Narcan approved for over the counter sale. What happened to don't do drugs?

[ImaginaryFiction]

Narcan which is used for opioid overdoses can now be bought over the counter.

https://www.fda.gov/news-events/pre...roves-first-over-counter-naloxone-nasal-spray

https://news.walgreens.com/press-ce...pray-will-become-available-this-september.htm

What is this? To me this pretty much says "when you do drugs and overdose just use this and you can save a dopeheads life so they can live to do more drugs later". This is essentially approving drug use and diminishes their negative effects. It makes opiod abuse a little more acceptable.

When I was a kid we had slogans like don't do drugs, DARE officers came to our schools and talked about drugs, comic books had little ads about not doing drugs, cartoons would sometimes have little messages about not doing drugs and so on. What happened to all of that?

We should be discouraging drug use, not normalizing it.

 

[Larniavc]

when you do drugs and overdose just use this and you can save a dopeheads life so they can live to do more drugs later

Or die?

 

[Larniavc]

Narcan which is used for opioid overdoses can now be bought over the counter.

https://www.fda.gov/news-events/pre...roves-first-over-counter-naloxone-nasal-spray

https://news.walgreens.com/press-ce...pray-will-become-available-this-september.htm

What is this? To me this pretty much says "when you do drugs and overdose just use this and you can save a dopeheads life so they can live to do more drugs later". This is essentially approving drug use and diminishes their negative effects. It makes opiod abuse a little more acceptable.

When I was a kid we had slogans like don't do drugs, DARE officers came to our schools and talked about drugs, comic books had little ads about not doing drugs, cartoons would sometimes have little messages about not doing drugs and so on. What happened to all of that?

We should be discouraging drug use, not normalizing it.

It still happens. It still does not work

 

[The IbanezerScrooge]

Narcan which is used for opioid overdoses can now be bought over the counter.

https://www.fda.gov/news-events/pre...roves-first-over-counter-naloxone-nasal-spray

https://news.walgreens.com/press-ce...pray-will-become-available-this-september.htm

What is this? To me this pretty much says "when you do drugs and overdose just use this and you can save a dopeheads life so they can live to do more drugs later". This is essentially approving drug use and diminishes their negative effects. It makes opiod abuse a little more acceptable.

How many "dopeheads" that died of an overdose were able to recover and get their lives back on track?

When I was a kid we had slogans like don't do drugs, DARE officers came to our schools and talked about drugs, comic books had little ads about not doing drugs, cartoons would sometimes have little messages about not doing drugs and so on. What happened to all of that?

It didn't work.

We should be discouraging drug use, not normalizing it.

We are. But we're also recognizing that people have addictions for all kinds of reasons. Not all of them just "made bad decisions" or wanted to just have fun or whatever. Its recognizing that even people who have fallen into addiction have value and deserve a chance to get better.

 

[FireDragon76]

If you are OK with people dying because they are addicted to drugs, I don't understand how you square that with the ethics of Jesus.

Providing Narcan is not an endorsement of drug abuse- opioids are still illegal to sell or use recreationally. It's about saving peoples lives.

 

[Desk trauma]

Narcan which is used for opioid overdoses can now be bought over the counter.

Good.

 

[Paulos23]

Narcan which is used for opioid overdoses can now be bought over the counter.

https://www.fda.gov/news-events/pre...roves-first-over-counter-naloxone-nasal-spray

https://news.walgreens.com/press-ce...pray-will-become-available-this-september.htm

What is this? To me this pretty much says "when you do drugs and overdose just use this and you can save a dopeheads life so they can live to do more drugs later". This is essentially approving drug use and diminishes their negative effects. It makes opiod abuse a little more acceptable.

When I was a kid we had slogans like don't do drugs, DARE officers came to our schools and talked about drugs, comic books had little ads about not doing drugs, cartoons would sometimes have little messages about not doing drugs and so on. What happened to all of that?

We should be discouraging drug use, not normalizing it.

The first step to getting people off drugs once they are on it is to keep them alive. For some of them, all it takes is one bad trip or one overdose that they live through because of this drug in order for them to want to come clean.

You can't have ex-drug addicts tell kids to stay off drugs if they are dead.

 

[FireDragon76]

You don't have to be an addict to be affected by fentanyl. It's an extremely potent drug.

In some cases, fentanyl can kill you just by being around it, you don't actually have to ingest it intentionally. It happens to police all the time, and also sometimes to children. Some public places are keeping Narcan in first aid kids because overdoses aren't too uncommon in some parts of the country.

 

[JustOneWay]

Dopeheads. It looks as though the OP doesn't want to save some addicted people. Nice

Remember - Just say no is an individual effort not achieved by everybody. I suppose we just let them die.

 

[Maria Billingsley]

Narcan which is used for opioid overdoses can now be bought over the counter.

https://www.fda.gov/news-events/pre...roves-first-over-counter-naloxone-nasal-spray

https://news.walgreens.com/press-ce...pray-will-become-available-this-september.htm

What is this? To me this pretty much says "when you do drugs and overdose just use this and you can save a dopeheads life so they can live to do more drugs later". This is essentially approving drug use and diminishes their negative effects. It makes opiod abuse a little more acceptable.

When I was a kid we had slogans like don't do drugs, DARE officers came to our schools and talked about drugs, comic books had little ads about not doing drugs, cartoons would sometimes have little messages about not doing drugs and so on. What happened to all of that?

We should be discouraging drug use, not normalizing it.

You are missing the point. These people have addictions. Life is always worth saving if there is a way to do it. If you have a son or daughter with an addiction, you will appreciate the ability to have a life saving product at hand.
Blessings.

 

[durangodawood]

People should be cut loose to go die when there's a simple antidote available? Wow. That's cold.

 

[RoBo1988]

Who's going to buy it? The addicts?
I had a nephew, who died of an overdose. He would lie, beg, scrounge and steal (spent time in prison for theft before his death) for every penny to support his habit.
He would have not walked into a CVS to pick up Narcan, and if I was to buy it for him to keep, just in case, he would find a way to sell it for $$$ to support his habit.

 

[PsaltiChrysostom]

After my wife's surgery, she was prescribed Oxy and a Narcan inhaler. I was pretty excited that our medical system is making sure that I had something in case of an accidental overdose. It might be as simple as taking a dose and then accidentally thinking that you hadnt taken it and take another one. You never know.

 

[PsaltiChrysostom]

You don't have to be an addict to be affected by fentanyl. It's an extremely potent drug.

In some cases, fentanyl can kill you just by being around it, you don't actually have to ingest it intentionally. It happens to police all the time, and also sometimes to children. Some public places are keeping Narcan in first aid kids because overdoses aren't too uncommon in some parts of the country.

My hospital's AED lockers all have a Narcan inhaler with them.

 

[durangodawood]

Who's going to buy it? The addicts?
....

Many people might buy it.

One example: bringing one to a festival in case someone you know, or dont know, or even you, does some molly thats contaminated. Not that molly is a good idea imo. But it didnt used to be life / death for the most part.

 

[Paulos23]

Who's going to buy it? The addicts?
I had a nephew, who died of an overdose. He would lie, beg, scrounge and steal (spent time in prison for theft before his death) for every penny to support his habit.
He would have not walked into a CVS to pick up Narcan, and if I was to buy it for him to keep, just in case, he would find a way to sell it for $$$ to support his habit.

I buy it, mostly because I am a first aid responder in my office but also because my son's Boy Scout Troop meets in a park where we have found drug use items. It does not hurt to be careful and have it and not need it.

 

[RileyG]

I am happy it is available and saving people's lives. Addiction is no joke and most people don't understand it.

 

[Desk trauma]

People should be cut loose to go die when there's a simple antidote available? Wow. That's cold.

Peak sadomoralism.

 

[dogs4thewin]

I thought this was already the case. If not, it is about darn time. The reality is that most of the people that end up needing Narcan either A started out with a need and prescription for it and got hooked when lawful supply was denied they could not stop, B they were in so pain that they tracked some down anyway after prescription rules got tighten or in some cases they actually suffered an OD from exposure that was COMPLETELY accidental via touching something. Most of the time, it is actually the first option that people that is that need prescriptions and get hooked. It is not like other drugs where people start out of peer pressure or just to "try it out" Does that happen some sure, but not nearly as often as with prior drugs and sense there is something that can be done (Narcan) to counteract such overdoes that should be done.

 

[dogs4thewin]

You are missing the point. These people have addictions. Life is always worth saving if there is a way to do it. If you have a son or daughter with an addiction, you will appreciate the ability to have a life saving product at hand.
Blessings.

Well life is not always worth saving (prolonging) however, in the vast majority of cases it is.