[SeekAndFind]

Addiction and mental illness, often intertwined, are the roots of the homeless crisis in our major cities. And in a country wracked with increased depression rates, thanks in large part to government overreaction to COVID and the resulting economic uncertainties, fentanyl has served as an escape for far too many Americans.

We can at least in part thank China for that, too.

[cuban leaf]

We don’t really do drugs around our house, except for an aspirin a day for blood pressure. That’s really it. We’re 69.

[algore]

In my opinion both are poison.

But given a choice I would probably take the fentanyl

[Antioch]

Thank Fauci et al. Wuhan was just a NIAID cutout and workaround for the gain of function research ban in America.

[BitWielder1]

I really dislike this emotional alarm reporting.
Enough fentanyl to kill X million people = 2X million regular doses.
Or so, depending on tolerance levels.

[heartwood]

China is still enraged and humiliated over the Opium Wars. I don’t know how bad the payback is in Britain compared to the US.

That it serves present purposes is a bonus.

[PghBaldy]

shortages could nevertheless last “into early next year.” -— so that means at least 3 days?