[johnea]

And if every addict had good opportunity for a prosperous life, do you think the number of overdoses would increase or descrease?

The brain highjakcking still occurrs in a context.

While some people simply use for kicks, many others are trying to escape some intractable situtaion.

Improving life opportunities would only help reduce extreme addiction and overdose...

[stan_kirdey]

I think opportunities might help people avoid taking the drug in the first place, but from observations, even folks with seemingly great jobs and families often fall to opioids once they try them.

[girvo]

Those with seemingly great jobs and families often still have deep trauma that you don’t see. Signed, an ex heroin addict

[pas]

obviously (!) it means that the more things look like everything should be fine the less people find ways to be, to feel, to act as they actually are - non-fine, and due to this the more they can end up using more and more.