(Canwest News) Vancouver - "...Having reviewed summaries of deaths following Tasering, Reilly concluded that there were usually complicating factors such as illicit drugs or other medical conditions. ..." [LINK]
Both of these 'contributing factors' have been addressed in this blog.
Also, as was previously discussed [LINK], police will obviously tend to come into contact with users of illegal drugs. So if the taser is intended to be sold to, and used by, the police, but it hasn't been designed to be 'safe' for the drug-using population that it will very commonly be used against, then some might claim that the designers would be criminally negligent for that stupid mistake.
That's why only taser fanboys (but not Taser) make this implied, but almost-unspoken, connection from drug use to some supposed increase in susceptibility to taser death. Taser will have nothing to do with the argument that drunks and drug addicts are more susceptible due to the obviously liability issue. But their fanboys keep implying it, which is fine for Taser.
Perhaps someone should ask Mr. Smith straight out what Taser's position du jour is regarding this question.
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