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And yet most people who OD on heroin or otherwise ruin their lives due to it are not PhDs.

• netizen-936824 5y ago
  You're right, but simply because most of the population does not have PhDs. If people had a fully tested and clean source of heroin (free from fentanyl) there would be less overdose deaths.
  • jeffreyrogers 5y ago
    2% of people in the US have PhDs. I would be surprised if 2% of people who die of ODs have PhDs. Harm falls disproportionately on those unlike the OP.
    • DarylZero 5y ago
      It's important to understand -- the ODs are caused by adulterated supply. Perhaps PhDs are on average better socially-connected so that they have better supply chains. But it isn't directly because of personal characteristics.
      • PraetorianGourd 5y ago
        Not entirely. Yes today most overdoses involve fentanyl but that’s a recent development. People were overdosing on pure heroin as well.