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Policy How Portugal eased its opioid epidemic, while U.S. drug deaths skyrocketed
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DeathIndustrial88
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Been an opioid user for 16+ years now & never once overdosed. I came close the first time I tried fentanyl, but thankfully by that point, I knew what to look out for and try it slowly. Fentanyl sucks & I can see how it would lead to overdose if some one was drunk or benzo-ed out & took it. Or even some one who accidentally took it, thinking it was another opioid.
Heroin is much safer & causes less physical damage in the long term than even alcohol.
The solution to America's opioid problem is simple, by legalization, regulation, education & rehabilitation (for those who decide they want to stop).
But instead our puritanical system would rather keep arresting people & letting people die instead.
And at the same time, they keep pumping out anti-opioid propaganda left & right in the US. They want the masses to think opioids are THE MOST dangerous drugs in the world & that they have no use whatsoever. I'm convinced they want to remove opioids altogether here.
It's really sad. Diacetylmorphine & friends are wonderful substances. They have risks just like any other drug, even less in some instances & depending on the drug being compared. But you can't have "freedom" without having a little risk.
I get called "junkie", "garbage human", etc.. by lots of people all over the internet whenever I try to bring this issue up. They have Americans completely radicalized to hate & judge anyone who uses an opioid.
We need change.... and fast. But I don't even know what the average person can do to change anything anymore. We're basically screaming into a void.
Heroin is much safer & causes less physical damage in the long term than even alcohol.
The solution to America's opioid problem is simple, by legalization, regulation, education & rehabilitation (for those who decide they want to stop).
But instead our puritanical system would rather keep arresting people & letting people die instead.
And at the same time, they keep pumping out anti-opioid propaganda left & right in the US. They want the masses to think opioids are THE MOST dangerous drugs in the world & that they have no use whatsoever. I'm convinced they want to remove opioids altogether here.
It's really sad. Diacetylmorphine & friends are wonderful substances. They have risks just like any other drug, even less in some instances & depending on the drug being compared. But you can't have "freedom" without having a little risk.
I get called "junkie", "garbage human", etc.. by lots of people all over the internet whenever I try to bring this issue up. They have Americans completely radicalized to hate & judge anyone who uses an opioid.
We need change.... and fast. But I don't even know what the average person can do to change anything anymore. We're basically screaming into a void.