1. Oxycontin much weaker than fentanyl

2. China is still actively doing it

https://www.brookings.edu/testimonies/chinas-role-in-the-fen...

But who got all those people hooked on opioids to start with? Nobody wakes up one day and says hey, I’m going to try fentanyl.

> Nobody wakes up one day and says hey, I’m going to try fentanyl.

That's actually what is happening... people who are already addicted to other drugs are losing access to those drugs (or realizing that fenty is cheaper) and then switching to it.

https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/homeless/fentanyl-...

"At first, she started using meth, then later added heroin. But about six months ago, she couldn’t find it, she said. Fentanyl was the only choice.

“I held out as long as I could,” Winter said."

That’s exactly the point I’m making. First they get addicted to pharmaceuticals, then move to street drugs. Whoever thought the advertising campaign behind OxyContin being non-addictive deserves the death penalty.

You can use the same analogy for the Opium wars. It’s a moot point. It doesn’t change the fact that what the British Empire did and what CCP is doing now are both disgusting and wrong.