[jeffreyrogers]

And yet most people who OD on heroin or otherwise ruin their lives due to it are not PhDs.

[netizen-936824]

You're right, but simply because most of the population does not have PhDs.

If people had a fully tested and clean source of heroin (free from fentanyl) there would be less overdose deaths.

[jeffreyrogers]

2% of people in the US have PhDs. I would be surprised if 2% of people who die of ODs have PhDs. Harm falls disproportionately on those unlike the OP.

[DarylZero]

It's important to understand -- the ODs are caused by adulterated supply.

Perhaps PhDs are on average better socially-connected so that they have better supply chains. But it isn't directly because of personal characteristics.

[PraetorianGourd]

Not entirely. Yes today most overdoses involve fentanyl but that’s a recent development. People were overdosing on pure heroin as well.