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Portugal also doesn't ban the use of Metamizole, an analgesic halfway between Paracetamol/acetaminophen and opioids.
In the US, it's considered a "dangerous horse tranquilizer" with a 1.1 per million mortality rate. Meanwhile, opioids only have a 320 per million mortality... which apparently is just fine.