downonthesecond t1_ir7ruyv wrote
With over 200,000 overdose deaths since 2020, most would be benefit if opioids were regulated and made over the counter.
The war on drugs has failed. The demand for these drugs is only increasing while even more pills are being laced with fentanyl.
Isthatglass t1_ir9gdyz wrote
Increasing "safe and legal" access to opiates is how we created the opiate epidemic in the United States, reopening the pill mills won't stop opiate addiction or deaths.
Mclovin4Life t1_ir9h1sv wrote
I think it had more to do with Crack cocaine being sold by the government to fund their various coups in Latin and South America with a sprinkle of needing a large incarcerated population because America needs its slave labour thereby needing a scapegoat to throw people in jail.. I.e. war on drugs.
Studies show that decriminalized drugs and proper support and education on said drugs does far more to lower drug use, drug overdose and death, than the current policies have. In fact, it’s cheaper too.
Isthatglass t1_ir9hd9u wrote
You missed the part where those are 2 very different facets of the war on drugs and opiate addiction was heralded in by the companies that made the pills fraudulently advertising them as being addiction free. Legalization and decriminalization help to end casualties of the war on drugs but education and decreased access to opiates stops opiate deaths. Opiates were never without safe supply the supply caused the problem. For every death from fentanyl being somewhere it shouldn't there are dozens from it being right where it was always intended to be... sold as an opiate.
[deleted] t1_ir9l5nw wrote
That’s such an ignorant take. The deaths started when pill prices went sky high as result of crackdown on prescription practices and people started switching to heroin because it was cheaper. That street heroin quickly became all laced with fent. Reopening pill mills would literally reduce deaths because pharma quality opioids are incredibly physically safe.
You can’t eradicate demand for drugs, no country has ever managed to, you can only either push the production and supply to the unregulated black market or produce your own drugs with state-mandated quality control.
This is just alcohol prohibition debate all over again, and we all know how well that worked.
Zawn-_- t1_ir90knf wrote
What's worse with fentanyl is that now fentanyl can be found in some prescription meds. Awkward when you get fentanyl from the pharmacy.
Edit: when you weren't looking to buy it.
Colbywoods t1_ir9c8eq wrote
Fentanyl can’t be “found in some prescription meds.” It was always a prescription med and like other prescription meds you need a prescription for it. And it’s almost exclusively reserved for the treatment of severe pain in cancer patients in outpatient pharmacy. They’re not slipping you fentanyl patches for the sniffles
EmilyU1F984 t1_ir9csio wrote
What bullshit is this?
Fentanyl was and is a prescription drug? Both IV fentanyl in a hospital setting and patches were around much longer than fentanyl contaminated street drugs.
Like what? Obviously you can get it from a pharmacy. It‘s an extremely important drug to reduce endless suffering in healthcare.
Maybe you are thinking about fake prescription drugs like supposed Oxycodon Tablets not containing any oxycodon but rather fentanyl?
But they are made by the same guys that sell heroin and fentanyl contaminated heroin.
They just press it into pill form to dupe people into thinking they are getting genuine OxyContin tablets or whatever.
If you get fentanyl from a pharmacy, you are likely suffering from terminal cancer, or another extremely painful condition, and on your way out.
Hey you can even get lollipops and nasal sprays with fentanyl, made for breakthrough pain. Because they only last an hour. For when you regular around the clock opioid pain medication isn‘t fully keeping the pain in tolerable ranges.
Also guess what: there‘s drugs much more potent than fentanyl that are legal prescription drugs! Omg how could that be?
KmartQuality t1_ir9m65w wrote
I thought fentanyl was basically the limit of opioid power.
Why would you (you the patient or you the pharma company) want something stronger? Just take more? It's still a teeny tiny bit of actual substance.
EmilyU1F984 t1_ira2qtl wrote
Because those opioids don‘t just work on one linear scale.
The duration, etc also vary.
And just giving more increases he non opioid receptor mediated side effects.
Plus you wanna painkill elephants as well.
WittyUnwittingly t1_ir9iiqm wrote
Can you cite your source? Do you actually mean to say that QC in the supply chain of some legitimate drug is so poor that it's getting laced with Fentanyl?
I'd be interested to see what this is actually about, if it's not just a misunderstanding. Fentanyl can be obtained legally from a pharmacy.
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