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The body count is far higher from the number of people jailed or "forced" to become criminals because of the illegality of a relatively side effect free drug.
by MichaelGG 12y ago
The body count is far higher from the number of people jailed or "forced" to become criminals because of the illegality of a relatively side effect free drug.
- PaulHoule 12y agoPeople who mix opiates with alcohol or benzodiazepines face serious risk of death. 9 times out of 10 you find a person like this face down on the floor and you rouse them and they are a bit discombubulated for a few minutes. Sometimes you can't rouse them but they will wake up when the chemicals wear off. Sometimes they don't wake up. And yes, the illegal status of opiates and the criminal network enforced by that is a part of the problem, but the fact is that first responders and ordinary citizens are facing collapses like the one above today.