Re:The Horrifying Epidemic of Teen-Age Fentanyl Deaths in a ...
by not_a_shill on Thursday March 30, 2023 @06:05PM
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This is from 2010 before fentanyl was really a thing. Like the article stated, people are dying off of cheap pressed pills made from combos of Chinese imported RCs mixed with fentanyl.
These pills are MUCH cheaper/widely available than the non-"counterfeit" opioids. And much more likely to spontaneously kill you vs how people more traditionally overdosed. Addicts aren't the only ones ODing.
The "war on drugs" is probably a good thing as far as this goes because making opioids more widely available is not really what we should want in society. I think greater availability of other "party" drugs like ketamine in Europe could maybe help some, but I'm not sure how much.
A culture of widely available test strips + narcan + fentanyl education should be the minimum we should be doing. We definitely shouldn't be trying delusional attempts at limiting narcan availability. Ex:
These pills are MUCH cheaper/widely available than the non-"counterfeit" opioids. And much more likely to spontaneously kill you vs how people more traditionally overdosed. Addicts aren't the only ones ODing.
The "war on drugs" is probably a good thing as far as this goes because making opioids more widely available is not really what we should want in society. I think greater availability of other "party" drugs like ketamine in Europe could maybe help some, but I'm not sure how much.
A culture of widely available test strips + narcan + fentanyl education should be the minimum we should be doing. We definitely shouldn't be trying delusional attempts at limiting narcan availability. Ex:
https://idahocapitalsun.com/2023/03/28/idaho-lawmakers-vote-...