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We always hear about opioid and drug crisis today, but is it really worse than in the past? Correct me if I'm wrong, but back in say, the 80s and 90s weren't people still taking a crap ton of drugs and overdosing and dying left and right due to it like today?
Yes, they were. Cocaine was so widely accepted it was almost legal, and Ecstasy WAS legal until (I think) 1989. People were taking prescription drugs like Valium and Xanax like they were vitamins, and it was almost expected that every Suburban Wife (tm) took "a little something" to help sleep. Drug (and alcohol) use/abuse was a "family secret", not brought up in polite company.
So yes, I think we have wider awareness now, less tolerance for drug dependency, and a greater understanding of the dangers.
We always hear about opioid and drug crisis today, but is it really worse than in the past? Correct me if I'm wrong, but back in say, the 80s and 90s weren't people still taking a crap ton of drugs and overdosing and dying left and right due to it like today?
Yeah, they were. And no one was downplaying by blaming it on enhanced awareness.
So why do so now? Because it’s opioids and not crack cocaine?
We always hear about opioid and drug crisis today, but is it really worse than in the past? Correct me if I'm wrong, but back in say, the 80s and 90s weren't people still taking a crap ton of drugs and overdosing and dying left and right due to it like today?
Overdose deaths are 4 times what they were in the late '90s.
Overdose deaths are mostly attributed to counterfeit Fentanyl and/ or other synthetic opioids.
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