First of all, even the 2010 statistics are atrocious, let alone the 2021 ones. 100,000 people in the United States died of overdoses in 2021. This quote is from a BBC article on a recent death of a little boy in a daycare that was also a location for fentanyl dealing.
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In 2010, less than 40,000 people died from a drug overdose across the country, and less than 10% of those deaths were tied to fentanyl.
By 2021, over 100,000 people died in drug overdoses, with an estimated 66% of those tied to fentanyl.
I was given fentanyl once during a carpal tunnel surgery when I became extremely anxious, and claustrophobic from the tourniquet they had on my forearm. It is a very euphoric feeling. In my case, I also suffer eventually from a lot of nausea and vomiting from any opioid. But I was high as a kite when they were giving me my discharge instructions.
I am normally pretty libertarian in my outlook but, this Fentanyl crisis needs the strong arm of the law. It seems even worse than Meth, which is saying a lot.
