[lbo-talk] opium deaths? Reply to Kelley

[Michael Dawson]

> >> such a benign substance.
> >
> > Huh?  Opium?  WTF?
> 
> It's not the opiate per se that causes the problems--aside from
> addictiveness, it's relatively harmless in proper dosage--as the
> lifestyle that goes along with the addiction.
> 
> I've known some awfully healthy junkies,
> 
> 	John A

Yep, just like a GSW:  It's not the bullet so much as the profuse bleeding
and the holes in your vitals...