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And yet, it never got as bad as right now. Congrats, prohibition has made the situation worse.
by snvzz 4y ago
And yet, it never got as bad as right now.
Congrats, prohibition has made the situation worse.
- ajross 4y agoI don't know that that follows. Fentanyl's cost to the end user is like 100x cheaper than 19th century opium (or more? I can't find data but that's probably about right). Don't market economics explain the issue better than regulatory decisions?
- snvzz 4y agoI would say safe consumption (of a not random concentration) matters, particularly as reflected in the death toll.
- adrr 4y ago1 out 200 people addicted to opiates during that time is worse than the reported 10 million users[1] of opiates in the country. Overdoses is higher because Fentanyl is stronger and easier to overdose off of than morphine. 1. https://www.hhs.gov/opioids/about-the-epidemic/opioid-crisis-statistics/index.html https://www.hhs.gov/opioids/about-the-epidemic/opioid-crisis...
- ericpauley 4y agoAm I missing something? 10 million/330 milllion is 6x higher than 1/200.
- adrr 4y agoYeah i just realized my math wrong.
- okasaki 4y agoAddiction seems like much less of an issue if the substance is cheap and available in stores. I mean, we're "addicted" to oxygen.