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Phrase this as a positive rather than pejorative statement, and it seems far less compelling. "Offering treatment on demand everywhere is massively cheaper tha

Phrase this as a positive rather than pejorative statement, and it seems far less compelling. "Offering treatment on demand everywhere is massively cheaper than trying to find out who is addicted to opiates." 1. Why can't you do both? 2. Treatment on demand can be marketed and tailored based on information about users. 3. I'm not sure it's a safe bet that opiate addiction is in every community. Seems like a false assumption. To my knowledge there are geographic differences, economic differences, and medical access differences between cohorts that use and those that don't. The danger of disparaging an idea before it reaches maturity is that criticism may actually be incorrect, and discourage/dissuade positive developments. You can get the same criticism across without being counterproductive.

Spooky23 8y ago
Disparaging the idea makes sense, as detecting drug use in an area served by a particular sewer is answering a question that nobody has asked. If we care so much about sewers, perhaps we should take the money squandered on this and hire laborers to maintain or replace aging sewer infrastructure.
secabeen 8y ago
>3. I'm not sure it's a safe bet that opiate addiction is in every community. Seems like a false assumption. To my knowledge there are geographic differences, economic differences, and medical access differences between cohorts that use and those that don't. The data is pretty staggering. 1 in 3 Americans have an opiate prescription each year, 1 in 20 had misused or obtained opiates, and 1 in 100 self-reported as an addict: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/more-than-one-third-americans-prescribed-opioids-in-2015/ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/more-than-one-third-americans-p...
- mirimir 8y ago
  > Nearly 92 million U.S. adults, or about 38 percent of the population, took a legitimately prescribed opioid like OxyContin or Percocet in 2015, according to results from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health. That is mind boggling! I had no idea that opioid prescriptions were that common. So is this a Baby Boomer effect?
- totalZero 8y ago
  More than 1 in 6 Americans live in NY or CA. That doesn't mean CA and NY residents are in every community.

Spooky23 8y ago

Disparaging the idea makes sense, as detecting drug use in an area served by a particular sewer is answering a question that nobody has asked. If we care so much about sewers, perhaps we should take the money squandered on this and hire laborers to maintain or replace aging sewer infrastructure.

secabeen 8y ago

>3. I'm not sure it's a safe bet that opiate addiction is in every community. Seems like a false assumption. To my knowledge there are geographic differences, economic differences, and medical access differences between cohorts that use and those that don't. The data is pretty staggering. 1 in 3 Americans have an opiate prescription each year, 1 in 20 had misused or obtained opiates, and 1 in 100 self-reported as an addict: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/more-than-one-third-americans-prescribed-opioids-in-2015/ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/more-than-one-third-americans-p...

mirimir 8y ago
> Nearly 92 million U.S. adults, or about 38 percent of the population, took a legitimately prescribed opioid like OxyContin or Percocet in 2015, according to results from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health. That is mind boggling! I had no idea that opioid prescriptions were that common. So is this a Baby Boomer effect?
totalZero 8y ago
More than 1 in 6 Americans live in NY or CA. That doesn't mean CA and NY residents are in every community.