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Mariana

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9. I imagine alcohol deaths would be much higher

Reply to loyalsister (Reply #8)

Mon Dec 28, 2015, 07:54 PM

Dec 2015

if there was no way to know how potent any particular drink is. We'd have more drunk driving, more alcohol related falls and other accidents, and more deaths from outright alcohol poisoning. You can't end it completely. There will always be some who go overboard and kill themselves, no matter how many warnings are put on the label. Lots of people die from taking too much Tylenol, too.

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Drugs my brother had in him at the end..... [View all] Garion_55 Dec 2015 OP

2nd one you mention is aka SOMA...very tricky drug, shouldnt be used probably. randys1 Dec 2015 #1

. NCTraveler Dec 2015 #2

I have plenty of friends when I was younger die from "illegal" drugs. I think now most may die LiberalArkie Dec 2015 #5

Alcohol deaths are still pretty high loyalsister Dec 2015 #8

I imagine alcohol deaths would be much higher Mariana Dec 2015 #9

That's a good point loyalsister Dec 2015 #10

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. NCTraveler Dec 2015 #3

. In_The_Wind Dec 2015 #4

Not sure if privacy concerns prevent his prescriber from talking to you HereSince1628 Dec 2015 #6

The people I've run into who have become addicted to opioids or benzodiazepines Victor_c3 Dec 2015 #7

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