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I was responding to someone who said Tylenol was more dangerous than "most illegal drugs". Since the only danger of Tylenol is death from overdose, I searched f
by tsimionescu 17d ago
I was responding to someone who said Tylenol was more dangerous than "most illegal drugs". Since the only danger of Tylenol is death from overdose, I searched for some data on deaths from Tylenol overdose and deaths from illegal drugs - and happened to find data for deaths from "illegal stimulants" grouped together - so used that.
Of course, most illegal drugs, even very light ones like marijuana, have other risks, like DUI or the general ills of addiction (money issues, increased criminality from the desperation of getting another hit, etc). But even ignoring those, I thought the death numbers make it very clear that Tylenol is nowhere near "less dangerous than most illegal drugs".