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Yes, cocaine now regularly has fentanyl in it Yes, cocaine users are sometimes receiving heroin Yes, sometimes whatever they receive contain fentanyl Yes, he
by vmception 4y ago
Yes, cocaine now regularly has fentanyl in it
Yes, cocaine users are sometimes receiving heroin
Yes, sometimes whatever they receive contain fentanyl
Yes, heroin users are also now commonly getting unintentional and intentional doses of fentanyl
Yes, fentanyl is being added to other drugs as well
Its a mess. I think its time to move on from abstinence only education to treating this like an ongoing bioterrorism attack and taking federal control of the supply chain.
- philwelch 4y agoHow do you take federal control of the supply chain of illegal drugs being illegally trafficked into the country? I do agree that it seems suspiciously like a deliberate attack, reminiscent of the opium wars.
- pjc50 4y ago> How do you take federal control of the supply chain of illegal drugs being illegally trafficked into the country? Let the CIA do it, again?
- vmception 4y agoFeds will probably end up fighting themselves in some cases yeah
- philwelch 4y agoThat might actually work.
- ncmncm 4y agoGive them away free to addicts under treatment, like in Portugal, which has practically eliminated its drug problem. Of course for that you need public health care, too. What a shame that the richest country in the world (at least, for millionaires -- the 95% here are no better off than other places, less so than many) can't afford what every other country with paved roads has.
- robocat 4y ago> the 95% here are no better off than other places Uhhhh, there is a reason why people from other places want a greencard, even if just to work at minimum wage. The 95% in the US surely are better off than the majority of people in the world?
- ncmncm 4y agoJust keep telling yourself that. Hint: the overwhelming majority of people in the world hardly ever think about America at all, and then usually only when it is forced on them. You mostly only hear about the few who do, and imagine they are typical.
- ben_w 4y agoI’ve visited 20 countries, including the USA for a total of 4 months, and also Kenya (specifically Nairobi). While I would say the average American is in a similar position to the average European (some things better, some things worse), I think if my options were to switch lives with a random American or a random Kenyan, I’d pick American. I agree most people don’t care. I didn’t really want to leave the U.K. — where most of my friends were and still are — when the political situation made me feel it was no longer tenable to stay.
- ncmncm 4y agoIf Kenya is your benchmark, that says something. That on infant mortality we are trailing former SSRs should be troubling.
- ben_w 4y agoIt’s an anecdote based on personal experience, not a benchmark.
- vmception 4y agofor America fans, American exceptionalism relies on comparing America to the worst managed countries in the world. So you walked right into that. Stick with the comparison to Western and Central Europe because we need to normalize comparing America with developed nations. The US uniquely has the resources to implement 21st century advances, and just doesn't. This changes when acknowledging what other developed nations have and ignoring the developing ones, let China focus on them thats working out pretty well for them.
- aaaaaaaaata 4y agoSomeone convinced you they stopped?
- vmception 4y agoHonestly it leads to a state monopoly on distributing pure drugs Vancouver is doing it Its just a very very nonconsensus view right now, very fringe