Still kills less than booze, but it's starting to compete
this post was submitted on 01 Jan 2024
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As insane as this is, fentanyl has surpassed alcohol deaths.
And alcohol is massively damaging. Just want to put that in perspective. So I guess booze up cause alcoholics have to catch up?
I think it depends on who you ask, and how they get to their number.
This link says >140,000 USA deaths per year.
https://www.niaaa.nih.gov/alcohols-effects-health/alcohol-topics/alcohol-facts-and-statistics/alcohol-related-emergencies-and-deaths-united-states
Oh I see, that includes those affected by alcohol related deaths like a drunk killing a pedestrian. I suppose you have a good point. At least fentanyl only kills it's user's.
For a loose definition of "fentanyl users". It's unfortunately not unheard of for a tiny amount of cross-contamination from a dealer's scale to cause an OD after taking totally unrelated drugs.
I have to imagine that fentanyl related suffering/death has driven others to suicide or violent crime. Every addicted person's suffering ripples through their family and community.
Legalize anyone over the age of 21 (after signing tons of wavers and watching educational videos about how life ruining it is) buy real oxycodone from a Walgreens or CVS, and you will solve your fentanyl crisis overnight, bonus points for hurting a giant revenue source for the cartels.
Let's all just take it, od, and give the world back to non human animals.
They have their own drug problems: