> [Fentanyl contributed] to some of the worst riots in recent history

is this satire?

The George Floyd protests are the largest protests in all of human history. Anywhere between 15 and 26 million people in the US and countless others across 60 different countries participated. 96.3% of the 7,305 demonstrations identified by the Nonviolent Action Lab and Crowd Counting Consortium involved no injuries and no property damage

Even if you wanna weasel your way out of this and just say it's just "a contributing factor" (literally everything could be) how could you possibly even tie those things together?

Can you explain what you mean? I’m can’t see what you are referring to at all and must be missing something huge.

George Floyd’s toxicology report taken after his death indicated fentanyl (and methamphetamine, and THC).

https://famous-trials.com/george-floyd/2648-george-floyd-the...

> IMO it at least contributed to some of the worst riots in recent history.

What an absurd thing to say. Even a cursory Google search proves this to be utterly false.

I didnt say it was the sole reason. Contributed to != sole cause

Because you can't effectively enforce the policy?

Enforce the policy of not having drug testing kits be legal?

Have you ever even taken an opiate?

Seriously, the suggestion that an opiate makes you aggressive is very funny. The high is just like, pure happiness.

Also fentanyl is a big thing because opiates are illegal. If people had a choice they'd stick to the good stuff like oxycodone, which is significantly less dangerous.

I assume your experience must be common to explain the prevalence of opioid addiction. But, my experiences are a counter-example-- opioids are not pleasant for everyone.

The first time, I was given an opioid (after surgery) I felt irrationally angry-- as in completely irrational anger at e.g., the color the walls were painted. After snapping at my girlfriend who was being super sweet and supportive, I immediately stopped taking them. This was pills, but I do not recall the name. The angry feeling passed within hours after missing the next dose. The period of apology lasted much longer. I can believe that someone experiencing similar irrational anger could do more than verbally snap at someone.

The second time, was Dilaudid via IV while recovering in hospital (machine with button to press to self-dose when in pain). No bad reaction this time.

I wouldn't describe either experience as euphoric. The first experience was negative and the second, other than helping with pain, was neutral.

"More than 932,000 people have died since 1999 from a drug overdose. In 2020, 91,799 drug overdose deaths occurred in the United States. The age-adjusted rate of overdose deaths increased by 31% from 2019 (21.6 per 100,000) to 2020 (28.3 per 100,000)."

Fentanyl is very deadly and will start spiking these numbers fast. This means we will have 180k+ yearly deaths in 2.32 years (if it didn't get worse than 2020). wtf. Fentanyl is illegal (a felony in most areas). I agree the War on drugs didn't work. But we are about to lose millions of citizens.

https://www.cdc.gov/drugoverdose/deaths/index.html

tea must terrify you!