might be interesting to look at how many people die from medical malpractice vs gun violence in most countries too

People take drugs because......they make them feel better (at least in the short term). that's the long and the short of it. Sooner or later with the harder drugs, the body typically adapts and higher and higher doses are needed just to feel normal, much less 'better' and the side effects acumulate and become devastating (both the medical side effects, then the others - like no longer being able to work productively, then the descent into crime/homelessness etc)
not that any of that is exactly an illuminati level secret, it's f_cking obvious.
Has krokodil found its way to Ukraine yet btw? There's a great drug, Russians seemed to love it!
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