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From https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/hus/2020-2021/ODMort.pdf , all opioid deaths of children <= 15 years old averages about .1 per 100,000 per year, so the actual number is 0.0001%, or 5 times lower.
Thing is, if you use up to 18yo, it’s 22 overdose or drug poising deaths per week, 1100 year. https://www.thefp.com/p/fentanyl-is-killing-american-kids?op...
That means that poisoning of Americans 18yo and under is about the same or worse than violent or accidental firearm deaths for the same range.
Sure seems like one is manipulated to be a massive deal and the other is being downplayed by cherry picking the 15yo and under group.
Did you read the article? It has nothing to do with children messaging each other about drugs.
The investigation is about people and companies (including Canadian pharmacies and criminals) using Facebook to publish content and Ads for prescription drugs they can't legally sell and counterfeit drugs that are presumably dangerous/illegal - ads and public content. Facebook is being accused of not checking if an advertiser can legally sell those drugs or just allowing blatantly illegal sales pitches
Protecting children, together with fighting terrorism, are the two most often invoked reasons for removing privacy protections in the modern world. They were just being tongue in cheek about this being more encroaching on privacy rights in the name of fighting crime.
"In 2011, Google agreed to forfeit $500 million for allowing online Canadian pharmacies to place ads targeting U.S. consumers, resulting in the unlawful importation of prescription drugs in the U.S. "
Time to blame Facebook. (edit, /s)
Medical workers have somehow positioned themselves to be blameless. Yesterday my wife got a discount because she is a doctor. I laughed because her profession is constantly lobbying the government to restrict the supply and increase their income. Doctors don't need the discount, the customers of doctors do.
Meanwhile I'm aware about another problem, taking place at least in some countries (not sure how this is in the US): due to shortage of doctors, many of them are forced to work way more hours than a human can healthily sustain.
Doctors, let alone nurses income also isn't that great everywhere, at least in some European countries it can be very humble.
Low reward for extreme work contributes to shortage of people willing to go through the extreme challengingness of medical education.
Do the doctors often have to work extended hours, also night and weekend shifts in the USA?
If yes, how comes they don't mind lobbying for supply restriction?
I've recently read people now have to win a lottery to get appointed to a dentist in a town or Krnov in Czechia because the queue is about five thousands people long and there are just two or three dentists. Meanwhile dental care somehow gets much more affordable and available the more you go east so people travel to Poland, Turkey and Russia and say the quality is equal or better. The general principle apparently applies to all sorts of medical professions: the more developed a country is the harder it is to get medical care.
Here's a timeline with 10 such investigations to get you started: https://www.techtransparencyproject.org/articles/xanax-ecsta...
We're not even talking about something sophisticated, it's accounts named "buy xanax" level of complexity. Laughably simple in comparison to the likes of Silk Road that made everyone freak out a decade or so ago. Meta 100% deserves being investigated for this.
Actual, unabated nasty drug sales are preferable to living in a global prison built from surveillance and data handling advancements. I think some crimes are allowed to happen, to justify oppressive countermeasures.