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  • Public health surveillance
  • Drug policy research

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  • Fentanyl poses a significant threat to public health due to its prevalence in the illicit drug supply.
  • Social media platforms offer a valuable, near real-time data source for monitoring emerging drug trends.
  • Analyzing online discussions can complement traditional mortality data for a comprehensive understanding of drug issues.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To analyze the trends and prevalence of fentanyl-related content on Reddit over time.
  • To identify which drug-specific online communities exhibit the most significant increases in fentanyl discussions.
  • To inform public health messaging and harm reduction strategies regarding fentanyl.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized the Pushshift Reddit dataset to collect fentanyl-related posts from 2013 to 2021.
  • Categorized posts across eight distinct drug subreddit themes: alcohol, cannabis, hallucinogens, multi-drug, opioids, over the counter, sedatives, and stimulants.
  • Employed linear regression to assess the rate of change in post volume and proportion of fentanyl content over the study period.

Main Results:

  • Fentanyl-related content across all analyzed drug subreddits increased by 1292% from 2013 to 2021.
  • Opioid subreddits showed the highest proportion of fentanyl content (30.62 per 1000 posts).
  • Significant increases were also observed in multi-drug (1067%), sedative (3.23 per 1000), and stimulant (1862%) subreddits, with the latter two showing the fastest growth rates.

Conclusions:

  • Fentanyl discussions on Reddit have shown a consistent upward trend, indicating growing user engagement with the topic.
  • The rapid increase in fentanyl content within multi-substance and stimulant communities highlights the expanding reach of fentanyl beyond traditional opioid users.
  • Public health initiatives and harm reduction strategies must broaden their scope to include individuals engaging with various substances, not solely opioids.