Abstract:Study Objectives: To characterize postings made on the reddit.com forum titled "opiates." In particular, we tested the hypothesis that the proportion of online posts glorifying opiate use is greater than the proportion advocating harm reduction. We further characterized posts across a variety of categories.Methods: This is an analysis of posting to the reddit.com forum "Opiates" (reddit.com/ r/opiates). On May 1, 2018, an extraction of the most recent 500 posts made to this forum was performed. Duplicate posts… Show more
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