Re:The Horrifying Epidemic of Teen-Age Fentanyl Deaths in a ...
by riversflow on Thursday March 30, 2023 @04:15AM
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Just too drive home this point a little deeper. I personally know 2 people who died last year from fentanyl poisoning. One of them thought they were taking MDMA, the other thought they were taking Xanax. Both are terrible, needless deaths but the one who was taking Xanax had actually been prescribed Xanax previously for GAD, but was having trouble getting/affording a doctor to prescribe it to them.
Re:The Horrifying Epidemic of Teen-Age Fentanyl Deaths in a ...
by Acutulus on Thursday March 30, 2023 @04:26AM
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I offer as many condolences to you as my internet connection can carry. Reading that you lost someone who was merely trying to take care of themselves really, really hurts.
I graduated high school in the mid 00's. When I last ran the numbers in 2018, my graduating class of ~250 had lost roughly 4% of its people over the years due to OD.
I deeply want this set of problems to get better, but I cannot convince myself that it will during my lifetime.
Re:The Horrifying Epidemic of Teen-Age Fentanyl Deaths in a ...
by cj on Thursday March 30, 2023 @07:19AM
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The person selling drugs at a festival is extremely far removed from the illicit manufacturer. They almost certainly have no idea the quality of drugs they sell or what’s really in them.
Re:The Horrifying Epidemic of Teen-Age Fentanyl Deaths in a ...
by defrost on Thursday March 30, 2023 @07:30AM
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When it comes to festivals, the persons walking about selling hand to hand are some distance removed, the person who decided to sell at Glastonbury (for example) or other festivals aquired supply by the van load, acquired a crew of runners, pushed back against others wanting target the same festival, and is considerably closer to the upstream source and has a damn good idea of the quality of the bulk amount they sourced for that market.
And yeah, don't take what I say at face value. I'm a nobody on the internet with one story out of billions. Test everything. Every single time.