Finn Settles, 24, left, and Renee Arellano, 45, greet each other at a 2022 rally in Los Angeles …

Finn Settles, 24, left, and Renee Arellano, 45, greet each other at a 2022 rally in Los Angeles marking International Overdose Awareness Day. (Irfan Khan/Los Angeles Times/TNS)