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Originally Posted by bomberjet
Meth has been around for a long time. Back in high school (15-20 years ago), people were allover that stuff. Out all night doing stupid things mid-week. I think it's more awareness these days than anything. Seens some pretty crazy people at parties back then.
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There has been a huge increase in the consumption of meth all over Western Canada in the past 10 years. Having said that, meth does not necessarily make people violent. In fact, alcohol is the worst offender, by far, when it comes to making people violent and anti-social, and it is used exponentially greater than meth, so it cannot be explained away by any kind of meth epidemic.
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Fentanyl on the other hand is much more dangerous. Haven't heard much about it locally since blowing up in the news a couple years ago.
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Fentanyl is a serious problem in Alberta and BC. The number of deaths associated with fentanyl was roughly 1,000 in Alberta last year, and over 1,000 in BC. Cities like Kelowna, Grande Prairie, and Red Deer have seen crisis levels of overdoses. So far, it is not nearly as bad in Manitoba, but it could catch up (per-capita) within a couple of years.
As this chart (and others from different sources indicate), methamphetamine is relatively harmless as opposed to alcohol. Attacks by meth users on strangers are very rare. Most incidents of violence concerning meth, are between users, or their significant others (who are often more than not, users)