This is pretty tame when you look at current deaths. I know my region in Nothern Ontario averages a fatal overdose every 3 days, then you have places like Vancouver where it's much worse. The entire province of BC as of 2017 was over 20 deaths per 100k population.

https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/publications/healthy-living/national-report-apparent-opioid-related-deaths-released-march-2018.html

This is what you said "I think you're wrong.

Last time I checked, the cost of living has gone up quite a bit, compared to minimum wage."

This is factual inaccurate and has nothing to do with the cost of education.

"College is much less affordable now than it has been in the past."

this is also factual inaccurate and the % of people going to college proves this. In the US the number of kids who go to college has doubled since the 70's. You could say, the dumb fucks that go to a out of state school and get a degree in something that doesn't pay well and load themselves up with a ton of debt don't get their monies worth but school is certainly affordable if you do it wisely and the numbers prove it. Tuition is up but the cost of living is down and there are more opportunities then ever to get an education subsidized but I really think we need to go back to the "good old days" strip the schools bare, get rid of Pell grants and all lending and make people pay cash up front. Jam the "good old days" down the throats of everyone that thinks it was so awesome.

> other costs where higher in the past though, housing , food, communication, transportation everything else was more expensive.

You implied things were less affordable in the past, but when compared to typical wages in the past, that isn't true.

Spending power is the combination of consumer prices and consumer income; it reflects what people can afford instead of simply looking at how much they earn or how much things cost.

College is much less affordable now than it has been in the past.

Yeah. I only know because I was analyzing CDC mortality data the other day and it jumped out at me.

But „voting the lesser evil“ does happen in germany too.

Crack users are actually significantly more likely die to homicide or AIDS than overdose. Meth, on the other hand, has a large amount of overdose deaths.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17063219/ https://www.webmd.com/mental-health/addiction/news/20210923/us-meth-overdose-deaths-tripled-in-recent-years

What is the age adjusted rate referring to?

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it is a fact prices are less and we can look things like gasoline, although adjusted for inflation gas prices have stayed about the same cars are getting 50% more miles per gallon so fuel as a % of income is less. Almost all consumer goods are cheaper today then they were in the past (maybe) all, can you find something that is more expensive today? Also tuition has been rising at 6% per year on average since the 1960's, this isn't anything new, sorry you aren't that special.

did i ever claim it did? you're so angry that you make shit up in your head. How are you any different then the MAGA morons about masks?

>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!

That's the point: you "expect" the benefits of our civilized society without understanding or supporting what makes those benefits possible.

And old farts have been saying colleges are "state of the art technology infused booze cruise clubs" since the 1960s. It wasn't true then, and it is still just an egocentric lie.

Hang the Sackler Family Portraits right next to Charles Manson and Ted Bundy

You can whattabout all day long. The big picture is that, overall, wages vs purchasing power hasn't increased.

https://www.epi.org/publication/charting-wage-stagnation/

Sorry, I hastily pasted the wrong link. This one goes into some more depth:

https://www.epi.org/publication/charting-wage-stagnation/

Combine the above info, which shows that "housing , food, communication, transportation everything else" actually wasn't more less expensive with the following info (which is seven years old, but the trend hasn't changed), and you'll see that college tuition increases are far from offset by a lower cost of living:

https://archive.attn.com/stories/19/paying-college-1978-vs-paying-college-2014

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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…

and yet food is still 50% cheaper, what is your point?

The Brexit Party decided not to contest Conservative seats because of FPTP, they were polling 10%-15% before that tactical decision and so the political situation would be very different with the German electoral system.

this year, you're using one odd ball year 6 months, why?