So are the smoking deaths.

I think it's undisputed that there would be a lot fewer deaths per addict if the heroin available were (1) of a known concentration, (2) not fentanyl, and (3) devoid of other harmful adulterants.

The problem people argue about re: legalizing heroin is that they expect the number of addicts to rise.

That's more than misleading.

Having made poor choices in the past (drugs) they now have the neuro-chemical pathways cut into their ~brians~ brains; literal ruts that signals will prefer to get to the end-state (high/low).

With enough use, heroin doesn't leave a person with choice, but rather impulse.

[edit] lol, brians [/edit]

I've been given the choice (that I don't plan on taking) to drink and smoke myself to death. Eat unhealthy foods. Etc. Etc.

n.b. My brother died of a heroin overdose. He made that decision himself and the existing laws did not help prevent.