Posted: May 25, 2021 5:00 AM CT | Last Updated: May 25
Trudy Monias is warning others after her friend died from taking pink down a pink powder of crushed fentanyl, heroin and often other drugs that has been rampant on Winnipeg streets this past year.(Jaison Empson/CBC)
A Winnipeg woman who survived after using a fentanyl-based street drug but couldn t save her friend is speaking out to warn others about substances known as pink and purple down.
Trudy Monias, 40, originally from Pimicikamak, said her own drug and alcohol use is linked to the trauma and abuse she s faced in life. Recently, her partner of eight years, who she called her soul-mate, died by suicide, causing her to rely even more on substances to cope with her pain.