meth became a fentanyl substitute. You generally don’t overdose and die on meth, you decay. Meth kept withdrawal at bay, thus many seemed to believe meth was some kind of shield from fentanyl. Many users picked up meth, hoping it would keep them high, but alive, instead of dying on fentanyl. And while opiates had them nodding off, one woman I spoke with said meth “gets me off my ass to figure out how to get money: day labor, asking people to mow their lawns.”
