It shouldn't need to be said, so of course it does, that the opioid 'crisis' is created precisely by the means proposed to fight it.
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Denying pharmaceutical-grade pain relief to people in agony is precisely what kills them. This is as predictable as water running downhill.
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Sufferers resort to the black market, where drug potency is unpredictable. Unstable dosing accelerates dependence and raises overdose risk.
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And prohibition creates incentives to deal in more potent drugs. Fentanyl 50-100x more potent than morphine, thus 50-100x more profitable.
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Fentanyl is also much much easier to OD on, of course. Prohibition creates the lethal risks it pretends to protect us against.
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