What next, a sulpher shortage? The pandemic: Which one? I asked if opioid addiction was increasing or decreasing. The number of drug overdose deaths increased by nearly 5% from 2018 to 2019 and has quadrupled since 2019. Over 70% of the 70,630 deaths in 2019 involved an opioid. Prescription opioids in America use 75% of the world's supply but the US has only 5% of the global population. Purdue has been sued and they had to pay a fine so the slack has been taken up by Chinese Fentanyl. Today there was a report of rainbow-colored Fentanyl and gummy bears containing Fentanyl on MSNBC. I have not found any recent information on opioid addiction in China. The addiction phenom seems to be a secret affair in the US but not on Craigslist. I suppose too much money is made in addicting and addiction help centers in the coming and going of opiate problems. The death toll from Covid is about tied with opioid deaths in the US. At this point, I suppose I should add it to the new normal list that is growing longer each day. I do wonder what the percentage of users is in various occupations. My guess is that professional wrestlers still top the list.
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