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Originally Posted by TrentCrimmIndependent
Probably covered in this thread already but im curious to know what factors went in to such an abrupt uptick
How are more people getting introduced to these hard drugs as opposed to before. Is it the availability of marijuana with its legalization is causing people to look at experimenting with harder drugs as pot (and its effects) are normalized?
Evidently much of this coincided with covid. Inflation and costs of living have probably put more into poverty where they are susceptible to ending up in these situations, but I think that's more of a gradual effect. What we're seeing appears rather accelerated.
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Costs of living and easier access to drugs are definitely factors. We've seen an abrupt increase in the cost of living post COVID, but that pressure has been building for quite a while.
If you're someone on the edge, with little support, it's pretty easy to just give in. If you're trying to get by on a minimal salary and/or you have other factors working against you (ex mental health, history of abuse, lack of support from family, etc), staying afloat is just harder these days. Everyone's been knocked down a few notches on the socio-economic ladder. If you didn't have the luck to be born high in the first place, it doesn't take much to fall off. Plus society is really making it difficult for anyone to achieve any kind of social mobility.
I don't see this getting any better soon.