Something like 10% of users will be addicted to any given drug (less for psychedelics which can actually free people of addiction by helping release the underly

Something like 10% of users will be addicted to any given drug (less for psychedelics which can actually free people of addiction by helping release the underlying trauma). The majority of drug users of any substance are not addicts. Overdose is most common from adulterants and from not knowing the dosage one is taking due to lack of purity information. If your goal is to stop ODs, allowing cheap access to taxed pharma grade Drugs is your first step. The next step is using the taxes to make access to trauma healing / education free. Trauma is the root cause of addiction, so healing frees one of the need for the addictive behavior. Somatic based therapies, psychedelic therapy, and an environment that supports healthy living. I work with people regularly who are able to gently walk away from addictions because they’ve healed the underlying trauma. The benefit of this is that we will also rid ourselves of the problems we face from other addictive behaviors like sex addiction, status / money addiction, religious righteousness, etc. (See the book The Perfect Pandemic for a detailed breakdown of the various dopamine triggers we humans use).