Krista Thomas stands on the intersection of Main and Cordova streets in Vancouver where her late partner, Jerry Martin, once set up a mobile store selling tested heroin, cocaine and other illicit drugs.
Martin, 51, died Friday following a suspected fentanyl overdose, according to Thomas, who is still in shock.
“Right now it’s still pretty surreal,” Thomas told CBC News on Monday. “I haven’t had time to process what has actually happened.”
Martin made national and international headlines in May of this year after he was arrested for opening his drug store. He wanted to give people a safer supply of drugs as the
