What causes some addicts to overdose and die ‘with the needle still in their arm’, how do they just die so instantly?

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I had a relative die this way and my family said he literally still had needle in his arm, I have heard this in other overdose stories as well. What happens that causes them to die so instantly?

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Two reasons:

1. Heroin feels really good and can cause the user to “nod off”.

2. Intravenous drug use is hard on the veins, and after a long period of using, it can become hard to find a good vein. Once you find a vein, you keep the needle there, only replacing the syringe, until you run out of heroin and have to get up and go find more.

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