So my friend just told me a story yesterday.  There's the top DJ Illenium in the US. He OD'd like 6 years ago before he was famous and quit drugs.  IDK if Narcan or like substance was used.  But he is totally sober, he doesn't even drink alcohol.  When my friend was partying with him, he had bottle water the entire time.   this is amazing as the club culture has easy access to drugs.

The well-known people who die from an OD or drug-related circumstances will always get more press than the well-known people who survive an OD -- even more so if any of them kick their habit.  Without a death involved, the trip to the ER will likely not make the news.  They sometimes have PR people and family members who help keep the incidents quiet and out of the public view.

Regular people who aren't well-known get no notice regardless. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_deaths_from_drug_overdose_and_intoxication

my friend sent me info on getting a free narcan kit.
I placed an order because it looks like a lethal dose of bad fentanyl is so tiny, it could be deployed as a weapon.

my friend sent me info on getting a free narcan kit.
I placed an order because it looks like a lethal dose of bad fentanyl is so tiny, it could be deployed as a weapon.

that makes no sense

that makes no sense

Like those stories of the HIV needles in the movie theater with a note saying "congrats, you got HIV". Or attached to the gas pump handle.

So the 2 drug dealers are charged by the feds.  Too bad they don't go after all drug dealers who someone has an OD from.  But I guess it's not the crime you commit, it's who you do it to. Or in this case, if it makes headlines.  I wouldn't be surprised if these 2 who OD's were connected in some way. 

I view all drugs as a Darwinian event.
Natural selection.
It maybe cruel, but if you take chances without
understanding the risks, schiff happens.
To protect idiots is a waste of time and our money.
Kids of course are a different story and must be protected.
Drugs that are cheap should be readily available and cheap
not taxed to death, because then you still have illict drugs.
They should be regulated as to quality and purity.
They should only be available in designated areas
away from normal people.
Kind of like Hotel California "you can check in but you can never leave".
I'll add one condition to that,  till you are sober.
The Burning man event is a good example.
Services are provided, they live in tens and go crazy. till they are done.
Out in the middle of nowhere.
That would clean up the streets,  get rid of the working Junkies, and I suspect
a great many progressives and RINOs.