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Re:The Horrifying Epidemic of Teen-Age Fentanyl Deaths in a ... by pclmulqdq on Thursday March 30, 2023 @12:04AM (#35367798)
> 4% of Thais have used illegal drugs in the past year.

Care to wager on the fraction of US users of illegal drugs?

https://www.fmprc.gov.cn/mfa_eng/wjbxw/202302/t20230209_1102...

> In 2021, findings by NCDAS show about 19.4 percent of Americans have used illegal substances at least once. Out of the 280 million aged 12 and older, 31.9 million are drug users, with 11.7 percent on illegal substances and 19.4 percent either having consumed illicit drugs or misused prescription drugs in 2020. If alcohol and tobacco users are included, the number of people in the United States who are abusing substances totals 165 million.

> During the past 12 months, 48.2 million Americans over the age of 18 consumed cannabis at least once.

> During the past 12 months, 10.1 million Americans have consumed opium at least once.

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Re:The Horrifying Epidemic of Teen-Age Fentanyl Deaths in a ... by runnerup on Thursday March 30, 2023 @12:08AM (#35367831)
US statistics are very skewed because marijuana is an “illegal drug” sold legally in most states. I did provide numbers for Asians in USA though, which was similar to Thais in Thailand.

Opium is at 3.3% by your number, which is comparable to the numbers I showed on Thailand.

We can both cherry pick data but USA has tried prohibition of various substances for over 100 years. Prohibition by itself caused more problems than it solved.

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