A major West Coast city is in a state of emergency over fentanyl. Figuring out how to fight the ‘demons' is its own challenge. (CNN) : Portland

https://katu.com/news/local/cdc-data-shows-oregon-ranks-highest-in-fentanyl-overdose-increases-nationwide

lol, look at that denominator. You can make any increase look scary. I too can also link to stuff that supports my view!

https://drugabusestatistics.org/drug-overdose-deaths/#:~:text=Maryland%20sees%20the%20greatest%20overdose,out%20of%20every%20100%2C000%20residents).

I love this extremely good point about misleading statistics that is getting downmarseyd, just proving how much people buy into statistical propaganda

I had the same reaction. People like to upmarsey the base rate fallacy.

Fox News is having a field day about this too & its making my cynical side pretty certain that national GOP lobby has very much infiltrated this situation

I love Redditors, to disprove the 2024 data about the increase of overdoses in Oregon after M110 was enacted in 2021, this fricking r-slur posts a site with data that doesn't look at any years past 2021. Then other r-slurs come in clapping like seals acting like they're amazingly smart and just owned this idiot right wing chud.