&quot;Poisoning&quot; in the CDC statistics includes alcohol poisoning and drug overdoses [1, table 18, also see definitions of codes X40-49 and X60-69].  There&#x27;ve been plenty of public health initiatives against this, notably: Prohibition, the War on Drugs, DARE, child-proof pill bottles, pharmacist licensing, the [poison control] OneBox on Google, etc.<p>I think that&#x27;s pretty good evidence of the grandparent&#x27;s point: no, you&#x27;re never going to make anything completely safe, but society can and does put a lot of effort toward harm reduction.<p>[1] <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.cdc.gov&#x2F;nchs&#x2F;data&#x2F;nvsr&#x2F;nvsr64&#x2F;nvsr64_02.pdf" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.cdc.gov&#x2F;nchs&#x2F;data&#x2F;nvsr&#x2F;nvsr64&#x2F;nvsr64_02.pdf</a>