Re:Effective Altruism Has a Toxic Culture of Sexual Harassme...
by renewiltord on Saturday February 04, 2023 @05:42AM
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After a motorcycle accident I spent a week on hydromorphone, a month on oxycodone, and occasional fentanyl. I have some oxycodone left over at home and, if I'm being honest, I don't feel the slightest desire to do it. I haven't for the 9 months so far I've had it and I doubt I ever will. I live in SF as well so fentanyl is easy to come by, should I so desire it.
Reading the literature, it appears that this is the experience for 9/10 people prescribed the drug. The problem, of course, is that 10% is a large number at scale.
Obviously, I've had no experience with heroin. But considering my experience with fentanyl, I can quite easily say that most of us are not susceptible.
This strikes me as yet another example of overstating risks. PTSD is the canonical case, of course, where the majority of people experiencing trauma won't get PTSD and even a third of people experiencing major trauma won't get PTSD.
The short version is that the average human is very resilient.
Reading the literature, it appears that this is the experience for 9/10 people prescribed the drug. The problem, of course, is that 10% is a large number at scale.
Obviously, I've had no experience with heroin. But considering my experience with fentanyl, I can quite easily say that most of us are not susceptible.
This strikes me as yet another example of overstating risks. PTSD is the canonical case, of course, where the majority of people experiencing trauma won't get PTSD and even a third of people experiencing major trauma won't get PTSD.
The short version is that the average human is very resilient.