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>but even more damaging with life long effects on that person.

I suspect heroin has led to considerably more felony convictions and fatal overdoses than any social media platform.

> I suspect heroin has led

Well, what else are you gonna do when all your "friends" are more beautiful than you, than shoot up and forget about life for a while?

heroin would definitely lead social media in the "fatal overdoses" department...unless you categorize suicide as "fatal overdose".

About twice as many people die from drug overdoses as from suicide in the US. Not all of those ODs are heroin, but surely not all suicides are caused by social media.

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