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I've seen this first hand a good few times - believe me or not because I don't want to be too specific about my experience. You've got to be super desperate to pour out a 40 count of bottled water for $2-4, but people with nothing else but SNAP/EBT/etc funds will do it.
It's sad and wasteful, but it's also such a marginal thing compared to the Sacklers making the opium wars look like a prank that I don't see how it can even brought up in the same conversation - except as deflection.
[Removed a bit too much hostility.]
I work with homeless people, many of whom have substance abuse issues. I've heard of all sorts of ways to get money for drugs (by the way, $2-4 isn't going to get that done, not even close) and have never heard of anything close to this ridiculous.
It's unbelievable. As someone else pointed out, with selling them you're looking at $40, not $2-4, for standing at an intersection or in a park. And you don't need to do it 30-40 times to get your fix.
They’re drugs Michael, how much could they cost, $3?
Gob, go run to the opioid store and buy mommy one fentanyl.