Eli5 how do drugs kill someone aka how is an OD working?

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Imm not into drugs and I’m not really interested in that topic but I always wondered how drugs can kill someone. Obv I know that the organs shut down and everything but why are they shutting down specifically?

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Opiates cause respiratory depression. In other words, they slow your rate of breathing. You develop a condition called respiratory acidosis. The person who overdosed is not getting enough oxygen and is retaining too much carbon dioxide. Our bodies cannot live without enough oxygen. Crucial organs start shutting down.

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