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An even better question is how it overlaps with those other drugs. Does 75k fentanyl deaths mean we've seen 75k fewer heroin deaths because they all switched to
by jart 3y ago
An even better question is how it overlaps with those other drugs. Does 75k fentanyl deaths mean we've seen 75k fewer heroin deaths because they all switched to the new drug? Or are these things layered.
- Fricken 3y agoI came across a news item in Canada saying Heroin is basically impossible to find now. The lower quality but much cheaper product has replaced it. Clayton Christensen's theory of disruption in action.
- jprival 3y agoThere’s a graph in this very article that answers that question. Heroin deaths have declined significantly as fentanyl has displaced heroin on the market, but fentanyl deaths are far higher than heroin deaths ever were, because it’s far easier to OD on.