Good thing Trump's budget cuts the Narcan programs that directly saved countless lives: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/overdose-deaths-narcan-naloxone-harm-reduction-samhsa-trump-cuts/
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That's fuckin awesome
People just can't afford drugs anymore.
Or literally just that many people have died at this point from fentanyl that we are running out of people to have OD
I saw an interview on YouTube of a heroin addict in Seattle, I believe. He talked about how he ended up on the streets from his addiction and talks about how it was when fent first arrived. People ODing left and right and the only people that survived where the ones with a super high tolerance. That was the first wave.
How, once word got out that certain dealers had good shit that was killing ppl, everyone was looking for it. Once again killing more. Second wave.
I don't remember the rest of the interview. Something about how now regular heroin won't do for the survivors, has created super high tolerance junkies who now need fent or they go through withdrawals. The biggest takeaway for me though was that he was clearly a smart person and very aware of his situation. He would like to quit, but was unable to. He then thanks the interviewer and crew for hearing him out and just walks into a dark alley.
Could quit with Suboxone if he really wanted to. I didn't see the interview, but seems like maybe he doesn't want to.
once word got out that certain dealers had good shit that was killing ppl, everyone was looking for it
"This will literally kill you"
"That's metal as fuck bro sign me up"
Who’d want to live in the us
That’s fucking stupid and you know it.
It is but there is the other side to that coin, so many people have died from it people are genuinely scared off. Both my kids are in college and they’re both terrified of ingesting basically anything because it seems everything could have fent in it, most of their friends are the same way, they know a few kids who do coke and that’s about it, outside of kids selling scrips which will always be the case but illegal stuff off the street has gotten a bad enough rap that people aren’t willing to try or do it who aren’t already addicted
That is basically the point I was trying to make. I used to do all kinds of stupid stuff 10 years ago, and I would never touch anything today. Of anyone left who would try anything, so many of them have died that how many are left?
I think even most people drawn towards substance abuse for one reason or another would be put off by the lethality of modern street drugs, especially when there are other options. Alcohol, cannabis, whatever
Fentanyl test strips are pretty cheap and very easy to use
Thanks Biden!
Shhhh! Isn't MAGA basically reading uplifting news to decide what next to destroy?
I'm surprised there wasn't a bigger drop during Covid.
After spending 2 1/2 years locked in my apartment, I’m shocked that I didn’t overdose. What are you even talking about?
Not sure if this is a joke, but I'm sorry if you're legitimately struggling with this.
I was figuring job loss leading to less income, plus stay at home orders leading to less ability to meet/congregate with people supplying/using, plus change in supply lines possibly leading to difficulties acquiring or at least a rise in prices. That plus a decrease in possible other stressors, time for introspection, and time to get and stay clean without concern for other priorities seemed to make it a good time to try to quit. I'm not really involved in that so I don't know though. Just speculation. I know people who quit smoking and drinking, but that's obviously very different. That was mostly because they didn't smoke/drink alone so they were able to go a bit without and decided to keep it that way.
I suspect you’re very young and inexperienced in life. The evidence is your comment.
Life can be very hard for some people sometimes. Don’t judge how those people deal with the shit they have to live with.
Just be glad you’re not them.
I'm neither, but ok.
My comment acknowledged that life can be hard, but admittedly assumed that a lot of stressors are outside the home. Plenty of stressors inside the home as well of course, but I was just mentioning what my first thoughts were. I passed absolutely no judgement in my comment, to my knowledge. Please feel free to let me know what part came off as judgmental. That was not my intention.
I'm not saying my life is difficult, but just because someone is not involved in drug use doesn't mean that they've had it easy.
Yeah, OK…
This is not about you. Wow.
You're the one that brought up my age and what you perceived to be my life experience and then suggested I not judge people. I'm not making it about me. I'm making my position clear, since apparently it was not understood. I don't want there to be any confusion. Best of luck.
Time for you to grow up
I wonder if this is just a matter of people not getting into the drugs at all because of lacking social connections. So not transitioning into addicts and overdose or something about narcan availability.
Both good points.
They say there's been a drop off in alcohol usage and sex too if I remember correctly, so I imagine it might all be tied to less partying, and sadly somewhat indicative of more social isolation.
Narcan was also so heavily discussed that even I thought about having some on me just in case, but honestly I'm not really in any positions where I'd need it, so getting it felt like it'd be more virtue signaling than actually helping anyone lol. But I'm sure if I thought it'd ever actually come in handy that I and other people I know would have made sure to have it. I imagine people who interact with people susceptible to overdose would feel similarly.