Are the fentanyl/meth epidemics worse than the crack epidemic of the 90s? From a Canadian perspective, I most certainly think so. Crack was never as widespread on the streets of Canadian big cities as it was in the United States. For complex reasons, Crack disproportionately affected the Black community in the United States (rather like how alcoholism is rampant on native reserves in Canada), whereas fentanyl/meth seems to afflict the White community the most.
Given that successive governments have little appetite to plough buckets of money into addiction treatment and mental health treatment, what are the options? Something has to be done.
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The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts. (Bertrand Russell)
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