A drug that reverses an opioid overdose and prevents death is often cited by public health experts as a bridge that would connect people to addiction treatment. But evidence suggests it is acting more akin to a revolving door of continued substance abuse.
The overdose-reversal drug naloxone has historically been administered by first responders such as police officers. Now that the drug comes in easy-to-use devices, including an auto-injector and a nasal spray, health officials are urging laypeople carry them to save lives.
In the midst of a massive wave of overdose deaths involving opioids such as heroin, they hope it will be a first step in getting people into treatment. Nearly every state allows for naloxone to be obtained without a prescription, and Surgeon General Jerome Adams recently issued a rare public health advisory recommending that more people stock it.
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9 comments:
Enabler
Heroin users have naloxone parties, where people shoot up or snort heroin, then in the event they go into unconsciousness and/or cardiac arrest due to an OD, it is the responsibility of one of the attendees to deliver naloxone to bring them back. Yeah, I'd say that is an enabler.
Why do my tax dollars have to go for giving out Narcan like it's candy.
Take that tax money and build the wall with it. That is where the Heroin is coming from.
Take that tax money and go after the suppliers and the dealers. They are the ones killing these Crack Heads.
Crack (cocaine) and heroin are two totally different drugs but don't let facts get in your way. SMH!
Big Pharma: here, buy our incredibly addictive, potentially lethal pain meds. Oh, you're addicted? Buy the cure for our incredibly addictive, potentially lethal pain meds!
Enabler. Most people that OD and get brought back, OD again.
How very Christian of everyone here to assume the worst. Someone makes mistakes in their life and they should be condemned to death while we have the tool to save them. I remember an America where we tried to help those in need regardless of how far they sunk.
You can't save someone that isn't ready to be saved.
This is saying it is ok to use drugs, and participate in illegal activity. I guess it is the "Clinton" effect.
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