Paul Hunter’s legs are rotting. The wounds along his calves, skin and ankles are eating away at his freckled flesh. Every time he takes his socks off, the wounds rip open again.
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Source: The Columbian
‘Tranq’-laced fentanyl nearly doubles in Clark County and expert says it will only get worse
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