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Why? Because a) it's synthetic, so you don't need any actual opium to make it, and b) dealers can smuggle in 100x more doses in the same volume as you could with morphine, heroin, etc. And that's pure morphine vs morphine pills, the latter of which has a TON of filler thus expanding the volume well beyond the 100-1 ratio. More like 1000-1 in terms of the physical volume.
Another thing that's dangerous about fentanyl vs Rx opioids is that it has a high rate of respiratory depression vs the actual euphoria you get from it. It is, to use an old term, the 'rag weed' of the opioid world. Despite these ZOMG 100 TIMES STRONGER THAN MORPHINE!!!11! claims you read in articles, it's actually a shit high, basically, and it has almost no 'legs', you have to keep taking it to maintain your buzz. Kinda like cocaine. And it's not nearly as good of a buzz as things like heroin, oxycodone, or dilaudid. But it depresses your respiratory system ... even more than most other opioids.
Another problem with it is that making individual doses requires lab-grade equipment/measuring devices, because doses are measured not in milligrams, but in micrograms. A milligram scale is dirt cheap and easy to operate. A microgram scale ... is neither of those. This leads to a lot more unpredictability in doses out in the street.
Letting people access Rx-grade opioids of known dosages would cut down MASSIVELY on deaths. Might have 'more addicts' but a lot less of them would be dying (and would be having a better time on them).
And honestly, the illegality of opioids is the LARGE majority of what makes being addicted to them really shitty. Cause they're expensive and the supply runs out at the worst times. You have to hang out with really shitty people (dealers). It's very difficult to work as an addict when your supply is only thru illicit means because there's a TON of waiting around involved (i.e. not being at work). And sometimes you can't get any period, so you really can't go to your job, because you're too dope-sick to function.
The WoD is DIRECTLY driving the fentanyl OD crisis, and you'll never convince me differently.
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