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tripsnoir t1_ispnnol wrote

I'm pointing out that, without a reference to a particular channel/video, referring people to YouTube for information is harmfully spreading misinformation. When I search "kensington philadelphia xylazine" I find some helpful, first-hand videos, but I also find a lot of garbage from local news (or worse) that is just fear-mongering and misinformation.

I can search "fentanyl" on YouTube and I can find many, many videos telling me that it's possible to die from a fentanyl overdose just from having a tiny bit touch your skin, which is not only false, but can lead to real harm by causing people to avoid users who are od'ing because they fear having fentanyl touch them accidentally.

Knowing what substances do to users, and how we can reduce harm to these users, is important. Recommendations to YouTube, without any qualifiers of recommending quality videos/channels, are lazy at best and actively harmful at worst.

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