I don’t have a problem with this....
It might be more compassionate than the situation now. I feel great sympathy for those who were hooked on these poisons by doctors who are no more than pushers. I suspect that too easy access has caused the problem to spin out of control. So to a great degree, the medical and insurance industries own these problems, but we're going to pay.
That being said, the sad reality is that Narcan overall is only making the problem worse. Sure, it does save people individually when they're dying, and who wouldn't do that? But overall this approach is enabling very bad behavior by allowing the addict to rationalize their choices.
Overall, tough love will probably save more lives. So would charging pharmaceutical companies and doctors who prescribe opioids recklessly with homicide.
Just my random, conflicted thoughts.
Won’t happen.. Or, should I say, the city will bet bitch slapped by the courts and by wrongful death and other suits.
They think 8 narcan administrations a day is costly, wait until you owe several multi million dollar judgements.
What the city should be doing is suing the opiod drug manufacturers for flat out fraud they committed getting these painkillers approved by the FDA.
And death to the poor and homeless too.