[alrs]

Of my two friends who started using heroin as teenagers, both destroyed their pancreas by their early thirties. As of now (age 37), one of them has died from an overdose. The other is intermittently homeless.

[andrewfelix]

Good friend died of an OD at 26. Three others I know who used to use struggled in life while on it. I know nobody who handled it well.

[learc83]

Selection bias can easily account for that.