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It's important to note that fentanyl and methamphetamine are not nearly as widespread in the EU... and no amount of housing can solve a drug problem that causes
by noduerme 3y ago
It's important to note that fentanyl and methamphetamine are not nearly as widespread in the EU... and no amount of housing can solve a drug problem that causes people to publicly lose their minds. Having grown up during the 80s in America and watched homelessness more or less recede all the way through the 2000s until the opioid explosion, I wonder how the Finnish system will handle it if or when such drugs become widespread among working age people.
- hiAndrewQuinn 3y agoIt's a good, and concerning, question. Alcohol is our most damaging drug on a collective level here for now, and I'm mostly glad we're starting to get that under control. Alcohol taxes ftw, all my homies love regressive taxation lol But no, seriously, as an expat who grew up next to some projects I'm personally aware that meth is just in a class of its own when it comes to encouraging antisocial behavior on an individual level. It's possible to look at America as a kind of "first contact" site for all kinds of social upheavals, positive and negative alike. It's possible the Finnish youth are simply more aware of the disastrous consequences of amphetamine abuse, and so will avoid it more. Truly hard to say.
- euroderf 3y agoOpioids are very marginal in Finland. There's no S*klers pushing it into the public health system.