Re:The Horrifying Epidemic of Teen-Age Fentanyl Deaths in a ...
by red-iron-pine on Friday March 31, 2023 @09:04AM
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* lack of cheap and easy to access mental health resources
* physical health resources are tied to work-provided health insurance, and are often not great
* lack of the above two lead to easy fixes, like prescribing opioids aggressively
* aggressive anti-drug laws that put more people away than attempting to treat them
* no real safety net if any of the above screw up, driving many to poverty, jail, addiction, etc. $30 of pills might be the only joy or relief from their shitty situation, so pop em if you got em.
* physical health resources are tied to work-provided health insurance, and are often not great
* lack of the above two lead to easy fixes, like prescribing opioids aggressively
* aggressive anti-drug laws that put more people away than attempting to treat them
* no real safety net if any of the above screw up, driving many to poverty, jail, addiction, etc. $30 of pills might be the only joy or relief from their shitty situation, so pop em if you got em.