Fig. 1: Growth of opioid discussions amongst all users on Reddit.
From: Monitoring the opioid epidemic via social media discussions
a The discussion about opioids on Reddit over time for the top 10 most discussed opioids. Fentanyl has become the most frequently mentioned non-heroin opioid in recent months. b Comment counts for opioids categorized by mu-opioid receptor activity. Mentions of full agonist opioids, those with the highest pain relief and non-medical use potential, have been on the rise since 2010 at a rate similar to heroin mentions and fully surpassing heroin mentions by mid-2017. This change in rates is not identifiable from analyzing the individual opioids.
