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How Portugal eased its opioid epidemic, while U.S. drug deaths skyrocketed (www.npr.org)

submitted 8 months ago by alyaza@beehaw.org to c/news@beehaw.org

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[–] jarfil@beehaw.org 3 points 8 months ago

Portugal also doesn't ban the use of Metamizole, an analgesic halfway between Paracetamol/acetaminophen and opioids.

In the US, it's considered a "dangerous horse tranquilizer" with a 1.1 per million mortality rate. Meanwhile, opioids only have a 320 per million mortality... which apparently is just fine.