The whole so called Opiate Epidemic is BS. It is not Tylenol 3 or Vicodin or even Opium that is killing people. It is Fentanyl and the different analogues of Fentanyl. It is one totally synthetic opioid causing the issue. Too much Fentanyl is being used to bulk up low quality heroin. Yes one does get very high but then one dies within seconds.
It is NOT all opiates killing people. Just 1.
@MallyDaKatt The epidemic is not about what's killing those addicted. It's epidemic bacause people are getting addicted to opioids, specifically pain pills. Then when they cannot get high enough or their doctors finally cut them off, they resort to getting drugs on the street. Plenty of them do overdose &/or die from pain pills. Yes, fentanyl is a huge problem as lots of other drugs are laced with it; including marijuana and pills found on the street. It's nearly destroyed my family.