Got a cell phone, though.
Cali Carlisle admits she is a heroin addict — 'but in a healthy way,' she insists, even if the visual evidence belies that claim.
Her nose is the brightest shade of red imaginable. She constantly picks at scabs all over her body. Her home is a makeshift bed beneath Interstate 80 in Sacramento. And Monday was her 26th birthday. Not that you would ever guess. Anyone looking at her would think she is at least 15 years older.
Last week, salon owner Liz Novak brought the nation's attention to the problem when she announced to great fanfare that she was shutting up shop because she could not deal with the needles, the human waste, and the general aggravation that comes with having a business in the city.
Carlisle and Workman insist they are not part of the problem that forced Novak out.
'All we do is lie around, eat ice-cream, have sex, and take drugs,' said Cali. 'Man, I love ice-cream.
Carlisle says she needs heroin just to exist. 'I need it for everything — just to walk and to breathe.
'I did go to rehab once, she added. 'In Orangeville I think… or maybe it was somewhere else.'
Yep, they just need more "services".
