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by kqr 3354 days ago
The number of funerals you have attended could be a poor proxy for the number of lives lost. Drug junkies tend to have fewer friends and be less vocal about their addictions because society, culture and laws.
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Quite possible. I am not claiming ultimate truth.

But in my 43+ years of living, I've known enough of all of the above to come to think that the specific what of addiction matters less than the core pathology itself. The patterns are too similar across the board.