Booze causes more deaths than opioids in the US:
Opioid Nation
Of course, there are more people who drink alcohol than who use opioids, so let's not have another prohibition. The 18th amendment was almost as bad as the 19th.
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In 2016, when there were 64,000 deaths in the US from the drug epidemic, there were 90,000 from alcohol (including accidents and homicides caused by inebriated people, as well as direct effects, mainly cirrhosis of the liver). Cigarette smoking is estimated to cause 480,000 deaths a year.
Opioid Nation
Of course, there are more people who drink alcohol than who use opioids, so let's not have another prohibition. The 18th amendment was almost as bad as the 19th.