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Yes, heroin overdose is much more often fatal than alcohol overdose.

(That doesn't change what the word 'overdose' means. If you want to be more specific than the word is, feel free to use adjectives, e.g., 'fatal overdose', 'deadly overdose', etc.)



In common practice, people use 'overdose' to mean life-threatening overdose.




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