What shocked me about the story is that they handed Narcan kits out at a community meeting and stressed that even a child could use one to revive a parent that overdosed.
This is something that never occurred to us when we were growing up.
When people have lost the sense of outrage they’ve lost the ability to contain evil.
No kidding. I never even saw my parents consume more than one drink. I had no fear or worries about them being able to take care of us.
How many kids have that constant stress hanging over them as they wonder what state their parent(s) will be in today?
So I guess they expect the addict parents to sit down with their 5, 6, 7 year old kids and instruct them?
"If you can't wake mommy and daddy up but we are still breathing, get this stuff and give it to us" (followed by instructions on administering it).
One way to identify some of the druggies in town would be to ask all the children if mommy and daddy have taught them how to use NARCAN.