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Comment by mexicocitinluez

2 days ago

> would argue that fent became an issue only after the oxycontin et al.

No, the pain pill debacle of the early aughts actually led to heroin usage.

What caused the rise of fentanyl was the US getting out of Iraq and Afghanistan and the Taliban (or whoever took over) burning the poppy fields.

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