RE: Do you believe vaping is healthier than smoking? (Tobacco)
July 6, 2019 at 12:13 am
(This post was last modified: July 6, 2019 at 12:15 am by EgoDeath.)
(July 5, 2019 at 12:14 am)arewethereyet Wrote:(July 4, 2019 at 11:43 am)EgoDeath Wrote: Well, actually it is. Just as using heroin would be far safer than using fentanyl. That you don't see either as "safe" doesn't mean one isn't far safer than the other. Also, I think vaping IS far healthier than smoking, so I don't think the dirty heroin syringe analogy works quite so well.
You can't be sure what you are getting with heroin bought on the street. You could be getting stuff that's pretty pure or stuff that's been stomped on so often it's barely even heroin anymore.
Pharmaceutical fentanyl at least has dosages...there's not guesswork in what is there.
Not to say fentanyl won't kick your ass...that's some fast-acting kick your ass stuff but you can be pretty sure that the real stuff isn't cut with some garbage.
So, that argument is false.
Except that the vast majority of fentanyl users are getting their fix on the street, so it's just as much of a toss up as with heroin. Difference is most people who are overdosing aren't dying from heroin; they're dying from fentanyl.
What does this have to do with vaping again?
edit: Not to mention, fentanyl dosages are measured in micrograms. Give someone access to legal heroin and they'd be much safer even than using legal fentanyl, especially considering the tolerance that fentanyl builds in users, causing them to overestimate or underestimate their dosages regularly. This is even more dangerous when they're using illegally obtained fentanyl. "Measuring" isn't really measuring when you're pouring matchead amounts of what you think is fentanyl into your spoon before you cook it (assuming you still partake in the completely pointless ritual of heating up powdered dope).
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