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omgThisIsNotMyName t1_jc9x5uj wrote

Reply to comment by fangirlsqueee in [Image] The Power of Determination by granilhiom

I’m a nurse aide and I’ve heard nurses and medics say they don’t want to use narcan. Of all people!

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fangirlsqueee t1_jc9xkf3 wrote

It's disheartening to see such a lack of compassion, especially when people are in a position of power. They could do so much good if only they had a kinder outlook. I get they are probably burnt out, but it's still disheartening.

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Nasty____nate t1_jca588a wrote

I'm a fire medic, and I'm appalled at the number of people who say shit like "just don't give it to them the problem will fix itself"

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omgThisIsNotMyName t1_jca5med wrote

Heard the exact same line, it’s sick. The addicts are not the problem, they have problems, but they are not the problem, and letting them die is not the way to fix anything.

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Massive-Ad-7569 t1_jca07i9 wrote

why the hell would they want to restrict it?

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omgThisIsNotMyName t1_jca0cat wrote

They think it gives addicts free reign to use as much as they want

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SeaworthyWide t1_jcab43v wrote

Which is asinine, most of the time your immediate response to Narcan is instant precipitated withdrawal.

You vomit, maybe shit yourself, and have the worst feeling you've ever felt while your opioid receptors are cleaved off and replaced with an antagonist now.

Then there's the secondary reaction some face of "fuck.. I'm not dead and that was my last bag"

It's probably that kind of person who needs the wake up the most.

Unfortunately, it has become a talking point and not a useful tool in a much larger toolbox.

Just like that toolbox the same paramedics have with, ironically, fentanyl and morphine and dilaudid.

They all have their place, but none of them are a one shot fix... At all.

Would you think it was ok to not give the morphine to the guy with a broken leg from a car accident?

😡 "yeah but he knew the risks when he got in that vehicle!"

Most addicts and users are using what they know to get by.

The same idea as to why Jerry with the broken leg didn't flap his arms and fly to work.

Everything in life is inherently dangerous, we should be reducing the harm it causes without flat out prohibition.

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makingnoise t1_jca92e6 wrote

I know a hospice nurse whose reason for opposing universal healthcare is the number of “chronic” hospice patients that are abusing the system by going into hopice and not dying.

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