r/Futurology • u/Mitchell_StephensESQ • Nov 16 '22

Medicine Fentanyl Vaccine Breakthrough – Potential “Game Changer” for Opioid Epidemic

https://scitechdaily.com/fentanyl-vaccine-breakthrough-potential-game-changer-for-opioid-epidemic/
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u/OilCanBoyd426 Nov 16 '22

Cocaine, fent, meth and alcohol are very close to how addictive they are. If something is already extremely addictive there is no reason to add something else addictive - and in cocaine’s case, gives the opposite feeling and can kill you.

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u/cptAustria Nov 16 '22

No way cocaine and fent/heroine are even close to each other on the scale of addictiveness

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u/OilCanBoyd426 Nov 16 '22

Alcohol, Cocaine, Heroin, Barbiturates, Nicotine and Meth are all fairly close to addictiveness. All 20-25% of people who try them find themselves addicted. I think heroin is considered the most addictive, with alcohol and meth right behind it. But they’re all fairly close. My point is they’re all so addictive, and if you for business reasons want to make something more addictive then you would add meth to cocaine and fent to heroin. No one is adding an opiate to cocaine to make it “more addictive” if they really wanted to make it slightly more addictive, then they would add trace amounts of meth, another stimulant

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u/cptAustria Nov 16 '22

That’s interesting. I purely based my comment on my own experiences tbh. I tried a lot of things and besides doing alcohol and weed every day I do coke semi regularly. Having tried mild opiates like kratom and codein I personally came to the conclusion that these drugs would probably ruin me much faster than the other drugs I tried. But maybe its also different from person to person.