Something to consider, each year over 1,000,000 Americans die from obesity related health issues. Heart disease caused by fatty greasy foods, diabetes because of all the added sugar in our foods and overdosing on carbohydrate laden processed foods. So, that is more than 10 times more deaths than opiate caused deaths. Why is sucrose, fat and carbs not banned? Silly? Yes. The point is that opiates are less likely to kill you than all the processed foods we eat on a daily basis.