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Decline in teen drug use continues, surprising experts

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349 points pseudolus | 1 comments | 17 Dec 24 23:44 UTC | HN request time: 0.471s | source
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jaco6 ◴[20 Dec 24 20:01 UTC] No.42474438[source]▶
Two things:

Even the “cool kids” are staying inside and using their phones all day. Cool used to mean you were at the party, now it just means you have a high snapchat score.

Other thing is genuine fear of accidental fentanyl consumption. They’re making fake Xans with fentanyl in them, fentanyl is being found in coke powder. Plenty of people aren’t taking the risk with street drugs anymore. Jelly Roll said so in an interview, he’s a big recreational drug user but doesn’t trust the supply anymore. Good job dealers!

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cyberpunk ◴[21 Dec 24 07:19 UTC] No.42478034[source]▶
Why would anyone put fent in cocaine? It’s more expensive and has the opposite effect.

Drug selling is all about repeat customers I don’t really believe this happens apart from accidents.

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1. t-3 ◴[21 Dec 24 19:52 UTC] No.42481806[source]▶
> It’s more expensive and has the opposite effect.

Nonsense, fentanyl is waaay cheaper than coke or heroin or any other street drug, like nearly an order of magnitude more per dollar when buying dealer-level quantities. The depressant/stimulant effect stuff is somewhat true, but different people are effected differently by different drugs, most people aren't drug connoisseurs, and a large part of the high is psychosomatic, so experienced and knowledgeable people might have some idea of the purity but it won't really stop others from buying.