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		ponector on Jan 16, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Victorian Glass Fire Grenades (2020) Drug use is not a modern thing. Drug overdose is. It is much harder to overdose while smoking opium than swallowing pills or receiving a fentanyl injection.

lostlogin on Jan 16, 2024 [–]

And drinking oneself to death has been a constant.

Edit: it isn’t constant, but has held surprisingly steady. https://ourworldindata.org/alcohol-consumption

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