Thing is, good heroin/morphine is almost free of side effects. Paracetamol, for example, is a lot more dangerous than heroin. Also, Joplin took heroin AND mass

Thing is, good heroin/morphine is almost free of side effects. Paracetamol, for example, is a lot more dangerous than heroin. Also, Joplin took heroin AND massive quantities of alcohol on the day of her death. It will be close to saying that when someone dies in a car crash while DUI, driving is the real and unique problem here. But the drug-war irrationality is better exposed by taking a look at weed and MDMA. Two quite safe substances (certainly more safe than alcohol), with clear medical applications, and forbidden just because some ignorant decided to put them in Schedule I. MDMA at the time of its prohibition was being used in psychotherapy with success in tens of thousands of patients [1]. Today, no medical use is recognized, and being in Schedule I (making it un-researchable), none will be. I wouldn't be too surprised that some country discover that it could be used as a treatment for depression or PTSD. [1] https://www.amazon.com/dp/0791418189 https://www.amazon.com/dp/0791418189