Would drug legalization increase the frequency of overdoses?

Empirically, the decrminilization of drugs in countries has led to a decrease in drug abuse.

Probably

I would imagine that it would for a short time but it would quickly level off I think and then decrease from there.

Don't know the answer but it doesn't matter. The legalization of heroine will never happen. I think the number of deaths from overdose is actually higher in non-elicit prescription drugs and they are already legal. Not sure how the overdoses break out as to whether the prescription drugs are obtained legally or illegally though.

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Empirically, the decriminalization of drugs in countries has led to a decrease in drug abuse.

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Do you have a good source for that, a definitive study? I'd like to read it.

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Empirically, the decrminilization of drugs in countries has led to a decrease in drug abuse.

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Empirically, you're wrong.

If they just kill themselves, I'm all for it. Unfortunately, they don't just kill themselves. And that fact makes it a societal problem.

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If people want to kill themselves with drugs, let them! it is their right to kill themselves!

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This. But we must NOT have govt. sponsored programs for rehab. They need to actually die in the gutters to send a lesson to the children.

Harsh? Perhaps.

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If they just kill themselves, I'm all for it. Unfortunately, they don't just kill themselves. And that fact makes it a societal problem.

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Bull shite!!!! you are just looking for excuses for the state to project its force.
Let people kill themselves if they wish, the state should just be a tiny entity in an ideal world.

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So what if they kill themselves by way of a head on collision? Someone else has be coming the other direction for a head on collision to occu

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You know what you are saying is just an excuse to get big goverment involved, most druggies would likely die in their home from an overdose.