• Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      3 months ago

      There’s been some clean stuff recently tested at DrugsData, legitimately just heroin. Bought from a darknet vendor in Canada. I imagine that’s INSANELY rare.

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        3 months ago

        I just did some very light research and did find this graph.

        Appears to depict H becoming safer and safer over time. The deaths from heroine are about what they were from methadone 20 years ago. (Ignoring all methodological issues in determining “cause of death”.)

        I expect this is basically due to how impossible heroine is to get, perhaps the only users left over are those with the ability to obtain a very good supply. Whereas 95% people are stuck with the other stuff.

        source: US CDC & Dept of HHS NCHS Data Brief: “Drug Overdose Deaths in the United States, 2002–2022” Number 491, March 2024

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            3 months ago

            Ya it’s always a re-shock to see how dramatic things are. that graph is based on this chart

            death from any opiod - total:

            • 2002: 11,920
            • 2022: 81,806

            death from Synthetic opioids other than methadone:

            • 2002: 1,295
            • 2022: 73,838

            nice work FDA

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          3 months ago

          They dont actually care about saving lives they just care about making it look like they give a shit while causing a much bigger issue. Now theres more deaths than ever just so they can use it as another boogyman instead of making safer alternatives.

          Or you know just making life better for everyone so people dont have to do opiates to cope.