Just like most cities, Reno has a drug problem but unlike most of those cities, Reno's drug problem is out of control. You can throw a small pebble & hit at least 5 drug addicts, you'll see them under bridges like trolls. The worst thing is the fact that they lose or intentionally leave drug paraphernalia on the ground, ready for a kid to pick it up. With fentanyl being a huge problem & being easily absorbed through the skin, becoming a drug addict is easier than ever, just do the right thing & pick up the foil or pipe off the ground. Walking around town isn't as peaceful anymore, you may run into a raging addict or even a self centered addict who thinks you're taking photos of them like this lady bellow, I did but only after accusing me of doing so.
Not only was I not taking a photo of her before being accused of doing so, I was adjusting my camera ISO & all that. This lady most likely does meth or crack based off her behavior. Not only was she self centered, she lives in a dumpster corral behind the CVS that closed after reopening a year before closure. She's not the only homeless addict living there, she has many others living near with at least one other female living in the dumpster corral. I decided to take photos of the inside for y'all but that'll be shown later on in the blog. The outside looks like your typical dumpster corral but there is one big difference, the lock is broken as you can see in the photo bellow.
This CVS is located near hundreds of residents, people who have to worry about if the trash is going to be on the floor, property owners who have to pay fines if the city sees the mess. The lakemill lodge is a great example of what happens if a problem gets too out of control. Many individuals became homeless due to drug addicts camping in the stairwell, shitting where ever they're not lying their heads that night. I've witnessed many homeless people digging through trash, leaving what they don't want on the ground for the property owner. They're most likely coming from the dumpster corral, you'll see what I mean in the photo bellow.
Downtown Reno is pretty bad, if you are someone who pays attention to their surroundings like I do, you'll notice a lot of fentanyl addicts doing what many know as the "fent flop" with an occasional crack head spread across town, talking to themselves. Many addicts do the drugs of their choice at the city plaza, specifically be the river. The crack heads under who did drugs under the bridge last year smoked their meth or crack for a whole 20+ minutes while I was recording them, the police did nothing as you could see in my YouTube video "Reno's Finest" on YouTube.
Some may have a problem with me recording drug addicts in their worst moments but you never know how many asses didn't get beaten because of me recording them. This addict on the right was at the Barbra Bennett park, yelling racial slurs to anyone around him, he's lucky no African American men were near by, that was until he walked past the basketball court. He was luckily focused on me, calling me fat as if I gone my whole life without that fact. After he left the park, he called some young black man the N word in his car, I know that because I pretty much got video testimony of the homeless addict being a prick on YouTube, the video is called "Racist Randal" because he was being one.
If you're a frequent reader of my blog, you may notice this one looks like it was redone, that was because i had to recover my website. I didn't do a backup since march 12, 2026 so I've been uploading them since late last week. I've started doing more frequent backups since. As I said before, I've taken photos of the inside of the dumpster corral for y'all to see what someone may have as a junky in a dumpster corral. As you can see bellow, it's not really anything special. Nothing more than a homeless camp inside a wood & concrete box.
