People overdose on it all the time because of the widely fluctuating, unpredictable strength which is inherent when a black market exists.
This—and all the other negative features directly associated with contraband law—is perfectly logical and predictable.
Personally, I'd rather see education and rehabilitation in a decriminalized environment, but since Prohibition has worked so well over the last century or more—including the sterling example of alcohol—apparently self-righteous nanny-staters know what's best for everyone.
And since Prohibition is such a wonderfully Constitutional solution to boot—replete with an ever-expanding police state apparatus which doesn't trample the Constitution at all, and which so clolsely epitomizes Americans' sacred belief in minimal government—apparently self-righteous nanny-staters know what's best for everyone.
Left or Right, it doesn't matter—Arbitrary Law kills Individuals and destroys Liberty...
>Heroin is a street drug which is sought after due to the effects of the phony and Tyrannical Drug War.<
Heroin was developed originally by Bayer and was used by German physicians in the early 1900’s.