorial for these people.
@@dion8962 👏🏻 you have a wonderful point there. It’s very sad. Especially when someone close to you is under its spell.
I kicked that shit after figuring out how to bang it,A divorce was my reason for breaking, I never felt that particular pain.
I know how hard it is.
If the government would stop shipping in the fentanyl that would probably help
shhhhh! Don't wanna get thrown into yt jail for telling the truth!
And exactly who's fault is it? Weak people that will never fall into the asset column.
We need to over turn the decriminalization of drugs so people can actually get help.
There is no consequences anymore, so they will stay in their misery.
I would of never got sober if I didn't have consequences!! Sober off heroin for 7 years in July!!
Congrats on your 7 years clean Cheyenne! I am approaching 4 years on the 14th (2days)
And I couldn’t have said it better, there is ZERO accountability in our justice system, pertaining to drug offenders! The law used to hold people for weeks, months even years. Now, they have adopted a system here in California called pr 47 where people won’t see but a ticket to show up for court. And the police usually ‘won’t waste their time with druggies.’ It’s definitely a root cause of something bigger.
That's not going to solve anything.. the consequences are death and not even that will stop people..
@@eternalrewind2190 Putting people in jail really does zero good except it gets people off of the streets for awhile.
@@christopherpederson1021 That sounds better than having them roam the streets like zombies scaring and hurting other people.
I think you are right on this, but if something that can kill them wont stop them whats to say prison will ? I think a new law should be adopted like forced inpatient and psycho analysis because a lot of the problem stems from poor mental health especially in our youth. I see a storm brewing for the next generation if things don’t change . I hope we as a country can come together to help these people rather than shun them
I know how lucky I am that I went to detox right before fentanyl came to my town. 2 years+ clean from heroin and meth
I love it!! Congrats on your upcoming 3rd year. 😊
I work in Portland and we just Narcan ed a guy today and they said he wasn’t loaded after we got him back breathing they went out and got high again, I just don’t get it I’m an ex addict but never met with fentanyl and don’t want to I love my life today 10 years 4 months clean and sober and will stay that way
That's why it's likey best to just let them go. It's a waste.
@@U.s-epa weird way to put it. This addiction knows no limits. Your loved ones can be affected, and same with me. We shouldn’t wish death, but accountability on these people.
@James Mathers Congrats on your 4 months. That means that you are that much closer to 1 year and so on. It takes a while for us to be totally free. Cravings are real. But in due time, you will find what works and what doesn’t. Keep up the good work!
@@felonstomillionaires enabling isn't helping. He said this guy went right back to baking fent after getting narcan. It didn't help him at all except to get high again. It sucks to say but the same holds true with family.
@@felonstomillionaires 10 years four months
While fentanyl is surely a part of the problem, so is this hapless mayor. I have lived in Portland almost all my life since '75. Until about 10 years ago I felt perfectly safe in pretty much any area downtown at any time of the day or night. I went to the waterfront over the past weekend. It is clear that the city leadership has given up. The sidewalks aren't cleared of piles of fallen leaves. There was a burned out...something...in the middle of the road right in the heart of the city. Many buildings are spray painted and boarded up with chain link fences. Every single vintage street lamp is destroyed and spray painted. There is no bustle of shoppers and workers. I didn't see a single police car nor did I see a single city worker cleaning the streets. Not that the police would do anything. I was shooting a movie scene a year ago at the waterfront. One of our actors was a minor female. There was a tweaked out bum standing close to her, jacking off in public and in broad daylight. There happened to be a cop nearby so I went and told him. He just left. Even as a lifelong resident walking in the middle of the day, I have to constantly look over both shoulders at all times when downtown.
This city has gone to shit.
I am NOT trying to Kure you into some political BS... I am LEGITIMATELY asking, did you vote for that Mayor, or did you vote Dem or Rep in the last 10yrs that you spoke about?
@@donchamberound7477 please get over the Dem Rep angle this is everywhere even in small rural conservative places but the scale of people and damage is less apparent wake up and look around at the real truth….of course the cities look worse and not even mentioning how all the folks are bussed here from other places ❤
Ban Narcan. Reduce the fentanyl crisis one junky at a time.
We can agree to disagree! Hope you see how important it is that anyone can fall victim to addiction. These addicts, are equally responsible as they are a victim. They make their bed at night yes. But the drugs shouldn't be here in the first place. What if those who sold this crap, faced actual punishment?
@@felonstomillionaires They are selling because people are buying. Addiction is a disease caused and cured by a decision.
The guy is an expert loser. "I could get a job right now, but you know, just taking a break having fun"... (doing drugs). To help these people, something needs to be done to change that kind of mindset.
Brutal honesty is the best policy. If we pamper people, this is what we get. Thanks for watching🙏
People tell themselves a story they can live with, very few people really want to live that life
this is the mindset of probably 2% of people outside. and for you to blanket people all into onw lumpsum of losers like this dude, then the people who rlly need help and cant do it themselves are just shit on for eternity. quit pushing bullshit like this to the masses and actually speak truth, so effective solutions can take place.
STOP USING DRUGS!!! Take some responsibility for yourselves.
you’re a fckn retard. go read a book before you speak on a subject. learn about it first. goofy ass clown
life is really shitty over all if you really look at it. prego women should all be forced to get abortions.
I have ten years clean and work for an organization in Portland thats focus helping folks like this gentleman here. I believe that if weren't for my consequences I would have never gotten clean. It's gotten too easy for people to sustain this type of life style that they have no desire to anything else. Hot fresh free meals are accessable all.over the city, 200 bucks a month for EBT benefits, collecting cans and boosting shit to feed the habit. There is fine line between helping and enabling in my opion. Oregon has one of the highest addiction rates in the country yet ranks 48th in access to treatment. It's really sad and feels like revolving door often. I do believe that people shouldn't be punished for a health issue like addiction , if we want to take away the legal consequences for actions surrounding drug use and distribution there NEEDS to be other routes of interventions in place, which at this tt ime there aren't many. Downtown Portland even a handful of years ago was such a beautiful place to be. Now it's impoverished and completely run down! A completely different city. The city officials and leadership do nothing to move in a positive direction either. When people start racking up felonies because of drugs and are looking at or have to do some significant time, it really helps to put things into perspective and wakes people up! The scale has gotten completely unbalanced and people are suffering from it. Not only the people that are stuck in their active addiction but the entire community that surrounds them. Somethings gotta give eventually! 😢 Thanks for your reporting good sir🙏
I wish my son could have stayed clean and sober. It didn't work out that way. He was living in supportive housing and working after his release from prison. I was proud of the way he was rebuilding his life. He hasn't said what caused his relapse or why. I've lost my beautiful boy to this epidemic. There's nothing easy about it. My son has mental health and addiction issues. We moved to Oregon from NY for a better life. Access to mental health treatment here is an absolute joke. I'm planning on getting a protest together to march on the capitol. It's time people and families like mine are heard and something is done.
Oregon is #1 for addiction and 50th (dead last) for access to treatment. I tried for a year to get into treatment and I couldnt get access. I finally got clean on my own and have 4 mths clean and I still cant find support from anyone, anywhere.. no one gives a shit about anything, anyone, anymore except for themselves.
@@pattyhoughtaling6230 Nothing will happen, but march and protest all you want.
They don't want to solve homelessness few people get insane amounts of money to fix the problem and then it only gets worse so the next year they get even bigger budget
@@chlin966 You are right.. right now mayor ted wheeler and oregon governor Kotex are trying to get hundreds of millions in federal funding by declaring a state of emergency on the homeless crisis. The irony is they created this crisis by 1. Opening the southern border 2. Making Oregon a sanctuary state 3. Legalizing drugs 4. Defunding Police. 5. Allowing extremist groups to dictate policy like Antifa, BLM, and other George Soros funded projects. 6. Ignoring existing laws set in place decades ago to push liberal progressive agendas like the ones listed above. Oregon legalized marijuana with the understanding that the resulting tax revenue would pay for more police and drug treatment. After the law was enacted, they immediately changed it by defunding police and cutting off access to treatment. Keeping the money for themselves to pay for their own personal multi million dollar projects (breweries, wineries, distilleries) and private gated communities you and I arent allowed to visit, maintained by the cheap labor they allowed to flood our communities with from the southern border that they subsidize. And to top it all off they are trying to ban Christianity, the spiritual foundation of all our traditions.
Of course it has and the police don't make any efforts to bust crime everybody commits crimes all day and the police drive right past it All the time I see I live in downtown A bunch of junkies not paying their bills resorting to drugs instead it's insane and really sad
Instead of collecting cans why not just get a job bartending or a server? A good bartender can make $100k a year or more. And nobody wants to work so there are lots of jobs
My cousin Quan Dinglenut drank some slurpee of the street and was laced with Fent and Fanta
it being fentynal, makes the drugs STRONGER 💉 makes junkies a regular customer I am so glad that I am clean today and have been for 10 years. God bless the "soldiers "on the front lines.
Thank you! You sir, have won the game with that answer. Now if we can get more people to see that this is what’s going to kill an entire generation, we might have a chance. Growing up, it was normal for us to try weed. Beer. And one day, try coke. I’m serious, this was just like every other cherry in life. Nowadays, these college kids looking to try party drugs are in for a rude awakening and it could be fatal.
For years my family tried to hide the fact that my nephew has been dealing from me. I had to find this out from friends who called me to report it. It was like getting kicked in the nuts when I found out. And it's turning out to be way worse than I originally thought. He was raided five times, already did two years state time, OD'd twice, was sent to rehab right near where I was living, was caught with bags of fent- laced heroin, meth, etc. etc., and every time he was raided he went right back to dealing. A friend who knows my nephew says she knows of people who died from my nephew's heroin. Yesterday was my nephew's thirtieth birthday. He is in county lockup right now, headed for seven and a half years in state prison. I am the oldest son, our parents are deceased, I was a social worker and also a re- entry worker trying to keep drug felons clean and out of prison, not knowing the entire time that my own nephew was dealing. Now I'm sad, but more than being sad, I'm mad as hell at my sister (who was bankrolling her son) and my other relatives who enabled this situation. I had to report what I discovered to the DEA, now my relatives threaten me.
That sucks I'm truly sorry but you didn't have to tell dea shit he was definitely headed towards prison anyways but the dea and others like to lie, railroad people, destroy families. Addiction is a disease
This story is typical of alot of families. You keep doing the great job you do and remember you can't pick family
How did he get raided 5 times and not stay in jail is the real question.
You did the right thing.
@@MOB_JD I am guessing that he had some cops and possibly some county officials etc. among his customers.
I wouldn't really say that Fent being so prominent now is just so the Cartels can "making more product".
That substance is not only A LOT stronger with such a small amount compared to heroin, but it's also A LOT more addictive. The WD's from those pressed pills are far worse than kicking dope, even if you're an IV user.
Also, whenever addicts hear about someone OD'ing, the first thing they wanna know is "where did he get the dope from?". I'm really grateful that I don't live in an area where those dam things are selling for $3 a pop, because otherwise I don't think there would have been a chance in Hell that I would have ever gotten clean and STAYED clean. I mean shit, they put Fent in pretty much everything nowadays on top of it, so people may think they're buying some cheap coke or Xanax, and a week later they're going through opiate WD's and don't have any idea why.
It's fuuuuuuuuucked up out there and I really do hope that more people end up having that moment of clarity, and go do the work to get off the shit if they get the chance to.
So sad, I was born in Portland but now I've written the whole city off. I've worked as a cashier before and now I think I'd wear gloves because you never know if the bill is contaminated. I hope positive change will eventually come after all this horror.
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Unless it's a transdermal patch you can't absorb fent by touching it. That is propaganda akin to reefer madness.
Whoa, I didn't think of that. Great point.
You must have courage and face your reality, change it, drugs only delay wear you want to go
Never write Portland off this is happening in every major city in the US, people got to make the change , anything worthwhile in this world didn't come easy through succession of trial and error we fought hard, Rome wasn't built in a day and Portland isn't going to get fixed in a day but you can count on it we ain't going down without a fight to put Portland back on the map as one of the best biking, skate 'n hiking parkcity mecca's of the west!!! Do you know how many generations of hard workers since the pioneers landed it's taken to build this city up from the stumptown it was by every nail hammered every stone put in it's place ? If you ask me the great cities across the US are being sabotaged undermined by certain groups with corrupt political agendas by agent provocateurs most likely, but we ain't going down without a fight you forgot to give the power back to the people ✊✌️🐾jf
It wasn’t drugs it was democrats get it right
I've been smoking weed for 16 years. It's never interfered with my ability to function and live a productive life but I used to always worry about my herb being laced with something nasty. Fortunately that never happened but it easily could have. Now that it's legal the weight of that is totally gone and the cannabis from dispensaries is wonderful. I quit smoking and vape now. What I don't understand is why people still turn to these rotten street drugs when high quality regulated cannabis is legally for sale. I understand the weight of total sobriety and empathize with people who need to take the edge off but WHY FENTANYL?? Every day after work I take a few drags from my vape and feel amazing without every worrying about ODing or the oil being laced or seedy dealers or sketchy people. It boggles my mind why people would rather buy some awful poison off the street instead of walking into an elegant dispensary and buying something a thousand times better. I don't know what the answer is (or if there is one at all) but if someone is having a hard time being sober all the time there are now legal options that don't ruin your life but still provide an amazing high. What a dystopia this has become... I'm so glad cannabis has been all I ever needed. Once you're on fentanyl I'm not sure there's a way out 😞
The fact that you need weed still makes you weak.
your shit being laced with horrid chemicals is what happens with this legal market. and back in the day, only morons worried about their shit being laced with other drugs, because only morons could not understand the fact that real humans making money dont lace their weed with ANYTHING. a gram of weed costs 10 at the time, or less. to sprinkle enough of ANYTHING on a bag of flower that would make any substantial difference in weight of high would mean sprinkling at LEAST $20-$30 worth of the other drug onto it which in turn would have you spending money instead of ever making any. that shit only ever happened to people with shitty friends and people who smoke with randoms who they cant trust. people lace their own shit when they wanna smoke a chewy or get that other high themselves, never would you buy a bag and run into that. sorry to break it to ya, its just facts.
@@milesmayhem5440 Need? It isn't addictive. Unlike cracking a beer.
Dystopia is the word. In response to your question, I would think it's a combination of accessibility, affordability, strength and addictiveness. Some of those reasons may sound ridiculous, but think of the standard procedure when at a dispensary and the cost + tax. I could be terribly wrong or terribly right. It depends on the person without a conventional home.
@@milesmayhem5440 taking potshots at a pothead. That's crazy, man 🤣
My bestfriend of 30+ years is strung out on both meth, alcohol & pills (Fentanyl). He has stolen from, used & abused, lied to and burnt every bridge he's ever had and is currently out there wondering the streets of Portland. He posted on social media a picture of himself infected with Monkey Pox and he was absolutely unrecognizable and it's so fucking heartbreaking!....
That is absolutely heartbreaking. And it’s common. Folks end up burning bridges and they’re SOL. sad. Some parents failed their kids, by not being tough enoigh on them. Letting them grow up to believe it will always be ok when it’s not the case. In this country, you must fight and work hard for your life to be in tact. The second you fall out of line, the harder it is to get back in place.
I have to drive my wife to work because I don't want her on public transportation because two bums fighting at the Max station bumped into her and broke her arm.
80% of homeless people choose to live on the street.
Bums have destroyed Portland
Portland has been on a fast decline. This is just the beginning.
New York California Portland all democrat ran cities and they all follow the same play book I mostly vote Republican now but I also voted for Obama and I voted for trump but I'm not one of these people that treat party like a gang But I think they're doing the same thing over and over in expecting a different result Not necessarily saying republicans need to be run the city but democrats need to try something different
All the freebies for the addicts just brings more in… from everywhere. Keep on payn those taxes! “ Its a piece of cake”.
That dude was coping hard. No way in any world is he making $80 a day recycling cans .
Shit he probably is. Multiple bottle drop accounts. Asking people for cans. Stealing cans. Plus his own cans.
He enters peoples’ properties & goes through their recycling, throwing sh¡t all over their yards.
They say blues smoke u, u dont smoke them
Damn! That's sad 'cause it's true!
He’s wayy too gone. I have two people I love in Old Town right now. They won’t come home. #crystalmeth #fentanyl
I was able to avoid addiction by never using illegal drugs in my whole long life. Just saying it is something to try, that maybe nobody else thought of. Wishing the best for everyone, and that all these destroyed cities can recover one day.
and who's fault is it?
He has so much potential. He sounds smart, he’s very good looking, able bodied like you said. I wish you’d pushed a little more on the ‘I could get a job but I’m just down here having fun’ part.
You're right. I didn't want to shut him down, although I'm a big fan of blunt honesty. Sometimes, it's nice to let these people talk, uninterrupted, no intentions, no motives, and just listen. These people aren't heard enough. They can go days or even months without friendship or valuable contact. Many of these homeless are treacherous beings and a lot of them are good souls, but one thing for sure, they are all lost.
@@felonstomillionaires that’s a really good point. I live in Portland as a single mom and spend a lot of time looking over my shoulder, and worrying these days. It’s easy to let fear, disgust, and resentment take over your humanity. Thanks for keeping a soft heart and highlighting this crisis with compassion
I wish Portland had a good way for him to think bigger. Maybe programs for education without having to go into debt right away.
The incentive isn't really there for people who are smart.
I just want a way to streamline the process for whatever it is he is passionate about. As of now it's a giant complicated process.
Let's say he wants to work at Wendy's while he gets educated to be an engineer. Right away he's buried in problems. Where do you stay? Anywhere that accepts him makes him live by rules that threaten to put him out..that's not freedom. Even IF he could qualify for a place locally, which he won't be able to, he won't be able to afford it. To get educated at the same time the system wants him in debt. If he fails or decided not to do it they charge him? That's not freedom. Half the people not even on drugs are barely making it in this money scam we call an economy.
Right now he's free. The money system isn't set up for him to thrive, it's setup for him to serve.
No good incentive or effective way to live a full life.
@@tylerriojas6250 the incentive is the same for him you and me don’t do drugs plus drugs, make you lazy and lazy people are not productive and become losers
@@adambrown4315 some drugs do the opposite..our incentive is not the same. All our environment is different as is our goals.
Doesn't make you a ' loser' , just depends on your point of view, which are a product of your environment. I would argue that Money is the real addiction.
I was homeless in Portland for years..they used to not allow tents and we slept out front of doorways and food carts in the winter i had to get a new blanket every night from the rescue mission. They got it good nowadays.. can nearly build a hous if you want.
Lol @ “Build a house if they want.” I actually seen a news article where a homeless man in Los Angeles built a tiny house on the sidewalk.
The Summer before last, I saw a makeshift house on a sidewalk just off Grand Ave. that had a full-on AC unit in it 😂
This is called eugenics. This is how they thin the herd
Can you explain? Genuinely asking.
@@NickGoesTrucking You are asking a lunatic.
I believe it.
@@freddyferguson7763 Don't let the original comment get away with calling it eugenics, as if it's got something to do with Scientology. I would also feel insulted by someone associating humans with "herd" activity.
I can see how you would call it eugenics if we were mentioning the whole country or so. But if we are only talking about Portland, then I think Portland had and still have a good general standard of intelligence and physical health. I thought what Portland had an issue with was classism not eugenics, a classic need for a variety of classes to create harmony and a sense of worth among people, A problem which they maybe tried solving by bringing and allowing such lifestyles hoping that one day this people will be a stable working class. Meanwhile we work and navigate towards a better future and environment, we shall wait and see.
I left Portland thirty years ago, before it turned into a festering cesspool. I obviously didn't know it at the time, but it was the best move I've ever made, by far.
I can't think of a city that has been so extremely mismanaged as Portland, except for possibly Seattle, San Francisco, Los Angeles . . .
... Chicago, New York. . .
Come to the bible belt, it's next level stupid.
Proof that you get what you vote for.
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Yep, now stop voting republiKKKans in office, they have killed 3 different states I've lived in.
@@Dagger-Deep the Republican party was created to fight against the kkk. But okay.
Done all drugs in excess I am so glad I hated the feeling of opiates, they just make me miserable and itchy. I may have landed in a place like this if my internal chemsitry was different.
Opiates make you itchy when you first start taking them...that goes away.
Thank the Chinese.
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Hey man! It’s all trumps fault! He’s to blame, every time something goes wrong
No one is spraying weed with fentanyl.
I said the same thing.
Wrong
God repairs all sinners
Correct if they put their faith in Him👍
@@Aaron-ff5km thank you sir
@@jeffteyrosado9966 All Glory to God my brother 💯👍
God bless and may the good Lord bless and keep you and make His face to shine upon you👍🙏🙌
It's so sad. 20 years ago I was thinking about making a move to either Portland Seattle, or San Francisco. Today I'm glad I didn't. Not because of personal politics; I'm just as liberal as I ever was. I'm just content to live in the Midwest. For now.
I think the midwest is beautiful and highly underrated! Not only is Cleveland rich in people, atmosphere, and scenery, but it's far from gentrified. Unlike the west coast! I think the Gentro, especially being a California native, has ran out most if not all the people I grew up with.
They would never be an asset. Darwin at work.
So if someone is totally useless, they deserve to be taken out the gene pool? Like the hit show Survivor? 😂
If Portland gets any worse, they may quietly ask the good people to leave and call in the stealth bombers😢😢😢
Hopefully they do.
The ONLY SOLUTION now is a hard-line, Philippine approach. Yes, there will be martyrs and even some collateral damage, but it sure isn't anything we can't handle. We may even have to use bulldozers to flatten the curve. Let's all work together to make sure it won't come to that, but if it does, it's for the greater good. :)
Saved What Life ?
Live right next to Portland as a cashier while I go to college at Sumner near PDX airport, we sell the pipes they use for this stuff . I feel bad I see more and more people addicted to this stuff and it’s destroying and ending so many lives.
Maybe your business can advertise or team up with local efforts for drug rehab? Even if you plant the seed in one person it could save a life.
Move to Florida ! Leave Oregon to decent hard working Normal People !!!
This guy turned around and slammed as many dugs as he could, right after this interview. He looks like he is fiending the whole time on here, like he needs a hit or else he will kill. I hate these cities. I am glad they are finally actually falling apart, it takes them burning to the ground in order to fix them, when they are this bad.
That is my home town. So sad.
Yes. It is sad indeed. I’m from California, we are a giant wreck over here as well.
I stoped doing fent by myself cold turkey. I can't respect anyone who can't stop fr fr.
How long were you addicted for? How long did your withdrawals last or how long until you felt semi normal? I'm about to kick cold turkey any knowledge would be much appreciated. Stay clean and sober!
cross contamination is why it's being found in meth and Coke. All these drugs are mixed at labs in Mexico where cleanliness health and safety isn't a priority.. Mix the fentenl one shift quick hose down and Coke or meth next shift
Sorry didn't anyone learn from all the famous people dying from these types of Drugs? I'm petrified of that crap, I'll stick with my Weed and Gin in moderation.
Damn- such a shame. Such a good looking guy. Damn. Please get the drive to want to get help and get off of drugs. You shouldn’t be out there picking up bottles and cans just so you can buy and use drugs. There’s so much more to life and you are so young.
I agree . He needs to get off that street . There are plenty of job opportunities and they pay alot
Yes he is definitely a good looking man.Would love to meet him.
Everybody knows what drugs do. There's no excuse to be a junkie.
Ehh. I mean. People don’t need to look at addiction as a choice but an illness. We don’t bash someone who acquires cancer from smoking cigarettes do we? No. We treat them accordingly. 15/100 will ever recover from addiction.
Why is alcohol and benzos the only drugs you can actually die from withdrawing, if fentanyl is more physically and mentally addictive? Doesn’t seem statistically accurate
Ehhh. It’s a physical dependency and mental. As for alcohol and benzodiazepines withdrawal, I am not sure as to why it can kill you. It definitely can cause seizures. And I guess there are other things that come on, when withdrawing from drinking. As for opioids, the user will be sick, vomiting, nauseated, restless, cramped up, and sleepless. Never heard of someone dying from wd, but I’ve seen people turn into desperate monsters to get their next fix 🤷♂️
@@felonstomillionairesFor sure. If we’re talking about “the most addictive drug” though, I don’t think there’s anything more addictive then dying from withdrawing. The second highest would be the drug that releases the most dopamine and other hormones in the body when the person takes the drug, and a study was done that showed meth released 50 times more dopamine then food, sex, or any other recreational drug. Meth can last 3 days while fentanyl last 1-5 hours. Imagine how bad withdraws are from a drug that last 3 day’s or more,
@@robertbeckham3091you don't withdrawal from meth. Atleast not physically, in my experience.
Move to Grand Rapids Michigan
Boy slow about cutting it for bulk smh it's to cause a addiction where you need it or get sick. They know what they're doing.... The cartels aren't stupid. I'm in Tucson Az we got the best cheapest everything in the country so trust me I seen it all!
EXACTLY!!! They’ve been doing this. It use to be cut with heroin. All the meth and cocaine. Now, it still is cut but with fentanyl. Certain amounts can kill.
Please put dumpster in a area zoned for homeless people, put up a portable potty and wash station. Our state is rich with funds to treat people better then abuse pet's. This is a crime of or state with our taxes that cover's care. Grants Pass has been working on village homes to get them clean they provide potty area, trash dumpster to keep there city clean they now open a closed down DMV to stay in to keep warm and eat along with the soup kitchen. city people help feed clothes and sleeping bags and feed gather garbage to get taken away . Thousands have lost job's and more to come were in the worst ever if our lives.
This is good to hear. I like these ideas. Maybe we can get the homeless people involved to empower them? Kind of like ok here is a proposal from Your neighbors for an area. The ultimate goal is to get you sober and educated ( even getting sober is experience towards being a great social worker). In the meantime show them you mean business by building rehab facilities that are not for profit.
They are a community themselves and can discuss it and get a feel for concerns like security etc.
Ultimately I guess I am saying empower them.
Then empower the people around them to come donate clothes, toys books, blankets or whatever to people they actually know.
Narcan at the taxpayers expense.
I was there yesterday..ya bro its bad
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I stayed in downtown Portland for a few nights this past Thanksgiving and I was sooooo disappointed. I was prepared to see some homeless, vandalism, etc., but it was way worse then what I expected. Right outside my boutique hotel were tents, a block away trash everywhere, right outside the shops are addicts and homeless, and in the parking garage where I parked my car, four cars were vandalized with their windows broken out, this is all in one night. It made me very sad and angry at the same time. I won't be visiting downtown Portland anytime soon. What needs to be done? Adopt strict drug laws like Singapore.
That last sentence should earn you a paycheck from those looking to solve the homeless problem!
This decriminalization, apparently 'raciss justice system' has caused society to crumble.
I feel the same, my last trip to Portland 4/22 was also at a high end hotel for my wife's surgery at OHSU. Neither of us could sleep due to the adicted junkies howling all throughout the night. In the alleys it echo's and sounds like a distress call. I watched while most walked by and paid no attention, then about 2am a Social Worker tried to help this person and gave up. This addiction especially Portland will decimate the city and finally take it to it's knees. Thanks Wheeler and Kate Brown you are scum
@@felonstomillionaires society is just fine. Democrat run downtown core cities like Seattle, Boston and Miami are thriving. Unfortunately this is what the people of Portland want
@souslicer how do you know what the people of Portland want honest question?
@@souslicer thriving for whom? Coworker of mine from out of the States was just in Seattle and was appalled
When those preachers in the 50s said rock and roll was evil this is what they saw. Check out the Xian Psych genre maybe things can change. I've got some good playlist.
Music plays a big factor in addiction
You can thank China!
I hear Heroin doesn't even sell anymore now
It is no longer on the market. Junkies have moved on to this stuff. Even those who never thought they would transition, they all have done so. Heroin is the Nokia for opioid users and Fentanyl is the iPhone 12
Bill measure 110 single-handedly crushed the City of dope
Oh please. Before that bill you could go to SE 82ND and score meth in broad daylight. People are going to do drugs no matter what.
The Chinese are winning 🏆
I really hate to say this but if you eliminate Narcam you'll lessen the 'problem'...
That is your view and it surely isn’t mine. But we’re all here to add our different views. It’s appreciated 👍
That so sad. No one should be on the streets. Please get out of there you're a beautiful person and I would hate for you to waste your life. I wasted 28 years been clean 30 years. If I would not have quit I wouldn't have been with my grandchildren or my great grands now. Nothing like family. I hope you have a good family to go back too. Sending love your way.
It’s life is wasted . Chooses to use
Why help those who choose to make this hell for themselves? Not my problem.
It’s not your problem, correct. What is the government’s problem has become everyone’s problem, to an extent. Some more severe than others. The feds don’t care! They prolly like people being powerless and stupid, overdosing and dying. Instead of catching these creeps at the border, they let them right in. And yes, they bring this crap in to the US.
@@felonstomillionaires It's no coincidence that Portland went from bad to much worse post-drug decriminalization.
@@TR-zx1lc China, Mexico, and our own govt. George Soros funded ideology. Open borders, sanctuary cities, defunding police, and legalizing drugs. Total disaster. They want everyone to be reliant on them to solve the problem so they can tax you more (declaring states if emergency) and keep the money.
@@dion8962 Yes, based. George Soros, in typical kosher fashion, is using shekels to destroy western civilization.
@@TR-zx1lc Yep
How does he make so much money with cans?
Something as mainstream as rap referencing Percocet, Percocet , is crazy. Never heard positive references to heroin on the radio growing up
They cut it to make more money with less product. But they are not a chemist. They have no idea how much to put in.
SINCE 1999 MORE THAN 100,000 DEATHS FROM OPIOD OVERDOSE IN THE USA.
WE LOST 80,000 DEATHS DURING VIETNAM WAR.
WE AS A-NATION SHOULD BE OUTRAGED.
NO DOUBT ADDICTION IS A COMPLICATED SUBJECT BUT THERE NEEDS TO BE
A FUNDAMENTAL CHANGE IN THE WAY WE VIEW BOTH DRUGS AND ALCOHOL.
HOW THIS IS ACCOMPLISHED I HAVE NO IDEA.
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Blackmailed politicians, judges, prosecutors probably
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And L.A., and Seattle, and San Francisco, and Minneapolis, and Baltimore…
“Progressive Policies” and “Anti Law Enforcement attitude” at work.
Lmaoooooo
Typical troll clown statement
The users are 89% republican Trump supporting wanna be alpha boi n girls
what is the solution?
And Mail In Ballots
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The opposite of what’s been done for decades, rather than the same thing over and over. It’s all about your vote.
@@992001jeffr OK then, what party or platform out there has a viable solution? Who should we vote for?
If I see someone blacking out, I wouldn't care, be one less junkie on the street. Drug addicts are the worst and weakest of us. Stop stealing kids' bikes.
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I work at Fred Meyer on Nw burnside and it’s rough dude
What does it look like over there? I'm considering moving to Portland area from about an hour away ( small town)
@@tylerriojas6250 it’s definitely a cool area. Plenty to do and see but you can’t leave a single thing in your car. You can’t leave a car on the street overnight. And if you’re a female it’s probably not safe to walk around passed dark
All by design
These people are LOST GONE AUDIOS
The only humane way out of this for people hooked is access to drugs from government sources. Free, safe potency, clean needles and constant, compassionate access to treatment. It’s not a new idea and it’s worked in other countries.
No. There’s only two ways out….
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played a game of pool with that dude once
No way! Small world 🌎
Who won?
Enjoy the casket if ur parents can afford one. Peace
By saying "ANY exposure to Fentanyl can be deadly" is putting false information out there.I live downtown Portland..I smell and walk past people smoking Fentanyl countless times a week,and I still have a pulse.
post.ca.gov/fentanyl-exposure-risks-for-law-enforcement
People will believe any kind of fear mongering the news puts out there just because it was the news who said it. Oh you can die from touching a grain of fentanyl! Lmaooo dumbest shit ever and completely false.
Well shit I just Narcaned another guy and this one hit home I didn’t know if he was going to make it when I got to him he wasn’t breathing I hit him with two doses and he finally came around then he was like shit I gotta go, I messed up his high and he said he just dabbles in it not being in the right mind he doesn’t need treatment
All the right people do it
The town fell apart because I left.
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Hahaha!! You mean it fell apart because of the Left!!
@@chrisbohanon403 🤫
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The scary thing is these cities would be even worse if the republiKKKan taliban were pulling the strings.
Jim Goad!? Holt shit.
You are absolutely correct sir. Portland used to be a fantastic place to live. Especially during the 90s. So but surely liberal politics have turned it into an utter shit hole. "Traffic laws are racist" 😆 🤣
Fuckin clown world.
Redneck manifesto should be mandatory reading for US citizens.
Canners please be careful. The other side of the game are the theives waiting for the end of the day. When you come back in with your big haul of the day, you simply hand it over. It's not worth getting seriously hurt over. Choose a different route for tomorrow.
Yes. Yes. I’ll make a PSA next time around 👍
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I cannot listen to anymore sad stories of people giving up their lives to drugs. Theydon’t want to work, they don’t want to take responsibility of adult life, they just want to be hip and take drugs and have fun and escape life because life is too hard. I do not know a single person who takes drugs or even want to take drugs…you know why they don’t take drugs? Because they know it is addictive and will kill you!
Ya.. being addicted to fentanyl and freezing to death on the sidewalk is so hip 😂
@@dion8962 How dumb are you?
It's hip and fun, eh? Lolz. You sure as shit don't know any addicts. At the point that its clearly an addiction, its all misery from then on. Lots of them would give damn near anything to escape their addictions and work a 9-5. Its called an addiction, not a hobby, for a reason.
@@dion8962 😂best comment ever. I feel you are seeing only what you want to see Paul
@@dion8962no, that’s not hip. That’s just plain stupid…
DO YOU KNOW WHY WE ARE LOSING THE WAR ON DRUGS IN AMERICA? There this hostess bar in San Francisco Chinatown that own by the Chinese call MAJESTIC. That place is not a hostess bar but more like a TRAP HOUSE! And what is a TRAP HOUSE? It a place where you walked in there as a normal person but come out as a DRUG ADDICT! Let me tell you what happens at this hostess bar so you and your family don't fall for this TRAP. When we first got there at MAJESTIC, our driver Johnny drop us off and he went and park the car, we are in San Francisco Chinatown. When we walk inside MAJESTIC the guy that I was with say let Johnny to talked to the manager. When Johnny got inside MAJESTIC he would of TALKED IN SOME KIND OF SLANG WHERE ONLY HIM AND THE MANAGER WOULD UNDERSTAND! The manager sent us to a room kind of like a karaoke room. Three girls came in and sit with us because there was three of us and we are at a hostess bar. The girls don't understand english so every time we talk to them, we got to talk to there phone so it would translate to there language. So I know they are some illegal immigrants from China. Ten minutes later Johnny ask the girls "CAN I GET SOME COCAINE?" The girl say " THE MOMMA GOT SOME." And left the room and came back with some COCAINE. LOL the girls don't understand english but they do understand "CAN I GET SOME COCAINE." Johnny and the guy that went with us started snorting the COCAINE. One of the girls say "YOU SNORT COCAINE." IT BETTER IF YOU SMOKE IT. SO SHE PUT THE COCAINE IN THE CIGARETTE AND STARTED SMOKING IT. RIGHT WHEN I SAW THAT I TOOK OF MY JACKET AND COVER MY NOSE AND MOUTH RIGHT AWAY! WHAT EVER YOU DO, DO NOT BREATHE IN THAT CRACK COCAINE SMOKE.(WHEN YOU SMOKE COCAINE IT CALL FREE-BASE) THAT SECONDHAND CRACK COCAINE SMOKE CAN AND WILL GET YOU ADDICTED!! THAT IS WHY ALL THE VIETNAMESE ON DRUGS CRACK COCAINE AND NOW METH. THAT SECOND HAND CRACK COCAINE SMOKE IS SO DANGEROUS, THEY JUST WANT YOU TO SMELL IT! YOU SMELL IT THE FIRST TIME IT MIGHT NOT GET YOU ADDICTED BUT THE SECOND OR THIRD TIME YOU SMELL IT PROBABLY WILL GET YOU ADDICTED OR GET YOU INTO TRY AND SMOKE IT! THAT'S WHY SO MANY PEOPLE HOOKED ON CRACK COCAINE IT BECAUSE OF THE SECONDHAND SMOKE. THAT WHY WHEN YOU COOK CRACK COCAINE THAT SECONDHAND SMOKE AND SMELL CAN AND WILL GET YOU ADDICTED. AND I KNOW THIS HAPPENS TO A LOT OF THE VIETNAMESE ALREADY BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT THEY TRY TO DO TO ME. THEY WOULD OF SLIP A PILL IN YOUR DRINK WHEN YOU DON'T NOTICE THAT WOULD PUT YOU TO SLEEP! YOU FALL ASLEEP IN THAT MAJESTIC PLACE AND THEY START SMOKING THAT COCAINE YOU WILL COME OUT OF THAT MAJESTIC PLACE AS A CRACK COCAINE ADDICT! THAT PLACE MAJESTIC HAVE GOTTEN SO MANY AMERICANS HOOKED ON CRACK COCAINE AND IT NOT JUST THE VIETNAMESE. THAT PLACE MAJESTIC PLACE IS LEGENDARY ALL THE VIETNAMESE KNOWS ABOUT THAT PLACE. I HEARD ABOUT THAT MAJESTIC PLACE IN THE EARLY 80'S WHEN I WAS JUST A KID! THAT PLACE MAJESTIC HAVE GOTTEN SO MANY AMERICANS HOOKED ON CRACK COCAINE ESPECIALLY THE VIETNAMESE! So don't let you and your family fall for this TRAP because where ever they have one place like this in America THEN THERE ARE MANY MORE PLACES LIKE THIS MAJESTIC IN AMERICA!! If I got to guess there at least one MAJESTIC IN EVERY CHINATOWN IN AMERICA!
This was the weirdest story ever 😂
@@MOB_JD I think it's a "bot". There's another comment under a different name with the exact same story but it's Las Vegas instead. Names are similar.
@@w12ath040211 I know I saw that and commented on it as well I believe if not there's another comment where he says he's the greatest story teller of this generation and blah blah lmao fools been inhaling too much crack smoke lmaooooooo
@@w12ath040211 and he for sure a BOT 😂
Umm do u mean “ fentan- ILL”?
Why the E at the end? 🤔
Anyhoo.. yeah the stuff is f’d up.
“Roseville” “Oroville” I’m from California and lots of cities have ‘ille’ at the end.
If you think Fentanyl is good, you should try Carfentanil.
The meth crazies are a bigger social issue.
They have their fair share as problematics for sure.