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The liberal US city where even the addicts are begging for drugs to be made illegal again: TOM LEONARD on how Portland led the way relaxing narcotics laws in a tide that swept America – then quickly bitterly regretted it

Donna Pinaula and her husband ‘Utah‘ could be presenting a cookery TV show for all their breezy enthusiasm as they show me the ingredients and utensils they keep stashed away in the shopping trolley they push around town.

Except, that is, what they’re cooking up is fentanyl — a synthetic opioid 50 times more powerful than heroin and so devastating it has laid waste to towns and cities across the U.S.

The homeless addicts, their patient dog, Rock Star, and a human companion — who can barely stay upright, let alone speak — are standing on a corner of one of the busiest thoroughfares in downtown PortlandOregon, but the endless stream of people on their way to work walk past them without comment.

The couple show off their drugs: blue pills or ‘blues’ for her, which are a mix of fentanyl and some other ingredients they can’t name; and a white ‘rock’ of pure fentanyl for him.

They show me the pieces of silver foil on which they heat their drugs and the glass pipes they smoke it with — both provided, free of charge, by a local charity. It’s been a good few hours since their last ‘hit’ and they’re getting twitchy, so they’re soon lighting up again.

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