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Fentanyl only exists because it's cheap and easy to make. Anyone with a choice would always take something like oxycodone, and there are a ton of occasional rec
by TillE 2y ago
Fentanyl only exists because it's cheap and easy to make. Anyone with a choice would always take something like oxycodone, and there are a ton of occasional recreational oxy users in the world.
- beaeglebeachedd 2y agoTar heroin cheaper to make probably. If it were legalized we wouldn't be optimizing for ease of smuggling which is largely dictated by potency instead of manufacturing costs.
- quickthrowman 2y ago> there are a ton of occasional recreational oxy users in the world. Today, virtually all of the ‘oxycontin’ that is used recreationally is actually fentanyl and binders that looks like an oxycontin. Unless it’s in a prescription bottle (and even then,) it’s almost certainly fentanyl. > In 2023, DEA seized more than 80 million fentanyl-laced fake pills and nearly 12,000 pounds of fentanyl powder. The 2023 seizures are equivalent to more than 381 million lethal doses of fentanyl. [0] If they seized 80 million, just imagine how many weren’t seized. [0]https://www.dea.gov/onepill#:~:text=In%202023%2C%20DEA%20seized%20more,million%20lethal%20doses%20of%20fentanyl https://www.dea.gov/onepill#:~:text=In%202023%2C%20DEA%20sei....