Dan Neuman 🇨🇦 on Nostr: There's no way an economist could avoid making a demand-side argument, of course ...

There's no way an economist could avoid making a demand-side argument, of course 😜, but I think we have to consider the social environment of the addicted. Rich and middle class people rarely have a problem with drugs used recreationally. The poor who use the drugs for escape are most at risk. A Canadian study found that the poorest areas were roughly 4x more at risk than the richest areas, though the rate difference was decreasing over time. https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/reports-publications/health-promotion-chronic-disease-prevention-canada-research-policy-practice/vol-42-no-6-2022/canadian-opioid-crisis-longitudinal-analysis-correlation-socioeconomic-status-population-rates-mortality-hospitalization-emergency-department-visits-2000-2017.html