1 00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:07,000 Downloaded from YTS.MX 2 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:13,000 Official YIFY movies site: YTS.MX 3 00:00:09,927 --> 00:00:12,095 ♪♪ 4 00:00:12,095 --> 00:00:16,934 -Fentanyl is safe, in my eyes, compared to benzos and fent. 5 00:00:16,934 --> 00:00:19,186 ♪♪ 6 00:00:19,186 --> 00:00:22,689 People are dying without even having tinfoil down, you know? 7 00:00:22,689 --> 00:00:25,108 They're taking a hoot and they're just dead. 8 00:00:25,108 --> 00:00:26,693 ♪♪ 9 00:00:26,693 --> 00:00:29,488 -We've started to see tranq come into the dope. 10 00:00:29,488 --> 00:00:32,199 People are getting string injuries and wounds. 11 00:00:32,199 --> 00:00:34,952 You can see down to the muscle tissue and the bone. 12 00:00:34,952 --> 00:00:37,913 Large abscesses and, like, infections 13 00:00:37,913 --> 00:00:39,539 where they're injecting. 14 00:00:39,539 --> 00:00:41,959 -This tranq is intense. 15 00:00:41,959 --> 00:00:45,546 Like, you feel like you're literally gonna die. 16 00:00:45,546 --> 00:00:48,090 -Do you feel any sense of responsibility 17 00:00:48,090 --> 00:00:49,716 for some of these new chemicals 18 00:00:49,716 --> 00:00:52,135 that are kind of replacing fentanyl? 19 00:00:52,135 --> 00:00:53,387 -No, no. 20 00:00:53,387 --> 00:00:56,557 We knew the traffickers would continue to try. 21 00:00:56,557 --> 00:00:59,142 We want to absolutely prohibit 22 00:00:59,142 --> 00:01:01,311 all of these synthetics from coming in. 23 00:01:01,311 --> 00:01:02,646 ♪♪ 24 00:01:02,646 --> 00:01:04,815 -The benzos are going to kill a lot of people, 25 00:01:04,815 --> 00:01:05,857 and it already has. 26 00:01:05,857 --> 00:01:08,235 It's already started. 27 00:01:08,235 --> 00:01:11,655 -Why is this being cut into everything? 28 00:01:11,655 --> 00:01:13,323 -Because it's so addicting. 29 00:01:13,323 --> 00:01:15,325 That's what everybody wants -- 30 00:01:15,325 --> 00:01:17,536 that ultimate high. 31 00:01:17,536 --> 00:01:26,461 ♪♪ 32 00:01:26,461 --> 00:01:35,345 ♪♪ 33 00:01:35,345 --> 00:01:44,229 ♪♪ 34 00:01:44,229 --> 00:01:48,775 Human error that we make costs lives. 35 00:01:48,775 --> 00:01:52,821 You can put one batch out and it might kill a lot of people. 36 00:01:52,821 --> 00:01:54,364 ♪♪ 37 00:01:54,364 --> 00:01:56,575 [ Honks horn ] 38 00:01:56,575 --> 00:01:58,243 Back seat. 39 00:01:59,286 --> 00:02:03,123 My mom did the same trade for many, many years. 40 00:02:03,123 --> 00:02:04,833 I was introduced to it at a young age, 41 00:02:04,833 --> 00:02:08,211 and I just sort of followed in her footsteps. 42 00:02:08,211 --> 00:02:11,173 And here I am. 43 00:02:11,173 --> 00:02:14,217 Everything changed when fentanyl became the market. 44 00:02:14,217 --> 00:02:18,221 ♪♪ 45 00:02:18,221 --> 00:02:20,432 -Keisha's a drug dealer who asked us to 46 00:02:20,432 --> 00:02:22,976 only use her first name. 47 00:02:22,976 --> 00:02:25,062 Over the 20 years she's been selling, 48 00:02:25,062 --> 00:02:27,814 she's seen the supply change dramatically. 49 00:02:27,814 --> 00:02:29,858 ♪♪ 50 00:02:29,858 --> 00:02:32,778 For the last decade, both Canada and the U.S. 51 00:02:32,778 --> 00:02:35,530 have been ravaged by an overdose crisis, 52 00:02:35,530 --> 00:02:39,993 largely fueled by the synthetic opioid fentanyl. 53 00:02:39,993 --> 00:02:43,246 The pandemic made it worse by disrupting the drug supply 54 00:02:43,246 --> 00:02:46,333 and cutting people off from harm-reduction services. 55 00:02:46,333 --> 00:02:49,586 But the crisis is now reaching another turning point. 56 00:02:49,586 --> 00:02:52,673 Chemicals made in labs are infiltrating the drug supply 57 00:02:52,673 --> 00:02:54,591 and being combined with fentanyl 58 00:02:54,591 --> 00:02:57,010 to make something more dangerous. 59 00:02:57,010 --> 00:03:00,430 And nowhere is this more evident than in British Columbia. 60 00:03:00,430 --> 00:03:02,391 ♪♪ 61 00:03:02,391 --> 00:03:05,394 [ Blender whirring ] 62 00:03:05,394 --> 00:03:08,188 ♪♪ 63 00:03:08,188 --> 00:03:09,940 -You went from seeing brown substance, 64 00:03:09,940 --> 00:03:11,733 which is heroin, and then you're like, 65 00:03:11,733 --> 00:03:13,068 "Okay, what the...is this?" 66 00:03:13,068 --> 00:03:15,612 'Cause it's purple and blue and pink 67 00:03:15,612 --> 00:03:19,408 and all these weird colors. 68 00:03:19,408 --> 00:03:22,035 Okay, so I just have to wait until it settles. 69 00:03:22,035 --> 00:03:26,123 -Despite the shifting supply, Keisha still sells fentanyl. 70 00:03:26,123 --> 00:03:28,291 She mixes it with purple food coloring 71 00:03:28,291 --> 00:03:30,419 to differentiate it from cocaine, 72 00:03:30,419 --> 00:03:33,422 and she cuts it with monk fruit, an organic sweetener 73 00:03:33,422 --> 00:03:36,633 she says is safer than other cutting agents. 74 00:03:36,633 --> 00:03:38,468 Still, it's not safe. 75 00:03:38,468 --> 00:03:41,805 Fentanyl is up to 50 times more potent than heroin. 76 00:03:41,805 --> 00:03:44,975 It's been linked to at least 250,000 deaths 77 00:03:44,975 --> 00:03:46,643 in the U.S. and Canada. 78 00:03:46,643 --> 00:03:49,312 -The risk is extremely dangerous every day. 79 00:03:49,312 --> 00:03:51,314 You know, anything can happen. 80 00:03:51,314 --> 00:03:53,650 See how there's, like, smoke coming out? 81 00:03:53,650 --> 00:03:55,026 -Yeah. -That's the dangerous 82 00:03:55,026 --> 00:03:56,820 part of it. -Just because it's so potent? 83 00:03:56,820 --> 00:03:58,488 -Yeah, yeah. 84 00:03:58,488 --> 00:04:01,700 -When you think about fentanyl, it's always in the abstract, 85 00:04:01,700 --> 00:04:04,953 and she's using, like, just these normal kitchen tools 86 00:04:04,953 --> 00:04:07,914 and food coloring. It's very, like, basic. 87 00:04:07,914 --> 00:04:10,333 ♪♪ 88 00:04:10,333 --> 00:04:12,836 Keisha cooks her fentanyl every few days 89 00:04:12,836 --> 00:04:15,797 in a process that takes hours. 90 00:04:15,797 --> 00:04:16,840 -Yes. 91 00:04:16,840 --> 00:04:18,842 -She charges $10 a bag 92 00:04:18,842 --> 00:04:21,344 and can sell up to five ounces in a day 93 00:04:21,344 --> 00:04:24,514 for as much as $15,000. 94 00:04:24,514 --> 00:04:28,268 -What I see is that people need fentanyl more than heroin. 95 00:04:28,268 --> 00:04:31,021 Like, more frequently. Like, heroin, 96 00:04:31,021 --> 00:04:33,982 you used to be able to do a smash or, you know, 97 00:04:33,982 --> 00:04:35,901 do a couple points and you'd be good all day 98 00:04:35,901 --> 00:04:38,528 and all night. Well, people who use fent, 99 00:04:38,528 --> 00:04:40,906 they need it every, like, three hours. 100 00:04:40,906 --> 00:04:42,532 -So it just doesn't last as long? 101 00:04:42,532 --> 00:04:45,035 -Doesn't last as long. Doesn't have legs. 102 00:04:47,954 --> 00:04:50,540 -To make the fentanyl's effects last longer, 103 00:04:50,540 --> 00:04:52,375 other suppliers have been cutting it 104 00:04:52,375 --> 00:04:54,544 with ultra-potent chemicals. 105 00:04:54,544 --> 00:04:57,506 One called etizolam is from a family of sedatives 106 00:04:57,506 --> 00:04:59,758 called benzodiazepines. 107 00:04:59,758 --> 00:05:02,594 This cocktail is being sold as benzo dope, 108 00:05:02,594 --> 00:05:04,721 a drug that's deadlier and more addictive 109 00:05:04,721 --> 00:05:06,473 than the sum of its parts. 110 00:05:06,473 --> 00:05:08,850 In January, benzos were detected 111 00:05:08,850 --> 00:05:12,020 in more than half of fatal overdoses. 112 00:05:12,020 --> 00:05:14,022 So, fentanyl hits the market, 113 00:05:14,022 --> 00:05:15,941 it's like the worst overdose crisis 114 00:05:15,941 --> 00:05:20,070 we've ever seen, and now there's benzos in the fentanyl. 115 00:05:20,070 --> 00:05:21,988 How has it changed things? 116 00:05:21,988 --> 00:05:24,407 -I've never seen anything like it. 117 00:05:24,407 --> 00:05:27,035 I've seen people do hoots and they're, like, 118 00:05:27,035 --> 00:05:29,746 literally, folded in half on the ground for hours. 119 00:05:29,746 --> 00:05:30,914 They're gone for. 120 00:05:30,914 --> 00:05:33,375 The benzos are going to kill a lot of people. 121 00:05:33,375 --> 00:05:35,043 And it already has. It's already started. 122 00:05:35,043 --> 00:05:37,045 And everything is cut with it. 123 00:05:37,045 --> 00:05:38,421 Everything. 124 00:05:38,421 --> 00:05:41,800 It's very hard to find somebody who you can trust 125 00:05:41,800 --> 00:05:47,597 to get just raw fent and not cut with any benzos. 126 00:05:47,597 --> 00:05:52,602 Fentanyl is safe, in my eyes, compared to benzos and fent. 127 00:05:52,602 --> 00:05:54,771 -That's a shocking statement, though. 128 00:05:54,771 --> 00:05:58,984 For you to say that fentanyl, which has killed thousands -- 129 00:05:58,984 --> 00:06:00,819 hundreds of thousands at this point -- 130 00:06:00,819 --> 00:06:02,779 of people, and you're saying that it's safe 131 00:06:02,779 --> 00:06:05,073 compared to this new dope that you're seeing. 132 00:06:05,073 --> 00:06:06,241 -Yeah. 133 00:06:06,241 --> 00:06:09,786 Way, way, more safer. 134 00:06:09,786 --> 00:06:12,789 -Keisha considers herself an ethical dealer 135 00:06:12,789 --> 00:06:16,042 because she doesn't cut benzos into her fentanyl. 136 00:06:16,042 --> 00:06:18,420 Addiction specialists have been advocating 137 00:06:18,420 --> 00:06:21,047 for keeping the drug supply safe for years. 138 00:06:21,047 --> 00:06:23,300 They point to countries like Switzerland, 139 00:06:23,300 --> 00:06:25,594 which created a prescription heroin program 140 00:06:25,594 --> 00:06:29,097 to help curb overdose deaths, and in the last few years, 141 00:06:29,097 --> 00:06:31,099 a handful of clinics in British Columbia 142 00:06:31,099 --> 00:06:33,643 have taken safe supply a step further, 143 00:06:33,643 --> 00:06:35,896 prescribing medical-grade fentanyl 144 00:06:35,896 --> 00:06:38,815 for people severely addicted to opioids. 145 00:06:40,400 --> 00:06:43,236 But these programs can be hard to access. 146 00:06:43,236 --> 00:06:46,406 So Keisha says her customers and friends rely on her 147 00:06:46,406 --> 00:06:48,575 for benzo-free fentanyl. 148 00:06:48,575 --> 00:06:50,994 -So, those are all marked, and then what are these, 149 00:06:50,994 --> 00:06:52,579 half grams? -Yep. 150 00:06:52,579 --> 00:06:53,663 -Okay. 151 00:06:53,663 --> 00:06:56,416 Well, tell them to...off. 152 00:06:56,416 --> 00:06:59,085 -Okay, what I'm looking at, you wouldn't be able to know 153 00:06:59,085 --> 00:07:00,837 that there was benzos in here or not. 154 00:07:00,837 --> 00:07:03,673 They've put in different colors, but there's no way 155 00:07:03,673 --> 00:07:06,009 that you could tell that you have benzos in it unless, 156 00:07:06,009 --> 00:07:09,012 you know, someone told you. 157 00:07:09,012 --> 00:07:12,015 People would mark their drugs with different colors, 158 00:07:12,015 --> 00:07:14,517 so, you know, all the purple stuff is good 159 00:07:14,517 --> 00:07:16,227 or the, you know, green stuff is good. 160 00:07:16,227 --> 00:07:18,229 Problem with that is other people would hear 161 00:07:18,229 --> 00:07:20,899 what's good on the street and then they would -- 162 00:07:20,899 --> 00:07:22,734 -They would mark it. Somebody overdosed on it, 163 00:07:22,734 --> 00:07:23,943 they want it. -They want it. 164 00:07:23,943 --> 00:07:26,237 And, you know -- -It just keeps getting stronger 165 00:07:26,237 --> 00:07:28,573 and stronger because of the benzos in it. 166 00:07:28,573 --> 00:07:31,284 Now guys, if you give them dope without benzos in it, 167 00:07:31,284 --> 00:07:33,078 they don't even get unsick. -Oh, yeah. 168 00:07:33,078 --> 00:07:34,663 -So it's no good. They could smoke that shit 169 00:07:34,663 --> 00:07:38,541 all day, but once you get the benzos in it, 170 00:07:38,541 --> 00:07:41,252 they love it. 171 00:07:41,252 --> 00:07:43,213 But it makes them forget everything. 172 00:07:43,213 --> 00:07:44,881 -Yeah. -Just gives them, like, amnesia. 173 00:07:44,881 --> 00:07:46,466 Nobody remembers where they put their dope. 174 00:07:46,466 --> 00:07:48,385 Everybody loses everything. Everybody gets robbed. 175 00:07:48,385 --> 00:07:50,512 Good for people that sell dope, though, 176 00:07:50,512 --> 00:07:52,013 because they always got to come back. 177 00:07:52,013 --> 00:07:55,225 -Okay, and then these are halves. 178 00:07:55,225 --> 00:07:57,602 -Okay. 179 00:07:57,602 --> 00:08:01,314 -Keisha's house is a place for her customers to come and go, 180 00:08:01,314 --> 00:08:04,025 using her drugs there. 181 00:08:04,025 --> 00:08:06,778 She has naloxone on hand and says she's used it 182 00:08:06,778 --> 00:08:09,531 to reverse hundreds of overdoses. 183 00:08:09,531 --> 00:08:11,866 She lets people stay there. 184 00:08:11,866 --> 00:08:15,036 Some of them are trying to wean off benzo dope, 185 00:08:15,036 --> 00:08:16,913 and she's picked people up off the street 186 00:08:16,913 --> 00:08:19,416 who look like they need help. 187 00:08:19,416 --> 00:08:22,752 They just found this young girl and she's, like, 19. 188 00:08:22,752 --> 00:08:26,339 She was outside of a hotel at night, freezing cold. 189 00:08:26,339 --> 00:08:29,551 They brought her in, and she's hooked on benzo dope, 190 00:08:29,551 --> 00:08:30,635 so they're trying to give her 191 00:08:30,635 --> 00:08:33,138 some of Keisha's fentanyl instead. 192 00:08:33,138 --> 00:08:34,931 She seems really freaked out. 193 00:08:34,931 --> 00:08:38,601 She just keeps shaking, and she's just really jumpy. 194 00:08:38,601 --> 00:08:40,520 She's talking to herself a lot. 195 00:08:40,520 --> 00:08:43,273 She just seems very scared. 196 00:08:43,273 --> 00:08:47,110 Not everyone Keisha offers to help gets off benzo dope. 197 00:08:47,110 --> 00:08:51,030 ♪♪ 198 00:08:51,030 --> 00:08:53,450 -Do you have any of the gray stuff on you? 199 00:08:53,450 --> 00:08:56,369 -Pink stuff is what I was more shooting at. 200 00:08:56,369 --> 00:09:00,999 That pink shit rocks you. 201 00:09:00,999 --> 00:09:05,795 -One of her friends, Gord, is dependent on benzo dope. 202 00:09:05,795 --> 00:09:07,255 -This is dangerous shit. Listen to me. 203 00:09:07,255 --> 00:09:09,215 -Yeah. -I'm not even kidding. 204 00:09:09,215 --> 00:09:12,469 -This right here is a pink right here. 205 00:09:12,469 --> 00:09:16,306 This seems to be the higher kind of benzo shit 206 00:09:16,306 --> 00:09:18,475 out there right now. 207 00:09:18,475 --> 00:09:20,643 This is the dropper, man. 208 00:09:28,485 --> 00:09:31,821 -It sure runs on the tinfoil real fast, eh? 209 00:09:31,821 --> 00:09:34,824 -Jumps around a lot. 210 00:09:34,824 --> 00:09:37,660 -Phew, you can smell that shit. 211 00:09:39,037 --> 00:09:42,665 -People are dying without even having the tinfoil down, 212 00:09:42,665 --> 00:09:43,750 you know? They're taking a hoot 213 00:09:43,750 --> 00:09:45,835 and they're just dead. 214 00:09:45,835 --> 00:09:48,755 Gord, wake up. 215 00:09:48,755 --> 00:09:50,632 Come on. -Cuz. 216 00:09:50,632 --> 00:09:51,841 -Gordo. 217 00:09:51,841 --> 00:09:53,343 -Cuz. -I am. 218 00:09:53,343 --> 00:09:55,011 -Okay, get up. 219 00:09:55,011 --> 00:09:57,430 -You can't even tell if they're actually going down 220 00:09:57,430 --> 00:10:01,601 because they're still talking to you and then they're going out. 221 00:10:01,601 --> 00:10:03,186 Gordo. 222 00:10:03,186 --> 00:10:05,939 It's getting a little funky. 223 00:10:05,939 --> 00:10:09,025 -You go from, like, this normal skin tone 224 00:10:09,025 --> 00:10:13,988 to, like, a white, like, light blue, and then you're -- 225 00:10:13,988 --> 00:10:16,950 and it's like the life is being sucked out of you. 226 00:10:16,950 --> 00:10:19,452 -Where's the Narcan kit? 227 00:10:19,452 --> 00:10:21,704 Gord, wake up or I'm gonna Narcan you. 228 00:10:24,582 --> 00:10:26,042 They call it robbery dope. 229 00:10:26,042 --> 00:10:27,210 You can given somebody a hoot 230 00:10:27,210 --> 00:10:28,586 and you don't even have to rob them. 231 00:10:28,586 --> 00:10:31,589 You just let them do a hoot and they're out. 232 00:10:31,589 --> 00:10:33,424 Gord. 233 00:10:33,424 --> 00:10:35,677 Gord. 234 00:10:35,677 --> 00:10:38,054 -My sister died here, 235 00:10:38,054 --> 00:10:42,684 and I-I just can't deal with -- like, I flip right out, 236 00:10:42,684 --> 00:10:46,396 and I kind of -- like, it's really hard for me. 237 00:10:46,396 --> 00:10:49,315 I just want to help, and I don't know what to do. 238 00:10:49,315 --> 00:10:51,067 -Gord, do you need some naloxone or what? 239 00:10:51,067 --> 00:10:52,777 -No. -Okay. 240 00:10:52,777 --> 00:10:54,946 Are you hungry? Did you eat? 241 00:10:54,946 --> 00:10:56,030 Did you eat? 242 00:10:56,030 --> 00:10:57,365 -No. 243 00:10:57,365 --> 00:10:59,909 -They just become, like, zombies almost. 244 00:10:59,909 --> 00:11:03,621 Like, they're just there. 245 00:11:03,621 --> 00:11:06,082 Benzos are just insane. 246 00:11:06,082 --> 00:11:08,751 It's scary shit. 247 00:11:08,751 --> 00:11:13,006 ♪♪ 248 00:11:13,006 --> 00:11:16,843 -They can try and justify that they're selling a better dope, 249 00:11:16,843 --> 00:11:20,180 but at the end of the day, they're still dealing death. 250 00:11:20,180 --> 00:11:21,890 They're still ripping families apart 251 00:11:21,890 --> 00:11:24,142 and they're still burying people. 252 00:11:24,142 --> 00:11:31,024 ♪♪ 253 00:11:39,949 --> 00:11:46,039 ♪♪ 254 00:11:46,039 --> 00:11:52,128 ♪♪ 255 00:11:52,128 --> 00:11:53,838 -The other night was pretty intense. 256 00:11:53,838 --> 00:11:56,257 It looked like Gord was going to overdose, 257 00:11:56,257 --> 00:11:59,135 so we're checking in on him to see if he's okay. 258 00:11:59,135 --> 00:12:02,764 ♪♪ 259 00:12:02,764 --> 00:12:04,182 How are you feeling today? 260 00:12:04,182 --> 00:12:06,100 -Pretty tired from yesterday. 261 00:12:06,100 --> 00:12:07,936 -I do want to talk more about what happened, 262 00:12:07,936 --> 00:12:10,521 because, yeah, it was pretty intense. 263 00:12:10,521 --> 00:12:12,231 -Yeah. I don't even remember. 264 00:12:12,231 --> 00:12:13,274 -You don't? -Nothing. 265 00:12:13,274 --> 00:12:14,692 -Okay. -I don't remember anything. 266 00:12:14,692 --> 00:12:16,986 -Do you remember, like, us -- me being here? 267 00:12:16,986 --> 00:12:19,989 -Yeah, I remember you being here, and I remember talking to 268 00:12:19,989 --> 00:12:22,867 you and I remember doing, like, putting some on the foil 269 00:12:22,867 --> 00:12:25,828 and smoked a little bit, and then that's it. 270 00:12:25,828 --> 00:12:27,830 -That's it? -Yeah, I don't remember, like, 271 00:12:27,830 --> 00:12:29,499 what happened after that. 272 00:12:29,499 --> 00:12:31,251 -You know, your cousin was saying that 273 00:12:31,251 --> 00:12:33,544 she's worried that you might die. 274 00:12:33,544 --> 00:12:35,088 -Yeah, I know. 275 00:12:35,088 --> 00:12:37,173 She has been for a while. 276 00:12:37,173 --> 00:12:39,801 -What do you think's going to happen with you 277 00:12:39,801 --> 00:12:42,303 in the next, like, couple months? 278 00:12:42,303 --> 00:12:44,847 -I think that I'll probably die. 279 00:12:44,847 --> 00:12:46,683 -You do? -Maybe, yeah. 280 00:12:46,683 --> 00:12:50,019 Like, if I make it to 40, I'll be surprised. 281 00:12:50,019 --> 00:12:54,023 Like, I'm 39 now, and I'll be 40 in May. 282 00:12:54,023 --> 00:12:56,526 I'd be pretty surprised. 283 00:12:56,526 --> 00:13:00,238 Most people I know make it to 27, 284 00:13:00,238 --> 00:13:03,866 28, 29, 30, around there, right? 285 00:13:03,866 --> 00:13:06,577 I know someone that dies every day almost. 286 00:13:06,577 --> 00:13:09,455 ♪♪ 287 00:13:09,455 --> 00:13:11,874 -There's a generation of young drug users 288 00:13:11,874 --> 00:13:14,836 who only know the new reality of a supply 289 00:13:14,836 --> 00:13:17,588 with potent synthetic drugs. 290 00:13:17,588 --> 00:13:20,258 There's been a jump in teen overdose deaths, 291 00:13:20,258 --> 00:13:24,470 both in British Columbia and in the U.S. 292 00:13:26,681 --> 00:13:29,392 [ Sirens wailing in distance ] 293 00:13:31,019 --> 00:13:33,271 -My ex was so addicted to benzos, 294 00:13:33,271 --> 00:13:35,565 I constantly had to smoke it, and I'm trying to 295 00:13:35,565 --> 00:13:36,983 get over it now... -Yeah. 296 00:13:36,983 --> 00:13:39,485 -...but I'm addicted to the non, 297 00:13:39,485 --> 00:13:42,405 and I'm trying really hard to get over it. 298 00:13:42,405 --> 00:13:45,074 -When did you tell that there was something off with the dope? 299 00:13:45,074 --> 00:13:47,368 -I figured out there was something wrong with the dope 300 00:13:47,368 --> 00:13:51,914 when I was given one hoot and I woke up the next morning 301 00:13:51,914 --> 00:13:53,332 with my pants around my ankles. 302 00:13:53,332 --> 00:13:55,585 -Oh, Jesus. -And I realized if I was raped 303 00:13:55,585 --> 00:13:58,171 and I didn't wake up and, you know, I just -- 304 00:13:58,171 --> 00:14:00,715 not through any of it. I should have woken up. 305 00:14:00,715 --> 00:14:02,008 Especially if it was normal dope, 306 00:14:02,008 --> 00:14:04,635 I still would have woken up. 307 00:14:04,635 --> 00:14:08,056 -Carrie began using heroin when she was 13. 308 00:14:08,056 --> 00:14:12,101 Three years later, she's addicted to benzo dope. 309 00:14:12,101 --> 00:14:16,731 -I have had a lot of pain and trauma in my life, a lot. 310 00:14:16,731 --> 00:14:19,734 And it just... 311 00:14:19,734 --> 00:14:22,070 um... 312 00:14:25,948 --> 00:14:28,451 I'm sorry. [ Sniffles ] 313 00:14:28,451 --> 00:14:32,455 A lot of my trauma and pain could have been prevented 314 00:14:32,455 --> 00:14:35,917 if I didn't make the choices that I made, 315 00:14:35,917 --> 00:14:39,962 and I just want, like, 316 00:14:39,962 --> 00:14:43,466 to share my story and stuff to prevent a lot of other girls 317 00:14:43,466 --> 00:14:47,011 from either going through that or girls who have experienced it 318 00:14:47,011 --> 00:14:48,971 so they know they're not alone, 319 00:14:48,971 --> 00:14:51,557 and that they can get through it. 320 00:14:51,557 --> 00:14:53,309 -Can you tell when there's a difference 321 00:14:53,309 --> 00:14:57,563 between the benzo dope and then the other dope? 322 00:14:57,563 --> 00:15:00,316 -I can see a big difference. 323 00:15:00,316 --> 00:15:03,861 It's like you smoke a good amount, and then after a while, 324 00:15:03,861 --> 00:15:06,531 you kind of start to nod, and benzos, 325 00:15:06,531 --> 00:15:08,157 you don't even get to blow that out yet 326 00:15:08,157 --> 00:15:10,993 and your face is already in the ground. 327 00:15:10,993 --> 00:15:12,412 -Have you overdosed? 328 00:15:12,412 --> 00:15:14,330 -Oh, yeah. -Like, how many times? 329 00:15:14,330 --> 00:15:16,833 -Many. I don't remember. 330 00:15:16,833 --> 00:15:20,670 ♪♪ 331 00:15:20,670 --> 00:15:24,257 -Carrie moved out of her mom's house in November 332 00:15:24,257 --> 00:15:26,342 after her mom told her she couldn't stay 333 00:15:26,342 --> 00:15:28,344 if she kept using drugs. 334 00:15:28,344 --> 00:15:31,973 She's been homeless and couch hopping since. 335 00:15:31,973 --> 00:15:34,267 Carrie's dad says that sometimes 336 00:15:34,267 --> 00:15:37,395 he goes weeks without hearing from her. 337 00:15:37,395 --> 00:15:40,189 When's the last time you saw Carrie? 338 00:15:40,189 --> 00:15:42,692 -Two or three weeks ago. 339 00:15:42,692 --> 00:15:46,863 Met her at McDonald's, bought her a coffee. 340 00:15:46,863 --> 00:15:48,906 Had a nice little talk. 341 00:15:48,906 --> 00:15:51,284 Got to hear "I love you." 342 00:15:51,284 --> 00:15:55,246 Um, but it's a shell. 343 00:15:55,246 --> 00:15:57,248 It's not my daughter. 344 00:15:57,248 --> 00:15:58,708 It's the shell of her. 345 00:15:58,708 --> 00:16:00,501 It's not who I used to know. 346 00:16:02,670 --> 00:16:05,047 I've got four biological kids. 347 00:16:05,047 --> 00:16:06,883 Three of them are stuck in addiction. 348 00:16:06,883 --> 00:16:10,636 There is no norm in my life. 349 00:16:10,636 --> 00:16:12,013 There's no normal Christmas. 350 00:16:12,013 --> 00:16:13,347 There's no normal family dinners. 351 00:16:13,347 --> 00:16:16,058 There's no normal Thanksgiving. 352 00:16:16,058 --> 00:16:20,563 You can't bring any of them into the house because they take. 353 00:16:20,563 --> 00:16:23,900 And I understand it's a survival mode. 354 00:16:23,900 --> 00:16:25,234 Doesn't make it right. 355 00:16:25,234 --> 00:16:27,236 -Have you noticed a difference 356 00:16:27,236 --> 00:16:29,572 in how Carrie's been in the last couple years 357 00:16:29,572 --> 00:16:31,991 since she started using benzo dope? 358 00:16:31,991 --> 00:16:37,246 -I see weight loss to the point of serious concern. 359 00:16:37,246 --> 00:16:39,916 I recognize her physically, 360 00:16:39,916 --> 00:16:41,709 but there's no emotion that I recognize. 361 00:16:41,709 --> 00:16:43,836 That's not my child anymore. 362 00:16:43,836 --> 00:16:46,631 I don't know if any of my three kids have died 363 00:16:46,631 --> 00:16:48,341 in the last 20 minutes. 364 00:16:48,341 --> 00:16:50,384 That's reality. I don't. 365 00:16:50,384 --> 00:16:53,137 I know they have not died 24 hours ago because the police 366 00:16:53,137 --> 00:16:55,681 have not phoned me to identify a body. 367 00:16:55,681 --> 00:16:58,434 But that thought goes through my mind every day 368 00:16:58,434 --> 00:16:59,894 for all three of my kids. 369 00:16:59,894 --> 00:17:02,647 -And what is that like for you as a dad? 370 00:17:05,650 --> 00:17:07,443 -[ Voice breaking ] Kills you. 371 00:17:09,278 --> 00:17:12,406 The biggest fear is the death. 372 00:17:12,406 --> 00:17:15,409 Her elder sister, between 8 and 12 times, 373 00:17:15,409 --> 00:17:17,495 I've gone to the Abbottsford Hospital 374 00:17:17,495 --> 00:17:20,122 for overdose, and when you look at your child 375 00:17:20,122 --> 00:17:23,584 and zero response, you wonder if the next time 376 00:17:23,584 --> 00:17:25,836 you're looking at her is to identify them. 377 00:17:25,836 --> 00:17:27,964 ♪♪ 378 00:17:27,964 --> 00:17:31,968 -So, we have spent some time with dealers, you know, 379 00:17:31,968 --> 00:17:34,512 around Abbottsford who are selling 380 00:17:34,512 --> 00:17:38,474 a version of fentanyl that they say is not as toxic 381 00:17:38,474 --> 00:17:40,977 as the benzo dope and some of these newer drugs 382 00:17:40,977 --> 00:17:44,021 that are kind of hitting the market now. 383 00:17:44,021 --> 00:17:46,565 What do you make of that? 384 00:17:46,565 --> 00:17:50,319 -They can try and justify that they're selling a better dope, 385 00:17:50,319 --> 00:17:52,321 a cleaner dope. 386 00:17:52,321 --> 00:17:54,407 Death is still death. 387 00:17:54,407 --> 00:17:56,784 Fentanyl has killed, has taken lives. 388 00:17:56,784 --> 00:18:00,746 Every person that sells fentanyl 389 00:18:00,746 --> 00:18:03,332 should be charged with murder. 390 00:18:03,332 --> 00:18:06,168 Somebody has died because of what they have sold. 391 00:18:06,168 --> 00:18:08,212 They're justifying in their own mind 392 00:18:08,212 --> 00:18:09,839 why they're doing what they're doing. 393 00:18:09,839 --> 00:18:13,217 But at the end of the day, they're still dealing death. 394 00:18:13,217 --> 00:18:14,885 They're still ripping families apart 395 00:18:14,885 --> 00:18:16,470 and they're still burying people. 396 00:18:16,470 --> 00:18:24,895 ♪♪ 397 00:18:24,895 --> 00:18:28,232 -Can you describe the extent of some of these wounds? 398 00:18:28,232 --> 00:18:30,151 Like, they seem very serious. 399 00:18:30,151 --> 00:18:32,194 -Some of them are open, they're gaping, 400 00:18:32,194 --> 00:18:33,821 there's tissue exposed. 401 00:18:33,821 --> 00:18:35,990 And some of it's down to the bone. 402 00:18:35,990 --> 00:18:38,534 Some of them just look like small open sores 403 00:18:38,534 --> 00:18:40,494 on the skin all over. 404 00:18:40,494 --> 00:18:42,038 It can be on their hands, on their neck, 405 00:18:42,038 --> 00:18:45,333 and on their face, and it's going untreated. 406 00:18:45,333 --> 00:18:54,967 ♪♪ 407 00:19:00,973 --> 00:19:06,854 ♪♪ 408 00:19:06,854 --> 00:19:09,273 -Drugs mixed with fentanyl aren't the only thing 409 00:19:09,273 --> 00:19:14,195 making this latest wave of the overdose crisis so deadly. 410 00:19:14,195 --> 00:19:17,615 Black market chemists are creating designer drugs in labs, 411 00:19:17,615 --> 00:19:20,576 manufactured to mimic the effects of traditional drugs 412 00:19:20,576 --> 00:19:23,913 while stopping just short of breaking the law. 413 00:19:23,913 --> 00:19:27,249 Data exclusively shared with VICE News shows powerful 414 00:19:27,249 --> 00:19:31,128 substances showing up in the U.S.'s illegal supply. 415 00:19:31,128 --> 00:19:34,632 A new stimulant that can kill you is being sold as Molly 416 00:19:34,632 --> 00:19:37,343 and ecstasy in nine U.S. states. 417 00:19:37,343 --> 00:19:41,097 A synthetic cannabinoid that can put you in a coma or kill you 418 00:19:41,097 --> 00:19:44,141 has been found in 13 states. 419 00:19:44,141 --> 00:19:47,686 And a synthetic opioid 20 times stronger than fentanyl 420 00:19:47,686 --> 00:19:50,648 is being sold as dope in 20 states. 421 00:19:50,648 --> 00:19:53,693 ♪♪ 422 00:19:53,693 --> 00:19:56,862 -So early on, the opioid crisis was linked to 423 00:19:56,862 --> 00:20:00,408 prescription opioid tablets that then sort of 424 00:20:00,408 --> 00:20:03,702 evolved into the heroin period. 425 00:20:03,702 --> 00:20:06,163 That heroin period then evolved into what was considered 426 00:20:06,163 --> 00:20:08,082 the third wave or the fentanyl wave. 427 00:20:08,082 --> 00:20:10,084 I think it's very clear now that we have entered 428 00:20:10,084 --> 00:20:12,211 this poly-drug wave when you have fentanyl 429 00:20:12,211 --> 00:20:13,838 being mixed with other stimulants 430 00:20:13,838 --> 00:20:16,340 or benzodiazepines or other drugs. 431 00:20:16,340 --> 00:20:19,260 -These new drugs are all being tracked and monitored 432 00:20:19,260 --> 00:20:22,638 by Alex Krotulski, a forensic toxicologist 433 00:20:22,638 --> 00:20:25,182 at NPS Discovery. 434 00:20:25,182 --> 00:20:28,394 Over the past four years, his program has identified 435 00:20:28,394 --> 00:20:30,980 over 100 new drugs in the U.S., 436 00:20:30,980 --> 00:20:34,525 more than 30 in the last 12 months. 437 00:20:34,525 --> 00:20:36,944 -What we've seen is that when the DEA generally schedules 438 00:20:36,944 --> 00:20:39,238 a drug or a class, it does go away. 439 00:20:39,238 --> 00:20:44,201 However, that opens the door for a new drug to take its place. 440 00:20:44,201 --> 00:20:48,080 -I've heard this sort of race to keep track of 441 00:20:48,080 --> 00:20:49,748 all these different drugs described as 442 00:20:49,748 --> 00:20:53,419 a game of Whac-A-Mole, where new ones just keep popping up. 443 00:20:53,419 --> 00:20:55,588 Is that an assessment you would agree with? 444 00:20:55,588 --> 00:20:57,423 -Synthetic drugs, it does feel like a bit of 445 00:20:57,423 --> 00:20:58,799 a game of Whac-A-Mole. 446 00:20:58,799 --> 00:21:01,051 We generally understand that they may go away, 447 00:21:01,051 --> 00:21:02,720 but it's really hard to predict the next thing 448 00:21:02,720 --> 00:21:04,388 that's going to come. 449 00:21:04,388 --> 00:21:06,390 -To find the new synthetic drugs, 450 00:21:06,390 --> 00:21:08,726 Alex and his team get street samples 451 00:21:08,726 --> 00:21:11,896 from medical examiners, coroner's offices, 452 00:21:11,896 --> 00:21:15,149 crime labs, and other public agencies. 453 00:21:15,149 --> 00:21:18,110 -So these are heroin packets that were sent to us. 454 00:21:18,110 --> 00:21:20,279 Knowing that it's from Philadelphia 455 00:21:20,279 --> 00:21:21,906 and knowing our history, I would assume 456 00:21:21,906 --> 00:21:23,908 that it has fentanyl and xylazine. 457 00:21:23,908 --> 00:21:26,076 ♪♪ 458 00:21:26,076 --> 00:21:30,247 -Xylazine is a tranquilizer most commonly used on horses, 459 00:21:30,247 --> 00:21:31,582 but it's now being used 460 00:21:31,582 --> 00:21:34,835 to make the effects of fentanyl last longer. 461 00:21:34,835 --> 00:21:38,797 Like benzos, it knocks out users for hours at a time 462 00:21:38,797 --> 00:21:41,217 and doesn't respondent to naloxone, 463 00:21:41,217 --> 00:21:43,385 which makes identifying it in the supply 464 00:21:43,385 --> 00:21:47,181 all the more important for scientists like Krotulski. 465 00:21:47,181 --> 00:21:50,601 -Each drug has their sort of own fingerprint associated with it, 466 00:21:50,601 --> 00:21:53,145 so it will pair up the chemical fingerprint 467 00:21:53,145 --> 00:21:55,648 of the drugs in our sample with a chemical fingerprint 468 00:21:55,648 --> 00:21:57,983 of the drugs in our library database. 469 00:21:57,983 --> 00:22:00,653 So, this is an example of a powder that contains xylazine. 470 00:22:00,653 --> 00:22:03,781 So you have this big xylazine peak right here, 471 00:22:03,781 --> 00:22:07,284 which, again, matches to our library against xylazine, 472 00:22:07,284 --> 00:22:10,788 and then a fentanyl peak over here. 473 00:22:10,788 --> 00:22:12,706 So this is what we very commonly see 474 00:22:12,706 --> 00:22:15,125 in samples from Philadelphia. 475 00:22:15,125 --> 00:22:18,587 -So, this one has more xylazine than fentanyl. 476 00:22:18,587 --> 00:22:22,550 -So there's 24 times the amount of xylazine to fentanyl in here. 477 00:22:22,550 --> 00:22:24,134 It's a massive amount, and we -- 478 00:22:24,134 --> 00:22:26,470 Unfortunately, this is not uncommon for us to see. 479 00:22:26,470 --> 00:22:29,014 We do see very, very large amounts of xylazine 480 00:22:29,014 --> 00:22:31,141 compared to fentanyl. 481 00:22:31,141 --> 00:22:34,478 -Xylazine has been detected in at least 10 states 482 00:22:34,478 --> 00:22:37,022 but is most prevalent in Pennsylvania, 483 00:22:37,022 --> 00:22:38,816 where in 2020, it was found 484 00:22:38,816 --> 00:22:42,528 in 1/4 of all of Philadelphia's fatal overdoses, 485 00:22:42,528 --> 00:22:45,781 a 19% jump from 2019. 486 00:22:45,781 --> 00:22:47,241 Why do you think the xylazine 487 00:22:47,241 --> 00:22:51,412 has infiltrated the fentanyl supply in Philly to this degree? 488 00:22:51,412 --> 00:22:52,872 -I wish I had an answer. 489 00:22:52,872 --> 00:22:54,665 I think that's sort of, in some parts, 490 00:22:54,665 --> 00:22:56,166 the million-dollar question right now. 491 00:22:56,166 --> 00:22:59,336 It's been extremely surprising to me 492 00:22:59,336 --> 00:23:01,130 how long xylazine has stayed around 493 00:23:01,130 --> 00:23:05,384 and how ubiquitous it now is in the Philadelphia opioid supply. 494 00:23:05,384 --> 00:23:10,681 ♪♪ 495 00:23:10,681 --> 00:23:14,560 -Fentanyl cut with xylazine is called tranq or tranq dope. 496 00:23:14,560 --> 00:23:19,356 Its impact in Philadelphia is most evident in Kensington. 497 00:23:19,356 --> 00:23:22,610 The neighborhood's commonly called an open-air drug market, 498 00:23:22,610 --> 00:23:25,404 because people buy, sell, and use drugs like tranq 499 00:23:25,404 --> 00:23:28,449 right on the street. 500 00:23:28,449 --> 00:23:31,327 We have eight tables today. 501 00:23:31,327 --> 00:23:33,912 Table one, Narcan, fentanyl test strips, 502 00:23:33,912 --> 00:23:36,874 water, hand sanitizer, masks. 503 00:23:36,874 --> 00:23:40,377 -Five years ago, Sarah Laurel founded Savage Sisters, 504 00:23:40,377 --> 00:23:44,214 an organization that runs sober living homes, needle exchanges, 505 00:23:44,214 --> 00:23:45,841 and naloxone trainings. 506 00:23:45,841 --> 00:23:47,551 -I ask that you just be really mindful 507 00:23:47,551 --> 00:23:49,928 that we are walking into their territory. 508 00:23:49,928 --> 00:23:51,513 This is their space. 509 00:23:51,513 --> 00:23:53,974 And we want to meet them with love and light and kindness. 510 00:23:53,974 --> 00:23:56,060 We're giving them everything that we can for free. 511 00:23:56,060 --> 00:23:57,519 We're here to help. 512 00:23:57,519 --> 00:24:00,189 And let's go serve our beautiful friends in Kensington. 513 00:24:00,189 --> 00:24:02,691 Yes. [ Cheers and applause ] 514 00:24:02,691 --> 00:24:06,070 ♪♪ 515 00:24:06,070 --> 00:24:09,907 -When I was getting high, it was just fentanyl and heroin. 516 00:24:09,907 --> 00:24:14,078 And recently, they've been putting tranquilizer in it. 517 00:24:14,078 --> 00:24:16,580 And it is so dangerous, 518 00:24:16,580 --> 00:24:20,709 because people are getting a lot of open wounds on their skin. 519 00:24:20,709 --> 00:24:22,086 They're getting infections. 520 00:24:22,086 --> 00:24:24,171 They're continuously injecting it. 521 00:24:24,171 --> 00:24:26,590 They look like they are not alive. 522 00:24:26,590 --> 00:24:32,346 ♪♪ 523 00:24:32,346 --> 00:24:35,557 We are heading to McPherson Square Park, 524 00:24:35,557 --> 00:24:39,603 known on the streets as Needle Park. 525 00:24:39,603 --> 00:24:43,607 It's where we do our outreach every week, 526 00:24:43,607 --> 00:24:48,696 and it's where a lot of my friends are currently homeless. 527 00:24:48,696 --> 00:24:53,951 ♪♪ 528 00:24:53,951 --> 00:24:56,912 -Last year, Philadelphia's health department reported 529 00:24:56,912 --> 00:25:02,084 that 91% of heroin and fentanyl samples also had xylazine. 530 00:25:02,084 --> 00:25:04,878 ♪♪ 531 00:25:04,878 --> 00:25:08,424 -There's people in this park that need help. 532 00:25:08,424 --> 00:25:11,802 But I want to let you know that if you a user, 533 00:25:11,802 --> 00:25:14,722 if you on heroin or you on fentanyl, 534 00:25:14,722 --> 00:25:17,808 then please get off that, 'cause it is going to kill you. 535 00:25:17,808 --> 00:25:20,978 -We're in Kensington with Savage Sisters. 536 00:25:20,978 --> 00:25:24,523 They have set up tents to help people who are using tranq 537 00:25:24,523 --> 00:25:25,983 with their wounds. 538 00:25:25,983 --> 00:25:28,152 I've seen people with missing fingers, 539 00:25:28,152 --> 00:25:32,322 with blackened skin, really serious lesions. 540 00:25:32,322 --> 00:25:36,535 -Some of this are cuts, and some is just really dry blood. 541 00:25:36,535 --> 00:25:38,954 Do you shoot up in your hands? 542 00:25:38,954 --> 00:25:41,331 Alright, well, for the time being, 543 00:25:41,331 --> 00:25:43,167 I know it's easier said than done, 544 00:25:43,167 --> 00:25:46,670 because wherever you find one, you want to use it, 545 00:25:46,670 --> 00:25:50,007 but try not your hands, okay? 'Cause your hands are -- 546 00:25:50,007 --> 00:25:53,385 Your hands are a little beat up, babe. 547 00:25:53,385 --> 00:25:56,597 -Can you describe the extent of some of these wounds? 548 00:25:56,597 --> 00:25:58,515 Like, they seem very serious. 549 00:25:58,515 --> 00:26:00,517 -Some of them are open. They're gaping. 550 00:26:00,517 --> 00:26:02,019 There's tissue exposed. 551 00:26:02,019 --> 00:26:04,229 Some of it's down to the bone. 552 00:26:04,229 --> 00:26:05,689 Some of them just look like 553 00:26:05,689 --> 00:26:08,817 small, open sores on the skin all over. 554 00:26:08,817 --> 00:26:11,445 It can be on their hands, on their neck, and on their face. 555 00:26:11,445 --> 00:26:14,698 And it's going untreated. 556 00:26:14,698 --> 00:26:16,200 We see a lot of people 557 00:26:16,200 --> 00:26:18,952 that are having to lose limbs because of it. 558 00:26:18,952 --> 00:26:20,287 And then we see other individuals 559 00:26:20,287 --> 00:26:24,291 that maybe haven't lost it yet but most likely will. 560 00:26:24,291 --> 00:26:25,918 -Let me take a look at you, hon. 561 00:26:25,918 --> 00:26:28,337 You want me to clean that up a little bit? 562 00:26:28,337 --> 00:26:30,714 ♪♪ 563 00:26:30,714 --> 00:26:32,132 Can I see that finger over there? 564 00:26:32,132 --> 00:26:34,301 Want me to get that cleaned up a little? 565 00:26:34,301 --> 00:26:35,719 Boy, this is angry. 566 00:26:35,719 --> 00:26:37,888 You need to be on an antibiotic or something. 567 00:26:37,888 --> 00:26:41,391 I mean, you don't want to lose more of your finger, right? 568 00:26:41,391 --> 00:26:44,520 You get yourself to that emergency room, okay, tomorrow? 569 00:26:44,520 --> 00:26:46,271 -Thank you. 570 00:26:46,271 --> 00:26:51,568 ♪♪ 571 00:26:51,568 --> 00:26:53,403 -What's happening with your hands? 572 00:26:53,403 --> 00:26:55,531 -Abscesses caused by 573 00:26:55,531 --> 00:26:57,658 whatever they're putting within the drugs, right, 574 00:26:57,658 --> 00:27:01,245 is coming out just about anywhere in the body. 575 00:27:01,245 --> 00:27:03,080 You know, I never shoot up in my hands, 576 00:27:03,080 --> 00:27:06,250 but yet I get abscesses in my knuckles, 577 00:27:06,250 --> 00:27:08,252 in my tips of my fingers. 578 00:27:08,252 --> 00:27:11,004 -Do you have these types of abscesses 579 00:27:11,004 --> 00:27:12,589 in other parts of your body? 580 00:27:12,589 --> 00:27:14,675 -Lot of it's internal. 581 00:27:14,675 --> 00:27:15,843 -A lot of internal? 582 00:27:15,843 --> 00:27:17,928 -Yeah, a lot of internal abscesses, right. 583 00:27:17,928 --> 00:27:20,430 -You lost your other finger, right? 584 00:27:20,430 --> 00:27:22,558 -Exactly. That was because of tranq. 585 00:27:22,558 --> 00:27:23,934 Got infected. 586 00:27:23,934 --> 00:27:27,229 And the treatments wasn't working. 587 00:27:27,229 --> 00:27:30,899 And eventually, it just, like, died, turned pure white. 588 00:27:30,899 --> 00:27:34,194 -Do you think that you might lose that finger? 589 00:27:34,194 --> 00:27:35,863 -Yeah. 590 00:27:35,863 --> 00:27:40,075 ♪♪ 591 00:27:40,075 --> 00:27:42,202 -While some try to avoid tranq, 592 00:27:42,202 --> 00:27:45,914 others, like Sam Brennan, need it. 593 00:27:45,914 --> 00:27:48,375 How was the high different from the fentanyl? 594 00:27:48,375 --> 00:27:50,002 -It's really not even, like, a high. 595 00:27:50,002 --> 00:27:52,629 It's like, you do it, and you go out. 596 00:27:52,629 --> 00:27:54,131 You don't remember going out, 597 00:27:54,131 --> 00:27:56,341 and you wake up, and you're sick. 598 00:27:56,341 --> 00:27:58,468 And it's that quickly. 599 00:27:58,468 --> 00:28:02,097 And it's a way more intense sickness than fentanyl was. 600 00:28:02,097 --> 00:28:04,808 Like, it went -- Brown dope was, like, hardly -- 601 00:28:04,808 --> 00:28:07,102 Like, you're hardly getting sick from that. 602 00:28:07,102 --> 00:28:08,896 That was, like, nothing. 603 00:28:08,896 --> 00:28:11,356 Fentanyl was a little bit worse. 604 00:28:11,356 --> 00:28:13,901 But this tranq is intense. 605 00:28:13,901 --> 00:28:17,154 Like, you feel like you're literally going to die. 606 00:28:17,154 --> 00:28:19,615 -You've got sort of a cut on your neck. 607 00:28:19,615 --> 00:28:22,367 -Yeah. It's -- 608 00:28:22,367 --> 00:28:23,869 -It looks painful. 609 00:28:23,869 --> 00:28:29,666 -Yes, it's from interjecting with the xylazine, the tranq. 610 00:28:29,666 --> 00:28:34,713 ♪♪ 611 00:28:34,713 --> 00:28:39,176 Sometimes I muscle pop, intramuscular, 612 00:28:39,176 --> 00:28:41,094 because this hurts so bad. 613 00:28:41,094 --> 00:28:43,972 But when I intramuscular it, whatever's in it, 614 00:28:43,972 --> 00:28:48,602 it's making those lesions, and I get holes, 615 00:28:48,602 --> 00:28:53,273 and it just, like, eats away at your skin. 616 00:28:53,273 --> 00:28:55,400 It's, like, not even about getting high anymore. 617 00:28:55,400 --> 00:28:57,402 It's about not being sick. 618 00:28:57,402 --> 00:28:59,988 [ Sniffing ] 619 00:28:59,988 --> 00:29:03,700 ♪♪ 620 00:29:03,700 --> 00:29:06,662 -See, it looks like we have about 700 advertisements 621 00:29:06,662 --> 00:29:09,873 right now from 109 different suppliers. 622 00:29:09,873 --> 00:29:11,166 -Wow. 623 00:29:11,166 --> 00:29:12,209 Wow. -Yeah. 624 00:29:12,209 --> 00:29:13,710 -109 suppliers. 625 00:29:13,710 --> 00:29:15,212 -Yeah. -Just on this one site? 626 00:29:15,212 --> 00:29:16,838 -Just on this one site. 627 00:29:16,838 --> 00:29:23,887 ♪♪ 628 00:29:29,101 --> 00:29:31,770 [ Indistinct conversations ] 629 00:29:31,770 --> 00:29:37,401 ♪♪ 630 00:29:37,401 --> 00:29:40,362 -One reason synthetic drugs are taking up so much space 631 00:29:40,362 --> 00:29:42,864 in the drug supply here might surprise you -- 632 00:29:42,864 --> 00:29:44,908 U.S. foreign policy. 633 00:29:44,908 --> 00:29:47,369 From 2014 to 2019, 634 00:29:47,369 --> 00:29:51,456 much of North America's fentanyl supply came from one place. 635 00:29:51,456 --> 00:29:53,041 -As you know, most of the fentanyl, 636 00:29:53,041 --> 00:29:56,294 which is killing 80,000 Americans a year, 637 00:29:56,294 --> 00:29:58,755 it comes through China. 638 00:29:58,755 --> 00:30:00,966 -But in 2019, China, 639 00:30:00,966 --> 00:30:04,761 under pressure from the Trump administration, banned fentanyl. 640 00:30:04,761 --> 00:30:08,473 Seizures of fentanyl in the U.S. supply dropped that year, 641 00:30:08,473 --> 00:30:10,642 only it didn't last long. 642 00:30:10,642 --> 00:30:13,812 Companies in China pivoted, from selling fentanyl 643 00:30:13,812 --> 00:30:16,690 to marketing substances that mimic its effects, 644 00:30:16,690 --> 00:30:19,484 as well as the compounds that make it up. 645 00:30:19,484 --> 00:30:22,362 Those compounds were bought by Mexican cartels, 646 00:30:22,362 --> 00:30:24,197 who are now manufacturing fentanyl 647 00:30:24,197 --> 00:30:27,993 and trafficking it back into the U.S. 648 00:30:27,993 --> 00:30:30,996 Over 100,000 Americans died of a drug overdose 649 00:30:30,996 --> 00:30:33,832 in the one-year period ending last November, 650 00:30:33,832 --> 00:30:36,168 the most in U.S. history. 651 00:30:36,168 --> 00:30:39,171 Jim Carroll was President Trump's drug czar. 652 00:30:39,171 --> 00:30:43,508 He led the push to get China to ban fentanyl. 653 00:30:43,508 --> 00:30:46,219 We have record overdoses in the U.S., 654 00:30:46,219 --> 00:30:49,181 and fentanyl is still pervasive, 655 00:30:49,181 --> 00:30:51,683 so do you think that the ban was successful? 656 00:30:51,683 --> 00:30:53,769 -It was successful because the flow of fentanyl 657 00:30:53,769 --> 00:30:56,104 from China to the U.S. ended. 658 00:30:56,104 --> 00:30:58,440 So that part was absolutely successful. 659 00:30:58,440 --> 00:31:01,568 In terms of, you know, the number of Americans dying, 660 00:31:01,568 --> 00:31:04,613 you know, clearly, right now, that's not a success. 661 00:31:04,613 --> 00:31:08,533 And now, with more availability than ever before, 662 00:31:08,533 --> 00:31:10,869 with the -- not only the amount of drugs 663 00:31:10,869 --> 00:31:14,539 but the lethality of the drugs that are on the streets, 664 00:31:14,539 --> 00:31:17,376 that's what's causing a rise in these fatal overdoses, 665 00:31:17,376 --> 00:31:21,755 these poisonings that are taking place across the country. 666 00:31:21,755 --> 00:31:26,593 -Were you worried about creating a vacuum for more potent drugs? 667 00:31:26,593 --> 00:31:28,720 -We know and we knew back then 668 00:31:28,720 --> 00:31:33,266 that eliminating China as the main source, direct source, 669 00:31:33,266 --> 00:31:36,728 that the traffickers were not going to end that quickly. 670 00:31:36,728 --> 00:31:38,897 We knew that they would take other steps 671 00:31:38,897 --> 00:31:42,025 to get it into the U.S., but you have to try. 672 00:31:42,025 --> 00:31:43,902 You have to stop it as much as you can. 673 00:31:43,902 --> 00:31:45,737 -Our reporting has shown 674 00:31:45,737 --> 00:31:50,158 that there's actually new tranquilizers and benzos 675 00:31:50,158 --> 00:31:52,911 that are now being cut into the fentanyl supply. 676 00:31:52,911 --> 00:31:55,163 And so that's making the fentanyl supply 677 00:31:55,163 --> 00:31:56,623 even more dangerous. 678 00:31:56,623 --> 00:31:58,166 More people are dying. 679 00:31:58,166 --> 00:31:59,584 Were you concerned 680 00:31:59,584 --> 00:32:03,463 about that being a possible consequence of the fentanyl ban? 681 00:32:03,463 --> 00:32:05,173 -No. 682 00:32:05,173 --> 00:32:06,299 At the beginning of this, 683 00:32:06,299 --> 00:32:08,426 everyone called this the opioid crisis. 684 00:32:08,426 --> 00:32:10,512 We don't have an opioid crisis. 685 00:32:10,512 --> 00:32:12,222 We have an addiction crisis. 686 00:32:12,222 --> 00:32:15,559 We don't know what drug, quite frankly, will be here 687 00:32:15,559 --> 00:32:17,018 20 years from now. 688 00:32:17,018 --> 00:32:20,605 We need to treat this as the disease we know it is 689 00:32:20,605 --> 00:32:22,274 and make sure that we know 690 00:32:22,274 --> 00:32:24,526 exactly what is coming into the U.S. 691 00:32:24,526 --> 00:32:26,862 and try to curtail 692 00:32:26,862 --> 00:32:29,281 the trafficking of drugs into the U.S. 693 00:32:29,281 --> 00:32:31,908 -Do you feel any sense of responsibility 694 00:32:31,908 --> 00:32:33,493 for some of these new chemicals 695 00:32:33,493 --> 00:32:36,121 that are kind of replacing fentanyl? 696 00:32:36,121 --> 00:32:39,833 -No. No. We knew the traffickers would continue to try. 697 00:32:39,833 --> 00:32:42,127 We were able to get a ban on fentanyl. 698 00:32:42,127 --> 00:32:44,588 We want to absolutely prohibit 699 00:32:44,588 --> 00:32:46,631 all of these synthetics from coming in. 700 00:32:46,631 --> 00:32:48,008 What we're seeing in some of these cities 701 00:32:48,008 --> 00:32:50,886 is a switch to a new drug, a different drug. 702 00:32:50,886 --> 00:32:53,138 It doesn't mean that they switched, you know, 703 00:32:53,138 --> 00:32:57,684 because of something that, you know, we did wrong. 704 00:32:57,684 --> 00:32:59,644 They're switching because that's what's available. 705 00:32:59,644 --> 00:33:02,439 Traffickers, whether it's from China or Mexico 706 00:33:02,439 --> 00:33:03,857 or someplace else, 707 00:33:03,857 --> 00:33:07,611 will send whatever drug they have to the U.S. 708 00:33:07,611 --> 00:33:10,739 in the hopes that someone will become addicted to it 709 00:33:10,739 --> 00:33:12,407 and continue to buy it. 710 00:33:12,407 --> 00:33:15,952 -Do you have faith in being able to stop the supply? 711 00:33:15,952 --> 00:33:18,163 I mean, we've have had 50 years of the war on drugs, 712 00:33:18,163 --> 00:33:20,081 and it hasn't really worked. 713 00:33:20,081 --> 00:33:24,544 -It's worked when we've made a decision to stop it. 714 00:33:24,544 --> 00:33:27,005 It made the difference when we went to China 715 00:33:27,005 --> 00:33:29,674 and said, "Stop sending it to the U.S." 716 00:33:29,674 --> 00:33:31,510 We were able to drive down 717 00:33:31,510 --> 00:33:33,595 the availability of some of these drugs. 718 00:33:33,595 --> 00:33:35,722 -But now it's worse than ever. 719 00:33:35,722 --> 00:33:38,016 Teen overdoses are up, as well, 720 00:33:38,016 --> 00:33:41,686 and apparently, it's due to the potency of the drugs. 721 00:33:41,686 --> 00:33:44,189 -Right, because it's cheaper and easier 722 00:33:44,189 --> 00:33:47,651 to have incredibly lethal synthetic drugs 723 00:33:47,651 --> 00:33:50,695 than ever before. 724 00:33:50,695 --> 00:33:52,697 -That's partly because the chemicals used 725 00:33:52,697 --> 00:33:55,200 to make fentanyl, benzo dope, and tranq dope 726 00:33:55,200 --> 00:33:57,035 are being sold online. 727 00:33:57,035 --> 00:34:00,538 ♪♪ 728 00:34:00,538 --> 00:34:01,873 -A lot of the supply chains 729 00:34:01,873 --> 00:34:04,918 have kind of emerged through the Internet. 730 00:34:04,918 --> 00:34:06,378 If you leave that out of the picture, 731 00:34:06,378 --> 00:34:07,712 then you're missing a lot 732 00:34:07,712 --> 00:34:10,465 of sort of that initial stage in the supply chain 733 00:34:10,465 --> 00:34:12,884 of where some of the stuff is coming from. 734 00:34:12,884 --> 00:34:15,387 -Nicole Cook is a narcotics analyst, 735 00:34:15,387 --> 00:34:19,641 tracking websites advertising these drugs on the open web. 736 00:34:19,641 --> 00:34:21,768 The websites can be sophisticated, 737 00:34:21,768 --> 00:34:24,396 with high-quality photos, product descriptions, 738 00:34:24,396 --> 00:34:26,147 and customer reviews. 739 00:34:26,147 --> 00:34:28,608 The companies often list CAS numbers, 740 00:34:28,608 --> 00:34:32,362 a string of digits that correspond with a known drug. 741 00:34:32,362 --> 00:34:33,738 -The first step that I'll do 742 00:34:33,738 --> 00:34:35,949 is I will search for the CAS number. 743 00:34:35,949 --> 00:34:38,243 So if you don't know what it is 744 00:34:38,243 --> 00:34:40,829 for a specific chemical that you're interested in, 745 00:34:40,829 --> 00:34:43,540 you can really easily just bring it up on Google. 746 00:34:43,540 --> 00:34:46,251 You can search for, for example, xylazine. 747 00:34:48,086 --> 00:34:50,422 So, once you have the CAS number 748 00:34:50,422 --> 00:34:53,174 for the chemical you're interested in, 749 00:34:53,174 --> 00:34:57,762 then you just enter it in here. 750 00:34:57,762 --> 00:35:02,726 And it will bring up sort of hundreds of advertisements 751 00:35:02,726 --> 00:35:05,603 for the chemical that you're interested in. 752 00:35:05,603 --> 00:35:10,191 So, see, it looks like we have about 700 advertisements 753 00:35:10,191 --> 00:35:13,361 right now from 109 different suppliers. 754 00:35:13,361 --> 00:35:14,529 -Wow. 755 00:35:14,529 --> 00:35:15,572 Wow. -Yeah. 756 00:35:15,572 --> 00:35:17,115 -109 suppliers. 757 00:35:17,115 --> 00:35:18,658 -Yeah. -Just on this one site? 758 00:35:18,658 --> 00:35:20,118 -Just on this one site. 759 00:35:20,118 --> 00:35:24,581 So, here's another example of a xylazine advertisement. 760 00:35:24,581 --> 00:35:29,669 Minimum order quality is 1 kilogram, so quite large. 761 00:35:29,669 --> 00:35:32,964 But when you scroll down to the bottom of the advertisement, 762 00:35:32,964 --> 00:35:37,385 you have this "Other hot products" section, where you see 763 00:35:37,385 --> 00:35:40,263 it's just a list of, I don't know, maybe 20 or so. 764 00:35:40,263 --> 00:35:43,308 And right away, to me, this jumps out. 765 00:35:43,308 --> 00:35:46,144 This is a fentanyl precursor. 766 00:35:46,144 --> 00:35:50,106 As far as I know, has nothing to do with animal tranquilizers 767 00:35:50,106 --> 00:35:52,067 or any sort of veterinary purpose. 768 00:35:52,067 --> 00:35:54,194 So this whole list here, I think, 769 00:35:54,194 --> 00:35:55,945 is probably going to be pretty useless to you 770 00:35:55,945 --> 00:35:59,741 if you're using xylazine in its, like, licit, intended purpose. 771 00:35:59,741 --> 00:36:02,827 -But could be very useful if you were an illegal drug supplier. 772 00:36:02,827 --> 00:36:06,456 -Sure, yeah, yeah. 773 00:36:06,456 --> 00:36:08,666 -Do you think that these companies realize 774 00:36:08,666 --> 00:36:12,337 that these chemicals are being diverted into the black market? 775 00:36:12,337 --> 00:36:14,964 -I think that the way that they are advertised 776 00:36:14,964 --> 00:36:21,513 suggests at least a knowledge of who the end user ends up being, 777 00:36:21,513 --> 00:36:25,225 given that they're often bulking these chemicals together 778 00:36:25,225 --> 00:36:28,019 with other ones that can be used for fentanyl synthesis. 779 00:36:28,019 --> 00:36:31,189 Once a synthetic drug is controlled, 780 00:36:31,189 --> 00:36:34,067 they will tweak the chemical structure of it 781 00:36:34,067 --> 00:36:35,527 so that way, it's different enough 782 00:36:35,527 --> 00:36:37,195 that it's not covered by the law, 783 00:36:37,195 --> 00:36:40,156 but you still get the same sort of end effect. 784 00:36:40,156 --> 00:36:43,118 -I feel like, I don't know, my head is spinning a bit, 785 00:36:43,118 --> 00:36:45,078 because it just seems like 786 00:36:45,078 --> 00:36:49,040 there are so many different avenues that you could pursue, 787 00:36:49,040 --> 00:36:50,625 that if one gets shut down, 788 00:36:50,625 --> 00:36:53,503 there's like a million other ones that you could chase. 789 00:36:53,503 --> 00:36:55,797 -Yeah, and that's really the challenge 790 00:36:55,797 --> 00:37:01,219 when it comes to regulating that side of the drug crisis 791 00:37:01,219 --> 00:37:03,221 is that once you control a substance, 792 00:37:03,221 --> 00:37:06,516 another one will just pop up in its place. 793 00:37:06,516 --> 00:37:11,646 ♪♪ 794 00:37:11,646 --> 00:37:14,274 -I thought that the second I mentioned fentanyl, 795 00:37:14,274 --> 00:37:17,277 they would want to stop the conversation. 796 00:37:17,277 --> 00:37:22,240 And instead, they're telling me that xylazine is hot in the USA, 797 00:37:22,240 --> 00:37:23,616 you know, in response 798 00:37:23,616 --> 00:37:26,244 to me asking if it's similar to fentanyl. 799 00:37:26,244 --> 00:37:35,211 ♪♪ 800 00:37:39,215 --> 00:37:41,885 [ Indistinct conversations ] 801 00:37:41,885 --> 00:37:46,639 ♪♪ 802 00:37:46,639 --> 00:37:48,558 -We wanted to contact a supplier 803 00:37:48,558 --> 00:37:51,811 selling synthetic drugs on the open web. 804 00:37:51,811 --> 00:37:53,229 After several attempts, 805 00:37:53,229 --> 00:37:55,523 we managed to get through to a salesperson 806 00:37:55,523 --> 00:37:59,569 for a chemical company based in Wuhan, China. 807 00:37:59,569 --> 00:38:03,990 "I'm interested in some of your products. 808 00:38:03,990 --> 00:38:05,742 Can you talk on the phone?" 809 00:38:05,742 --> 00:38:11,789 ♪♪ 810 00:38:11,789 --> 00:38:14,250 Oh. Typing. 811 00:38:14,250 --> 00:38:16,586 ♪♪ 812 00:38:16,586 --> 00:38:20,924 "Sorry, friend, WhatsApp unable to answer call." 813 00:38:22,634 --> 00:38:24,177 Okay. 814 00:38:26,095 --> 00:38:29,682 She's saying, "Which item are you interested in?" 815 00:38:29,682 --> 00:38:32,560 So I asked if they carry xylazine, 816 00:38:32,560 --> 00:38:35,772 and the response was, "Yes, friend, available. 817 00:38:35,772 --> 00:38:38,441 Sent to USA?" 818 00:38:38,441 --> 00:38:39,818 "Yes, I'm in the U.S. 819 00:38:39,818 --> 00:38:44,239 Will there be any issues with customs?" 820 00:38:44,239 --> 00:38:47,367 ♪♪ 821 00:38:47,367 --> 00:38:48,493 "UPS, friend! 822 00:38:48,493 --> 00:38:52,789 Guarantee safe delivery 100%." 823 00:38:52,789 --> 00:38:56,793 I'm asking, "Do you know if you can combine this with fentanyl?" 824 00:38:56,793 --> 00:38:58,545 meaning the xylazine. 825 00:39:01,381 --> 00:39:04,676 She says, "Haha, friend, fentanyl banned in China. 826 00:39:04,676 --> 00:39:06,594 We don't have it." 827 00:39:06,594 --> 00:39:11,307 "Is xylazine similar to fentanyl? The effect of it." 828 00:39:11,307 --> 00:39:16,062 She says, "I guess so, friend, as it's very hot in the USA." 829 00:39:16,062 --> 00:39:18,481 I'm just surprised by their reaction. 830 00:39:18,481 --> 00:39:21,067 I thought that the second I mentioned fentanyl, 831 00:39:21,067 --> 00:39:24,153 they would want to stop the conversation. 832 00:39:24,153 --> 00:39:28,992 And instead, they're telling me that xylazine is hot in the USA, 833 00:39:28,992 --> 00:39:30,326 you know, in response 834 00:39:30,326 --> 00:39:33,079 to me asking if it's similar to fentanyl. 835 00:39:33,079 --> 00:39:37,876 "Do you know what it's being used for 836 00:39:37,876 --> 00:39:40,253 in the U.S.?" 837 00:39:40,253 --> 00:39:44,799 ♪♪ 838 00:39:44,799 --> 00:39:48,344 "Friend, for safety, we never discuss with client 839 00:39:48,344 --> 00:39:50,054 for the purpose. 840 00:39:50,054 --> 00:39:53,474 Sometimes it's sensitive for clients! 841 00:39:53,474 --> 00:39:55,393 And sometimes if clients told you 842 00:39:55,393 --> 00:39:59,272 they use chemicals to make forbidden drug! 843 00:39:59,272 --> 00:40:03,943 Then it's illegal for us to sell items to them." 844 00:40:03,943 --> 00:40:08,531 I'm asking if these products are legal in the U.S. 845 00:40:08,531 --> 00:40:12,952 ♪♪ 846 00:40:12,952 --> 00:40:15,788 "They are legal in China, haha." 847 00:40:15,788 --> 00:40:19,250 ♪♪ 848 00:40:19,250 --> 00:40:21,878 I said, "What if it gets seized by U.S. police?" 849 00:40:21,878 --> 00:40:24,672 They said, "We resend you." 850 00:40:24,672 --> 00:40:29,385 So, very straightforward, very honest answers, 851 00:40:29,385 --> 00:40:32,138 and it just makes it seem that much easier 852 00:40:32,138 --> 00:40:36,267 to get your hands on pretty much any chemical you want. 853 00:40:37,393 --> 00:40:40,104 Like, this isn't even the dark web. 854 00:40:40,104 --> 00:40:43,566 ♪♪ 855 00:40:43,566 --> 00:40:46,277 To address the crisis, President Joe Biden 856 00:40:46,277 --> 00:40:49,656 is picking up where the last administration left off. 857 00:40:49,656 --> 00:40:53,326 In March, he released his 2023 fiscal year budget. 858 00:40:53,326 --> 00:40:55,411 It includes $18 billion 859 00:40:55,411 --> 00:40:58,164 for domestic and international law enforcement 860 00:40:58,164 --> 00:41:02,168 and to try to disrupt the flow of drugs into the U.S. 861 00:41:02,168 --> 00:41:03,836 But Biden's also proposing 862 00:41:03,836 --> 00:41:06,047 something no other president has done, 863 00:41:06,047 --> 00:41:10,677 a historic $85 million specified for harm reduction services 864 00:41:10,677 --> 00:41:14,263 like getting people fentanyl test strips, sterile syringes, 865 00:41:14,263 --> 00:41:16,391 and naloxone. 866 00:41:16,391 --> 00:41:19,018 Only, Congress still needs to pass it. 867 00:41:19,018 --> 00:41:20,645 And even if they do, 868 00:41:20,645 --> 00:41:24,732 dealers like Keisha warn it's not enough. 869 00:41:24,732 --> 00:41:27,110 -The drugs are only going to get stronger. 870 00:41:27,110 --> 00:41:28,611 Eventually, there's not going to be 871 00:41:28,611 --> 00:41:30,571 anything to do with heroin or fentanyl. 872 00:41:30,571 --> 00:41:33,116 It's going to be all chemical, all from the dark web, 873 00:41:33,116 --> 00:41:36,411 all just something people have thrown in a bowl 874 00:41:36,411 --> 00:41:39,580 and sold it as fent or heroin. 875 00:41:39,580 --> 00:41:42,959 All the people I knew during when I was young, growing up, 876 00:41:42,959 --> 00:41:46,379 to now, in the drug trade, they're all dead. 877 00:41:46,379 --> 00:41:50,633 I don't see anybody -- Nobody's face is familiar anymore. 878 00:41:50,633 --> 00:41:53,720 ♪♪ 879 00:41:53,720 --> 00:41:56,347 -I could have been a athlete, but instead I chose the street, 880 00:41:56,347 --> 00:41:57,974 pumping dope and holding heat. 881 00:41:57,974 --> 00:42:00,017 Nothing but nightmares when I sleep. 882 00:42:00,017 --> 00:42:03,020 I woke up so many cold and hungry nights up in that bing, 883 00:42:03,020 --> 00:42:05,481 but -- I wouldn't change a thing. 884 00:42:05,481 --> 00:42:08,526 -Almost two months after our trip to British Columbia, 885 00:42:08,526 --> 00:42:12,989 we learned that Gord's body was found under a bridge. 886 00:42:12,989 --> 00:42:17,034 He died of an overdose a month before his 40th birthday. 887 00:42:17,034 --> 00:42:18,786 -Armed in lead, leaving them dead. 888 00:42:18,786 --> 00:42:20,830 -- the feds. I'm dodging and weaving them 889 00:42:20,830 --> 00:42:22,832 like Adrian Peterson. 890 00:42:22,832 --> 00:42:24,459 -Yo. -Just something like that, 891 00:42:24,459 --> 00:42:25,710 right, you know? -Not bad. 892 00:42:25,710 --> 00:42:28,129 -I'm on some East Coast shit, right? 893 00:42:28,129 --> 00:42:30,381 But I'm in the West, though, right? 894 00:42:30,381 --> 00:42:32,216 I still got time. 895 00:42:32,216 --> 00:42:36,679 But, like, I feel like it's closing in. 896 00:42:36,679 --> 00:42:38,264 Right? 897 00:42:38,264 --> 00:42:40,850 And I got to do something soon. 898 00:42:40,850 --> 00:42:49,734 ♪♪ 899 00:42:49,734 --> 00:42:58,618 ♪♪ 900 00:42:58,618 --> 00:43:07,543 ♪♪ 901 00:43:07,543 --> 00:43:16,385 ♪♪ 902 00:43:16,385 --> 00:43:25,311 ♪♪ 903 00:43:25,311 --> 00:43:34,195 ♪♪ 904 00:43:34,195 --> 00:43:43,079 ♪♪ 905 00:43:43,079 --> 00:43:51,963 ♪♪