I feel a need to add to this thread.
I am a former semi pro musician. I was also a heroin addict while I was in my youth, playing guitar with many bands. Everything you can imagine, and some things you can't possibly imagine, I have experienced. The life on the road is a very confusing thing to a young man, and the "extras" that are offered are not resisted. So was the almost inevitable demise of Crazyeddy. Alas, four years in prison got me clean. Pretty fu*k up sh*t, but I always think of the Pro musicians who have succumbed to "the life"
As is so often the case, the big boys on the block with tons of $$$ can have whatever they want from the so called Doctor, with a licence to issue scripts RX.
I have been clean for 3 decades now , and my wife works for the Canadian Mental Health Association. She is a front line worker with the addiction response unit of her organization. The sh*t I here from her every day is astounding. The synthetic Fentanyl is killing so many, and my wife says that many other Designer Drugs are now being laced with Fentanyl and it's become epidemic in our region.
If you happen to know anyone in my province who may be at risk, the Canadian government is offering Fentanyl Naloxone antidote kits. Free, and no questions asked. Link below. Save a life, before it becomes a memory!