America’s syringe exchanges kill drug users

Re:America’s syringe exchanges kill drug users by vorpalhex on Saturday December 03, 2022 @06:15PM (#33848503)

And that 10mg/ml of heroin can and will kill heroin users. Fentanyl has made the situation worse but heroin users do in fact kill themselves frequently by ODing.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:America’s syringe exchanges kill drug users by tonyarkles on Sunday December 04, 2022 @09:56AM (#33854205)

I don’t disagree, but legalization without quality control is almost certainly worse than legalization with QC.

Legal weed in Canada has THC % numbers on it and it makes dosing so much simpler. While the impact of too much THC is nowhere near as bad as opiates, it’s quite nice being able to look at a bag and pretty accurately predict how much to have to get a desired effect.

Edit: same with alcohol. It’s really nice to be able to look at a 355mL can of beer and know that drinking it isn’t going to have the same effect as a 355mL bottle of vodka.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:America’s syringe exchanges kill drug users by vorpalhex on Sunday December 04, 2022 @01:38PM (#33856317)

And peoole kill themselves - frequently - with alcohol.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:America’s syringe exchanges kill drug users by tonyarkles on Monday December 05, 2022 @08:05AM (#33865069)

So are you suggesting that problem would be better or worse without quality control and labelling?

[ Parent | on HN ]