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> people would be surprised by the positive effects of heroin legalization on lifestyles and outcomes of addicted people.

This is true.

> opiates taken properly are safer than Tylenol

This is ridiculous.




>This is ridiculous

It's somewhat true. The amount of paracetamol needed to reduce severe pain can cause many health problems, while a low dose of opiates would manage the pain. With opiates, prolonged use is more of an issue.

So an opiate would be the safer option while getting a tooth pulled, but Tylenol would be safer for the recovery period.


Is it? I have seen Youtube videos mentioning large numbers of soldiers in Vietnam being addicted and being able to come off relatively easily when they got their normal life back.

(Saying that one of them might be one of the two Kurtzgesagt videos that they decided to remove afterwards).


Youtube videos aren't a source of truth or science.


YouTube videos might or might not be a source of truth and science


The same applies to comments on HN.




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