out of curiosity, and only slightly related…how many people here think that simply touching fentanyl can kill you?
Using two, single item donut charts to compare change over time is definitely a choice.
I wonder how much, if any, of the rise in meth and cocaine deaths are actually from a combination of those drugs and contaminated fentanyl.Â
This is what Tufte would call chartjunk – and there’s only a few numbers here. Massively overwrought.
Where is alcohol on this chart?
Not OPs fault but this is one of the worst infographics I’ve ever seen. Organized in a completely horrible way.
Interesting how heroin was the only category where the death count was higher in 2012. Good quality H is a thing of the past; the market anymore is just flooded synthetic opioids cooked up by the cartels. More proof that harm reduction and drug testing access needs to be increased because addicted people who are going to find their drugs regardless are shooting god knows what into their bodies and it’s having a much more devastating health impact than just good old fashioned dope. It’s terrifying and my heart goes out to anyone caught up in addiction.
Interesting to note that there was basically zero change in OD deaths by heroin from 2012-2024.
Meaning heroin users generally know their limits — presumably long term users more than others.
Imagine if the US decriminalized heroin and the natural opioids, regulated it and provided safe supply and consumption (bars for example). Fentanyl and benzo demand virtually disappears. As does the profits of the pushers.
Heroin deaths went down. We did it!
Didn’t know you can overdose on antidepressants.
OK, not at all surprised by synthesized opiates, i.e. fentanyl but pretty surprised by the fivefold increase in deaths from cocaine overdoses. that’s not part of the National narrative We’ve heard over the last 10 years. What’s going on that cocaine deaths have increased fivefold in 10 years.? Is this actually cocaine that’s laced with fentanyl?
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Oh god do I hate infographics…
out of curiosity, and only slightly related…how many people here think that simply touching fentanyl can kill you?
Using two, single item donut charts to compare change over time is definitely a choice.
I wonder how much, if any, of the rise in meth and cocaine deaths are actually from a combination of those drugs and contaminated fentanyl.Â
This is what Tufte would call chartjunk – and there’s only a few numbers here. Massively overwrought.
Where is alcohol on this chart?
Not OPs fault but this is one of the worst infographics I’ve ever seen. Organized in a completely horrible way.
Interesting how heroin was the only category where the death count was higher in 2012. Good quality H is a thing of the past; the market anymore is just flooded synthetic opioids cooked up by the cartels. More proof that harm reduction and drug testing access needs to be increased because addicted people who are going to find their drugs regardless are shooting god knows what into their bodies and it’s having a much more devastating health impact than just good old fashioned dope. It’s terrifying and my heart goes out to anyone caught up in addiction.
Interesting to note that there was basically zero change in OD deaths by heroin from 2012-2024.
Meaning heroin users generally know their limits — presumably long term users more than others.
Imagine if the US decriminalized heroin and the natural opioids, regulated it and provided safe supply and consumption (bars for example). Fentanyl and benzo demand virtually disappears. As does the profits of the pushers.
Heroin deaths went down. We did it!
Didn’t know you can overdose on antidepressants.
OK, not at all surprised by synthesized opiates, i.e. fentanyl but pretty surprised by the fivefold increase in deaths from cocaine overdoses. that’s not part of the National narrative We’ve heard over the last 10 years. What’s going on that cocaine deaths have increased fivefold in 10 years.? Is this actually cocaine that’s laced with fentanyl?
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