Posted by stjames on July 24, 2001, at 17:44:32
In reply to overdose, posted by sar on July 23, 2001, at 23:11:28
> today i recieved news that an aquaintance of mine died of morphine overdose.
>
> am curious to know if "accidental overdose" is the medically/socially acceptable term over "suicide."James here.....
Unless there is proof that they wanted to kill themselves, and therefor overshot the drugs, it would be called "accidental overdose". It is very easy to OD and die on injectable drugs, but not intend to.
James
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