Opium/oid abuse and dependency has a thousand year history. You aren't going to fix this with This One Psychology Trick, and trying to imagine that by projecti

Opium/oid abuse and dependency has a thousand year history. You aren't going to fix this with This One Psychology Trick, and trying to imagine that by projecting your priors onto the problem is just going to lead you into a conspiracy theory. Fentanyl is notable because it's more concentrated and cheaper, so there's more available and it's easier to dangerously overdose. But the "why" behind the market for it hasn't changed in hundreds of years.