Posted on 02/15/2010 2:12:42 PM PST by Michael van der Galien
My brother-in-law is a heroin addict. He’s dying. What more do you want?
NO DRUG is not dangerous. People have died from liver failure caused by Naproxen. AKA Aleve. An over the counter NSAID. At least the damage from Naproxen is rarely permanent.
Tylenol can cause permanent liver damage. Death.
The anti-opiate nanny-state madness is deadly too. How is that? IMO, more folks die from the Tylenol that the nanny-statists have forced to be put in the most common formulations of Hydrocodone and Oxycodone. Why do they put it there? As best as I can tell to kill addicts. Nice, eh?
Heroin is illegal, it is the illegality that is likely to have placed your brother in more danger. Society does not learn how to handle addictions to drugs that are made illegal. If you wanted to really help others who in the future would be trapped in your BIL’s tragic state, you’d be pro-legalization, in my considered trust-the-people-more-than the-nanny-state opinion
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