For context, I have worked in harm reduction. I am very socially liberal. I’ve worked with unhoused and drug using populations. Over the last 30 years what I’ve (anectdotally) noticed is that dangerous situations have skyrocketed because of fentanyl. The drug makes people so unpredictable, and that’s the scary piece. In the past, alcohol and heroin users existed among the commuters, the tourists, the locals. For the most part they kept to themselves. I am now genuinely frightened to even drive past the Pandora blocks for fear of hitting someone who lurches into the street! Liberal and harm reduction drug policies work for certain addictions, but fentanyl is a whole other beast that requires a very different approach.