Training on how to administer life-saving Narcan offered free by the Somerset County Health Department
WESTOVER — In just one month’s time, the Somerset County Health Department is reporting eight overdose reversals through the use of Narcan, a life-saving medication that can quickly restore the breathing of a person who has overdosed on heroin or prescription opioid pain medication.
Anyone from a police officer to a family member or friend can administer Narcan to save a life from overdose. To help address the opioid addiction epidemic the local community and Delmarva region are facing, the Somerset County Health Department is offering FREE Narcan training to qualifying individuals who live or work in Somerset County the first Monday of each month.
“We wanted to make the training more accessible to people and thought that a standing date, the same day every month, would be easier for people to build into their schedule and remember.
All we are doing here is allowing the addicts to push more dope in their veins. Some of the people are being brought back three times a week by Narcan. Are we enabling again just like with methadone and suboxin.
Only in America do we allow millions of kilos of heroin to flow over the borders. Then we spend billions fighting addiction and the crime associated with it.
I say round em all up dump then in Detroit. Fence it in and drop all dope they can ingest in. Sooner or later you will run out of addicts
I grew up in an area with many heroin users. The best thing to do is to let them self eradicate. The longer they last the more people they push heroin on and the more assaults and robberies that occur (you can't even trust people who USED to be close friends). In a perfect world we could treat them and they would straiten out, but this is far from a perfect world.
The comments thus far are right. This is enabling.
When the user knows in the back of their mind that help is near if they OD, what do you think they will do?
There is a cheap, simple (and safe) way to get off opiates, using ascorbate-- vitamin c. Large doses, along with other nutritional supplementation. I just spoke with a doctor friend of mine (an MD) about it, and he agreed.. it's a great idea.
OpiateAddictionSupport.com has info about it. Check it out for yourself. I don't have anything to do with the site, but that's where the info is.
This is a pretty complex issue. On one hand we view the opiate addict as a leech on society and their families. Why spend tons of money saving someone who doesn't want to save themselves? On the other hand we have empathy and the ability to care about others. Every heroin addict is someones son, daughter, father etc. you name it. It's easy to think either way on this one. I believe we can all agree that the over-prescribing of these strongly addictive, habit forming drugs needs to stop.
The level of callowness and ignorance demonstrated by the previous comments is astounding and only serves to perpetuate the destructive stigma associated with the disease of addiction. A stigma that keeps the millions that suffer from seeking the help that they desperately require. These people need our help just like those with any other type of illness. If you ever bothered to speak to those that suffer from this condition you would be deeply troubled to learn of the degree of horror many have experience. No one simply wakes up one day and decides to become an addict or alcoholic. It is a complex illness that requires an aggressive multifaceted bio, psycho and social form of treatment. Individuals that suffer from this devastating condition are good people with a bad disease. They are your neighbors, your friends, your relatives, your teachers, your lawyer, accountant, mechanic and doctor. Anyone that speaks otherwise simply puts their lack of education on display for all to see.
8:18 by your reckoning since I am living a lifestyle that I can't afford and you agree i need help, so when can I expect you to pony up and help me continue to live this lifestyle. Glad to hear you are really supportive of my lifestyle choices and when can I expect to receive the money and everything else I need from you to continue with my lifestyle choices? aint liberalism great?
It is obvious and I am glad that many of the commentators have never had their lives touched by addiction.
This is a real epidemic in our area, and it touches all socioeconomic levels and neighborhoods. I just hope when this addiction is at your door, you do not send your loved one away to just die.
Anon 6:36. You are obviously an idiot. Show me where anyone has said that they support the harmful lifestyle choices that those with addictions have made. Rather than demonstrate your blatant ignorance and lack of wisdom why don't you educate yourself on this topic. I won't hold my breath. You simply represent one of the masses of bigots that will always exist in this society. You don't matter, we will walk by you and over you.
All we are doing here is allowing the addicts to push more dope in their veins. Some of the people are being brought back three times a week by Narcan. Are we enabling again just like with methadone and suboxin.
ReplyDeleteOnly in America do we allow millions of kilos of heroin to flow over the borders. Then we spend billions fighting addiction and the crime associated with it.
I say round em all up dump then in Detroit. Fence it in and drop all dope they can ingest in. Sooner or later you will run out of addicts
1:03. You are sicker in your thoughts than the addicts.
ReplyDeleteI grew up in an area with many heroin users. The best thing to do is to let them self eradicate. The longer they last the more people they push heroin on and the more assaults and robberies that occur (you can't even trust people who USED to be close friends). In a perfect world we could treat them and they would straiten out, but this is far from a perfect world.
ReplyDeleteI hate to say it but by correcting the OD all we are doing is giving them more time to do it again. Not to sound cold but let them go.
ReplyDeleteThe comments thus far are right. This is enabling.
ReplyDeleteWhen the user knows in the back of their mind that help is near if they OD, what do you think they will do?
There is a cheap, simple (and safe) way to get off opiates, using ascorbate-- vitamin c. Large doses, along with other nutritional supplementation. I just spoke with a doctor friend of mine (an MD) about it, and he agreed.. it's a great idea.
OpiateAddictionSupport.com has info about it. Check it out for yourself. I don't have anything to do with the site, but that's where the info is.
This is a pretty complex issue. On one hand we view the opiate addict as a leech on society and their families. Why spend tons of money saving someone who doesn't want to save themselves? On the other hand we have empathy and the ability to care about others. Every heroin addict is someones son, daughter, father etc. you name it. It's easy to think either way on this one. I believe we can all agree that the over-prescribing of these strongly addictive, habit forming drugs needs to stop.
ReplyDeleteThe level of callowness and ignorance demonstrated by the previous comments is astounding and only serves to perpetuate the destructive stigma associated with the disease of addiction. A stigma that keeps the millions that suffer from seeking the help that they desperately require. These people need our help just like those with any other type of illness. If you ever bothered to speak to those that suffer from this condition you would be deeply troubled to learn of the degree of horror many have experience. No one simply wakes up one day and decides to become an addict or alcoholic. It is a complex illness that requires an aggressive multifaceted bio, psycho and social form of treatment. Individuals that suffer from this devastating condition are good people with a bad disease. They are your neighbors, your friends, your relatives, your teachers, your lawyer, accountant, mechanic and doctor. Anyone that speaks otherwise simply puts their lack of education on display for all to see.
ReplyDelete8:18 by your reckoning since I am living a lifestyle that I can't afford and you agree i need help, so when can I expect you to pony up and help me continue to live this lifestyle. Glad to hear you are really supportive of my lifestyle choices and when can I expect to receive the money and everything else I need from you to continue with my lifestyle choices? aint liberalism great?
ReplyDeleteIt is obvious and I am glad that many of the commentators have never had their lives touched by addiction.
ReplyDeleteThis is a real epidemic in our area, and it touches all socioeconomic levels and neighborhoods. I just hope when this addiction is at your door, you do not send your loved one away to just die.
Anon 6:36. You are obviously an idiot. Show me where anyone has said that they support the harmful lifestyle choices that those with addictions have made. Rather than demonstrate your blatant ignorance and lack of wisdom why don't you educate yourself on this topic. I won't hold my breath. You simply represent one of the masses of bigots that will always exist in this society. You don't matter, we will walk by you and over you.
ReplyDelete