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What should America do about opiods?

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09-23-2017, 11:54 AM

There are other considerations here, but for now just look at the death toll.

On the one hand some people who take opioids die of overdoses.
On the other hand, some people die because of the wars between rival drug gangs.

From my quick Google search the OD deaths are about double the gang-related murders, but a large percentage of ODs are because of doctoring with fentanyl. If drug sales were legal those deaths would likely disappear, along with the gang-related murders. Some people would still OD. I think the overall death rate would decline sharply if one could buy Heroin in a drugstore, but I'd guess about a 50% increase in use.



                                                                          

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RE: What should America do about opiods? - by MalabarJag - 09-23-2017, 11:54 AM



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