If you’ve never used heroin before, here’s how you can relate to the changing drug landscape. Remember when McDonald’s fries changed its recipe? Or Coke? These delicious snacks which once brought instant bliss, are now but a wisp of their former glory, leaving snackers bitter and unsatisfied. This is exactly what’s going on with fentanyl (only, um, deadlier). And as heroin disappears from street corners across America, users have no choice but to gather in misty-eyed circles to reminisce about the good old days of the heroin renaissance.
No one knows exactly why heroin supplies are drying up across America. It’s all part of a shifting landscape fueled by pandemic-era travel restrictions, shipping delays, and a busted economy. But it’s also due in large part to the rise of cheap synthetic opioids created by pharmaceutical companies and easily replicated in clandestine labs. The easy manufacture of fentanyl has made it the perfect candidate to supplant heroin as the opioid of choice for North American dealers. But the ease of production also comes with a catch.
Death.
But surprisingly, it’s not the death factor that’s irking many old-school users. It’s the fact that fentanyl doesn’t have the flavor, feelings of euphoria, or hangtime of heroin. It’s a cheap knockoff that makes being a junkie even more of a drag than it already was.
Unfortunately, it’s just a really bad time to be a heroin user in America. Heroin is an endangered species. And the government isn’t likely to embrace the black tar renaissance anytime soon by legalizing and distributing it nationwide. Sorry heroin-lovers, we feel your pain. We used to love murdering an entire canister of Pringles in the before-time when Pringles were good. Now we can’t even look at a hyperbolic paraboloid potato chip without gagging. What can you do?
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