Pipe handouts and other harm reduction can be a bridge to treatment, and cut infection and disease, including HIV. But pipes are controversial, not just in GOP circles but on Skid Row, a drug 'recovery zone' that saw the worst of the crack epidemic.
Connie Lemos, 61, cried as she took a meth pipe. She had lived in the neighborhood 35 years and lost her home when her grandmother died. Her husband was deported. She’s too embarrassed to buy a pipe at a store. “All the store owners know me,” she said.The team drove to a sidewalk tent train near Avalon Boulevard and East Florence Avenue. Flies buzzed over a pile of debris. A woman with a shopping bag picked her way through, waving her hand and crinkling her nose at the smell.
Johnny Roman, 58, stays in one of the tents with his stepson Oscar Magana. The 22-year-old, who has autism, doodled assiduously in a notebook as Roman listed his own mental health challenges: bipolar disorder, ADHD and depression.“Two months ago a friend of mine died,” Roman said, examining a large scab on his hand. “ He picked up a baggy and [injected] the whole thing; it was fentanyl.”At a backstreet once known as “Murder Alley,” a line of aging crack users sat on chairs along the wall.
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