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[deleted] t1_j4ukneo wrote

The heroin line spikes right around the time I was in high school and that shit was everywhere. A lot of kids from my class have overdosed since then. Crazy how that shit gets into schools.

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StuartGotz t1_j4w08xu wrote

It's odd. I was in Hs in the later 1980s. Heroin was unheard of. It was weed and alcohol. In the same school decades later, opioids became a problem.

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speedledee t1_j4ww67q wrote

I went to school 2006 to 2010 and prescription opioids were huge. Shortly after that is when people started taking heroin as they sort of made it gradually harder to get the prescription stuff. Then obviously these last years it's all turned to fent. I'm actually surprised heroin and "common opiates" (whatever than means) haven't dropped more with the recent fentanyl scourge. I have met like 4 people in the last 2 months that died and were brought back to life from naloxone and continued using the shit. One snorted a whole 50 bag he thought was cocaine and ended up ODing in a parking lot. That guy is definitely not a fan, the rest were IV junkies.

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turtle4499 t1_j5164an wrote

>Hs in the later 1980s. Heroin was unheard of.

Heroin has been a popular drug in the US since the 1800s. The heroin overdose spike in the 2010 is from synthetic opioids. Synthetic opioids like fent weren't being pulled into there own column until 2014 and I don't believe it was in full until later.

The CDC isn't classifying data in a way people are using it. The groups are non exclusive. If you OD while on heroin, fent and vicodin you land in all 3 groups.

https://www.cdc.gov/opioids/data/analysis-resources.html

>Given the surge in availability of IMF starting in 2013, the CDC Injury Center began analyzing synthetic opioids (other than methadone) separately from other prescription opioids for 2014 mortality data. This analysis provides a more detailed understanding of the increase in different categories of opioid deaths.

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StuartGotz t1_j52c7rd wrote

Use of heroin in my high school was unheard of. We knew what it was.

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WeAreAllinIt2WinIt t1_j4whqzg wrote

Purdue reformulated oxy in 2010. It was supposed to make it harder to abuse. The rise seems to start right then.

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golear t1_j4x397g wrote

It did make it harder to abuse oxy…which is why many people switched to heroin.

If you haven’t already, do yourself a favor and read “Empire of Pain”. It’s the best book I’ve read in many years. Does make your blood boil though…

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WeAreAllinIt2WinIt t1_j4xcqbx wrote

>do yourself a favor and read “Empire of Pain”

I have watched several docs and read a few short articles on it but not this book. I will check it out thank you very much!

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FailOsprey t1_j4xommr wrote

"Empire of Pain" was well-written, with more twists and turns than the average piece of fiction. It was much more thorough than the various series and documentaries.

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[deleted] t1_j4wzx14 wrote

That’s very interesting. And also very sad.

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