Fentanyl With Friends (edit) (after dukealien)

[wasellajam]

Fentanyl with Friends  (edit 2.5, ray and milo)

One shot of Narcan may not be enough
but two or three might do the magic trick,
administered by cops or fam or friends.

Ohio's welcome center has a box
inserted in the lobby wall that's marked
"Find overdose materials inside."

New laws relieve the fear getting caught,
for 911 reports of overdose
there are no charges, everybody walks.

A father left alone to raise his girls
takes home a bit to ease his nightly blues.
His solitary habit laid him out,
now two more babes are left to family.
To live another day with fentanyl
it's best at least to somewhat socialize.



(any and all crit is gratefully encouraged), previous versions in the ps

This is definitely an improvement over versions with "decriminalize" -  and I apologize for pointing out the obvious.

but  New laws relieve the fear getting caught,

breaks, in my opinion unnecessarily, your otherwise consistent IP.  Almost a typo?  The easiest fix would be

New laws relieve the fear of getting caught,
but I'd suggest something like

New laws annul all fear of getting caught

or perhaps 'their' in place of 'all' .   It's an important line.  Or "prosecution" in place of "getting caught," accepting the extra syllable.

Otherwise, it's tight.

Thank you duke! I fixed the of typo. Your annul line is eloquent and prosecution works so well. I knew my language was simple but rushed to edit, just wanted to get it over with. Now I'll have to think of something equal to yours, if I can't I'll steal 'em. Really appreciate your time with this.