part of the problem here is that people think knowing something comes down to 5 mins on google an hearsay from my friends brothers uncle...
( an unbiased source, lol )
DrugFacts: Nationwide Trends | National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
if we look a little deeper
https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/look-it-way/200903/the-addictive-personality
The Addictive Personality and the Non-Randomness of Addiction
the other part of the problem is the continued lack of understanding of the subject.
why would one want to use crack?
why would one want to inject an opiate?
if we look at drug use and the goal, neither of those two would be a beginner level drug. if we are really being honest iv drug use is like the last stop, not what you jump into and certainly not if you have other options and someone teaching and explaining it to you.
drug education must include a basic understanding of chemistry and how our own chemistry effects us. this is key to using drugs effectively, just like aas!
what will reduce the problem is if some kid who has been misinformed about these things there entire life can go to someone that has used them and say hey, wtf is this all about?
then that person being able to give real answers without fear of legal issues.
not many people the try coke, make the jump to smoking it, even les would if dealt with properly.
the number of people that have used opiates compared to the number that jump to iv use is equally small.
really you should not be doing medical procedures while in an altered state of mind if we are talking about safe use so for the most part that eliminates iv use.
actually if we think about it there is a fair amount of information on IV coke use from the turn of the century from people like Sigmund freud, iv would be a step even further then smoking though smoking would have more health issues, but either way these are accounts from educated doctors. not too many accounts of issues either...