re: Why is fentanyl the drug of choice for drug dealing now?

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This is what I don’t understand about this type of drug use. Do users want to be numb? Why? I’ve never heard any of them give an explanation for why they do it.

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Whenever I was in excruciating pain from my Rheumatoid Arthritis/Ankylosing Spondylitis, my rheumatologist prescribed me about 20-40mg of methadone a day to get by. Everybody is different, for me, it numbed my pain away and I was able to be 25% functional but gave me bad side effects. I stopped cold turkey whenever I had suicidal thoughts and was very close to killing myself. Now, I stick with medical marijuana to help relieve the pain. I do feel sad for people that are addicted to opiods, however, I feel no sympathy for somebody that OD'd on fentanyl because it's up to the drug user to put it in their bodies.