[tayo42]

> Not to mention it turns anyone into a junkie in the span of a few weeks,

This isn't true. Quick google search says only 25% of people why try it will become addicted.

[B_ryJenkins]

Maybe not anyone, but 25% is still a horrendous statistic

[stickfigure]

"People who try heroin" is not a random sample. It's hard to draw significant information from that, even if the survey is accurate.

A better comparison, assuming legal pharmaceuticals, would be: What percentage of people who try Oxycontin become addicted?

I don't know that number, but I suspect it is relatively low.

[m0zg]

It's a weasel statistic. 75% of people try it once or twice and "don't get addicted". Those who partake with some regularity are almost guaranteed to get addicted. We're losing tens of thousands of people in this country to opioids per year, but if you mention that opioids are dangerous, there will always be a HN "statistician" "quickly googling" things.