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> Take the opioid epidemic for example. It claimed the lives of hundreds of people per day. Do you think "humane and sensible" people were responsible for that?
by quickthrowman 1y ago
> Take the opioid epidemic for example. It claimed the lives of hundreds of people per day. Do you think "humane and sensible" people were responsible for that?
If an opiate addict could get their daily heroin legally for $10/day, there would be no black market filled with poorly dosed fentanyl pills that kill people.
The amount of overdose deaths is caused by enforcement forcing the market to select an inferior product, fentanyl
I’m not advocating for making opiates legal, for what it’s worth. I’ve been addicted to heroin, suboxone got me clean.
- cluckindan 1y agoNot even $10: one tablet of buprenorphine costs like $1 at the pharmacy. Probably more in the US, though.
- quickthrowman 1y agoThe generic tablets and films were pretty cheap when I was on buprenorphine in 2011 and 2012, it was the $500/month shakedown from one of the 100 doctors licensed in my state to prescribe it that was expensive. I believe any doctor can prescribe suboxone in the US now so it’s probably a lot cheaper than it used to be.