 He injected himself on camera during a live television debate on drug abuse, despite being on bail at the time.He had been charged with supplying heroin to a minor, an offence then punishable by death.A jail term seemed certain, but with the help of friends (including Norman Mailer), Trocchi was smuggled over the Canada–US border where he was given refuge in Montreal by poet Irving Layton and met up with Leonard Cohen.