Fentanyl Vaccine Potential ‘Game Changer’ for Opioid Epidemic

Re:Fentanyl Vaccine Potential ‘Game Changer’ for Opioid Epid... by d4mi3n on Monday January 23, 2023 @03:04PM (#34494198)

I've seen some of this as well, though through my own anecdotal experience people in my life I've seen struggle with drugs do or did so because:

1. Ongoing health issues they can't afford to resolve. Chronic pain. Mental health issues. Sleep disorders.

2. Inability to cope with high levels of stress due to financial insecurity, bad relationships, or loneliness.

I think the cultural attitudes you describe may have some relation to other problems. Most people I've encountered seek escapism when their life experience is poor and they're unable to change their circumstances or unaware of ways to change their circumstances.

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Re:Fentanyl Vaccine Potential ‘Game Changer’ for Opioid Epid... by HEmanZ on Monday January 23, 2023 @03:37PM (#34494643)

I think my point is that it can be both. There is a lot we can do to help in the cases you point out. But I just don’t think the problem is entirely solvable, or even mostly solvable, without changing a destructive sub-culture, which we can’t do in any way I can think of.

At least we are working on things like this vaccine to save lives. That’s something.

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