How long has it taken for them to take Distalgesic off the market, 30 years+? When are they going to take penicillin off the market as well, this kills people, albeit not very often. There are hundreds of drugs and compounds that can kill if misused, and that is the key word "misused". If you take too much of any drug, it can be harmful, even fatal. I was on Zyban to stop me smoking, it worked a treat. I mentioned it to my Dr about a year after, he said they've stopped handing it out because of problems, apparently some deaths occured and Zyban was implicated. My answer was, "What about paracetamol, aspirin, penicillin, trycyclics, sleeping tablets, etc?" We could also ban kitchen knives, lets face it they are dangerous and can kill. To be quite honest, I think we are heading towards getting silly, if someone really wants to top themselves, they will do it, regardless of what drugs have been banned.