Contrary to drug warriors’ assertion that heroin users are looking for increasingly potent opiates to give them a more intense high, research has emerged that has found that opioid users are risk-averse when dealing with the more dangerous, fentanyl-laced, black market heroin, and would prefer safer forms if available.
Heroin addicts want to get high without the possibility of dying in the process. They prefer a safer high to a more dangerous one, but the effects of a heroin crackdown have lead to the widespread use of fentanyl, an additive addicts would avoid if possible, and users have no choice but to risk purchasing a bad batch.
The solution would be to legalize heroin in some form, where users know with certainty the potency of the drug, as well as having access to a safe place to get high.
