TL;DR 5 Sentence Summary - How Reddit Helped Opioid Addicts
Reddit is a modern-day canary in the coal mine for the people of Appalachia - a region of the United States being disproportionately affected by the opioid epidemic.
Since the presidential election, a Reddit forum called r/opiates has transformed into a lifesaving map for addicts navigating a minefield frequently filled with fentanyl, a synthetic opioid nearly 100 times more potent than morphine.
While the overdose warnings on Reddit may be a new trend, addicts have been no strangers to information sharing, said Dr Michael Brumage, executive director of the Kanawha-Charleston Health Department in West Virginia.
These fentanyl warnings are reaching more opioid users on Reddit than ever before.
For many of these addicts, r/opiates has become a life preserver in a worsening storm.
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