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If I have a bottle of Oxycontin obtained in my name with a legal prescription, I can't be arrested. The same amount of heroin would get me buried beneath the jail.

Legal drugs are in most cases easier and safer to obtain, and it is legal to possess them. They can be obtained legally, and then diverted to illegal uses.

The most commonly-abused legal drug in the US is alcohol.

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Are there more illegal drugs than legal drugs in the United states?

In terms of the number of different drugs that are available, there are vastly more legal drugs than illegal drugs. I would also say that legal drugs are used more frequently and by more people than illegal drugs are.


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Are legal drugs better then illegal drugs?

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Which is more dangerous legal or illegal drugs?

They can both be really dangerous if not used properly, but illegal drugs are more dangerous because you have to get them from the black market and you never really know what ingredients are in them. Legal drugs are made following well-established standards and the labs are continually under inspections from federal agents.


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What could affect death rate?

More information, more education, more govern plans on health, More directions on how to use wisely Internet, effective control on illegal and legal drugs.


Why is the impact of legal drugs on health greater than illegal drugs?

More people take legal drugs, than illegal drugs.Since only a relatively small number of people choose to break the law and use illegal drugs, the overall impact on society is limited.In contrast, most people take a legal drug at some point in their lifetime. So legal drugs have a far greater total impact on health.Realize however this is all just quantitative. The actual impact of any drug on an individual is going to vary greatly. A single person taking an illegal drug is going to be far more impacted by that one drug if they allow it to destroy their life than any total number of legal drugs they may take. On the other hand; that one persons downfall is but a drip in the bucket compared to the sheer volume of other people not taking illegal drugs who will only have a legal drug impacting their life.


Do illegal drugs kill more than smoking cigarettes?

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