[duxup]

Opium is highly addictive regardless of who you get it from.

[jrs95]

So is heroin. But the fact that heroin is illegal in the U.S. is what has lead to so many overdose deaths. Nobody really ever knows what they're taking or how much fentanyl is in it.

[rplnt]

Much less lethal though, look at recent spike in US opioid deaths due to black market products of questionable content and quality.

[ni-hil]

Sure, that's not my point

[duxup]

It's still a problem though.