Vancouver man who opened store selling hard drugs dies of a reported overdose

The Vancouver man who opened a drug store in the Downtown Eastside selling illicit hard drugs has died from a reported overdose.

Jerry Martin opened The Drugs Store out of a mobile trailer in the heart of the Downtown Eastside selling drugs such as cocaine, heroin and methamphetamines that were advertised as clean with no impurities or harmful additives.

He died Friday after a suspected fentanyl overdose, reported VICE. He was 51.

On Saturday, friends and family mourned Martin, posting tributes on social media.

“It was a shock for us,” said Mayleen Martin, who married Martin’s father in 2003.