alt Hacker NewsYou can still die if you take your idiot-proof Aussie blister packs with alcohol. So it's more an inefficient use of cabinet space.
You can overdose on water too, they haven't banned 5-gallon jugs (yet).
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epcoa • today at 4:52 AM
No. Ethanol and tylenol compete for CYP2E1 that produces toxic NAPQI, so no, acute alcohol intoxication has a protective effect at least where it comes to tylenol toxicity.
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Yes, and you can still die in a car crash if you're wearing your seatbelt, and wearing a helmet on your motorcycle won't save you from a head-on with a truck, and you can still drown in a pool with a lifeguard, and you can still die in a burning building with smoke detectors.
Harm reduction is about shifting probability distributions, not guaranteeing outcomes. Kids can still get into pill bottles with childproof medication caps, but accidental ingestion of aspirin by children reduced by 40-55% after they were mandated. [0]
[0]: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/440889/