| Most people wouldn't have gotten into fent if oxy was cheap/freely available. same with a big batch of heroin users. from people I know in the recovery community, they say that getting off fent is way harder than other opiates and suboxone doesn't always work well enough, even at crazy high doses. it's a disgusting drug. we're seeing a similar pattern now where cartels are mixing crap like xylazine in. when the only drugs you can get on the street are literal poison, there isn't much choice but to use them. that's why if pure injectable morphine was available, for free or close to it, I doubt new users would choose to move to fent; especially if fent wasn't easily available. sure some people will always chose to use more destructive drugs. but we need to stop the next cycle of escalation. and I don't think most people are advocating selling high dose opiates OTC at the corner store. i'm personally ok with MDMA, cocaine, speed (pills not rock) being pretty accessible with some type of license limit system, and tools to avoid smurfing/create outreach for those high quantity users move into dependence. Shot/smoked meth & opiates I think should be more controlled, but still provided for free as part of harm reduction & programs to reduce use. Favorite quote: "I'd like to congratulate drugs for winning the war on drugs" Related: new data from CO lends even more credence to legalization/harm reduction: pot use is way down (35% amongst teens) |