In the ER, we see a lot of meth-induced-psychosis, but it has really gotten bad. Meth is cheap, and it is everywhere. Opioids are a problem and fentanyl added to that problem with more overdoses, but meth often goes overlooked because it doesn't cause as many deaths in some places and people don't think it causes as many deaths, and yet, it does, and it is destroying people's minds and leading to a rise in homelessness and taxing our social systems. Here is why meth has changed and why it is causing psychosis so quickly and aggressively and how we really don't have a solution or chance in hell about stopping it from the supply side:
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine...w-meth/620174/
Again, the war against drugs is ineffective. In some ways, the laws we create to make drugs illegal and to combat drug trafficking only adds to the problem; the article highlights that when it discusses the shift to P2P. We need to work more on demand with education, de-stigmatizing users, programs to reduce poverty and homelessness, so people don't turn to drugs, etc. It won't be easy, but we need to address this issue or the mental health and homelessness will continue to get out of control.
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-...-to-stop-using