If victims of Fentanyl die much younger than victims of heart disease, the total # of lost years of life can be of the same order. I remember reading that elim

If victims of Fentanyl die much younger than victims of heart disease, the total # of lost years of life can be of the same order. I remember reading that elimination of heart disease would increase life expectancy by some 5,5 years. Not nothing, but it indicates that most people die of heart disease at a relatively old age, when something else would kill them quite soon. OTOH if a Fentanyl victim loses 40 or 50 years of potential life, that is a major loss for society as a whole. Kids may not be born etc.