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Citation needed. Here's mine: 31K people per year die of fentanyl overdose in the United States alone. Data: https://www.drugabuse.gov/drug-topics/trends-statis

by m0zg 6y ago

Citation needed. Here's mine: 31K people per year die of fentanyl overdose in the United States alone. Data: https://www.drugabuse.gov/drug-topics/trends-statistics/overdose-death-rates https://www.drugabuse.gov/drug-topics/trends-statistics/over... This is fentanyl, drug that is very rarely prescribed. According to Wikipedia only 4% of fentanyl overdoses result from fentanyl obtained by prescription. I maintain that it is ludicrous to suggest that we should legalize _all_ drugs. We could, however, and IMO should, replace punishment for addictive drug use with drug rehab and a cool-off period, seeing how this shit is almost inevitably deadly in the longer term and is no good for the addict or those around them, at all.

raverbashing 6y ago
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/nov/08/the-making-of-an-opioid-epidemic https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/nov/08/the-making-of-a... > According to Wikipedia only 4% of fentanyl overdoses result from fentanyl obtained by prescription. Then why are they manufacturing the other 96% of fentanyl? This is not produced in backyards labs, these are made in professional labs.
- m0zg 6y ago
  > Then why are they manufacturing the other 96% of fentanyl? This is mostly manufactured illegally in China, to make money. I thought everyone knew about this by now. The country is flooded with this garbage. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/01/world/asia/china-fentanyl-crackdown.html https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/01/world/asia/china-fentanyl...
DanBC 6y ago
Why are those people taking fentanyl? They take fentanyl because they are addicted to opioids. How did they become addicted to opioids? Many of them were prescribed non-fentanyl opioids, and became addicted, and then had the prescriptions stopped. Some people were given meds that had been prescribed to other people - family members or friends. So, while few people are prescribed fentanyl the root source of the addiction is the massive over-prescription of opioid medication in the US.

by m0zg 6y ago

raverbashing 6y ago

https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/nov/08/the-making-of-an-opioid-epidemic https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/nov/08/the-making-of-a... > According to Wikipedia only 4% of fentanyl overdoses result from fentanyl obtained by prescription. Then why are they manufacturing the other 96% of fentanyl? This is not produced in backyards labs, these are made in professional labs.

m0zg 6y ago
> Then why are they manufacturing the other 96% of fentanyl? This is mostly manufactured illegally in China, to make money. I thought everyone knew about this by now. The country is flooded with this garbage. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/01/world/asia/china-fentanyl-crackdown.html https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/01/world/asia/china-fentanyl...

DanBC 6y ago

Why are those people taking fentanyl? They take fentanyl because they are addicted to opioids. How did they become addicted to opioids? Many of them were prescribed non-fentanyl opioids, and became addicted, and then had the prescriptions stopped. Some people were given meds that had been prescribed to other people - family members or friends. So, while few people are prescribed fentanyl the root source of the addiction is the massive over-prescription of opioid medication in the US.