I feel like the wide and often free availability of narcan and improved quality of safer drugs like weed are making a difference.
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Hell Yes! There’s been a huge ad campaign in my city about Narcan: how it works, how to spot symptoms, how to administer it, and where to get it for free.
I have two things of narcan and neither my partner nor myself have ever done opiates. It’s a good thing to have!
I test my other stuff but there’s always a chance for a random hot spot.
While the reasons for the decline are not immediately clear, researchers and those on the frontlines believe it is driven by changes in the drug supply as well as improved access to treatment and harm reduction programs. [...]
But she also highlighted the continued – and increasingly unequal – death toll from the overdose crisis when it comes to who in society is affected the most.
“It’s also important to acknowledge that progress has not been equal for all groups,” she said. “Unfortunately, for the most affected groups, namely Native Americans and Black American men, the death rates are not decreasing and are at the highest recorded levels.”
People can barely afford to eat, too. Lack of income for the general American is going to impact all areas, not just dining out and jewelry.
What? Since when has the average addict made income, economy or GDP part if the calculus of if they should acquire the next fix or not?
This is either veiled sarcasm or you're missing something fundamental about how addiction and motivation interoperate.
Times are tough for everyone, even addicts. Maybe pushing off the next hit for a roof over their heads is saving lives. I'd suck a dick for Cracker Barrel, though.
Extra points if you can incorporate biscuits and gravy into the act
I see where you're coming from but drug use isn't limited to addicts and even so addicts can be very wealthy.
100%. "Drugs get you through times with no money better than money will get you through times with no drugs" is kinda what I think the operating principle here. I can relate. I'm sure others can. Hence I question the corollary being posited by OP. Hard times in the job/stocks market would, in my opinion, not reduce overdose deaths.
And yes, of course you are correct, addiction is a pattern, drugs are just along for the ride and frequently stigmatized as a passenger. Too much of anything makes you one...
It doesn't matter how addicted you are if theres not enough money moving. Pawn shops are offering less and less like they always do during recessions and drugs are just getting more expensive besides cannabis.
COVID isn't mentioned, but I would not be surprised if all the anxiety and social isolation from COVID drove up overdose deaths for at least a couple of years.
We’ve had a lot of huge fentanyl busts in Southern California, hopefully similar elsewhere. Narcan has become more available (I get them from a donation based non profit and have handed out over 60, with one friend using 3 to save a guy). The Biden administration has also been working to limit the sale of precursors, most of which come from china. It’s also possible the cartels have throttled back because they were killing too many of their customers. I’d say it’s some combination of all those.
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