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It can be . . . however, it is normally used for pain control.

What you are referring to would be called "passive euthanasia." Morphine has a threshold where, at some point, the respiratory system is depressed (slowed down) so much that the person stops breathing and dies. Simultaneously, though, the person is in no pain because of the pain relief the drug provides.

This passive euthanasia is highly debated, and this topic will most likely be up for debate significantly in the near future.

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