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0 pointsnetizen-9368244y ago0 comments

You're right, but simply because most of the population does not have PhDs.

If people had a fully tested and clean source of heroin (free from fentanyl) there would be less overdose deaths.

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2% of people in the US have PhDs. I would be surprised if 2% of people who die of ODs have PhDs. Harm falls disproportionately on those unlike the OP.

DarylZero4y ago

It's important to understand -- the ODs are caused by adulterated supply.

Perhaps PhDs are on average better socially-connected so that they have better supply chains. But it isn't directly because of personal characteristics.

PraetorianGourd4y ago

Not entirely. Yes today most overdoses involve fentanyl but that’s a recent development. People were overdosing on pure heroin as well.

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