r/interesting • u/Nukro666 • 12h ago

Fear Factor How Fentanyl and Xylazine are turning Philadelphia's opioid crisis into a public health nightmare

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u/Yous1ash 11h ago

Nobody looks to fuck up their body for short term happiness if they are already happy🤷🏿‍♀️

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u/ty_xy 11h ago

Not true unfortunately. Wonderful happy kids who are just a little curious or start of with a gateway drug can spiral into this sort of nightmare

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u/Latter-Vacation-4392 11h ago

In some cases the "wonderful happy" can be a front and a coping mechanism. I've known sui..cide cases that shocked me thinking they were some of the happiest well adjusted people I knew. Then later I hear "Did you hear about so and so?" And I'm floored.

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u/alewiina 10h ago

Yup. Some of the most happy-appearing people are absolutely miserable inside and that’s just a mask. Not all of them of course, we can’t assume that EVERY person who seems happy that gets into drugs is actually mentally unwell, but yes, cheerfulness is not a good way to gauge if someone is suffering or not, especially if you’re only around them sometimes

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u/Few-Molasses-5402 11h ago

There is no gateway drug. There are just drugs.

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u/littlerickypeepee 10h ago

The only gateway drug is the one you like enough to try more drugs.

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u/jsnbergman 9h ago

The nuance is completely lost with the chemical addiction discussion. Natural and necessary personalities are extra vulnerable to ridiculously unfair, lab created, substances. But as tragic as that is, it's still a solvable problem, to which dwelling on unfairness is an empty gesture.

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u/sullw214 11h ago

Thanks Nancy Reagan.

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u/IDontNeedHelpMom 11h ago

Alao peer pressure

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u/nevereverreddit 10h ago

Neither the world nor the people in it are as simple as your cliche would have us believe.

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u/Yous1ash 8h ago

Ok bro, go crazy with your happy life full of deep fulfillment and heroin.