Posted on 01/25/2022 10:42:57 AM PST by nickcarraway
The death of a Connecticut seventh grader from an apparent fentanyl overdose has renewed calls for schools to carry the opioid antidote naloxone
The death of a 13-year-old student who apparently overdosed on fentanyl at his Connecticut school has drawn renewed pleas for schools to stock the opioid antidote naloxone, as well as for training of both staffers and children on how to recognize and respond to overdoses.
The seventh grader died Jan. 15 after falling ill at a Hartford school that did not have naloxone on hand. City officials vowed Wednesday to put the antidote in all city schools, as part of a wider drug use and overdose prevention strategy.
“Naloxone should be available in all schools, and there should be education on signs and symptoms of overdose and how to use this,” said Dr. Craig Allen, vice president of addiction services for Hartford HealthCare’s Behavioral Health Network. “Unfortunately, a horrible incident like this happens and suddenly everyone’s vision is 20/20.” Hartford Mayor Luke Bronin said that because of the student's young age, an opioid overdose did not immediately come to mind when the school nurse and first responders, who did have naloxone, treated him.
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Most schools can’t even get insulin in their hands but this is going to be a priority?...Got it...
I think, if you overdose on heroin or fentanyl, that the outcome is on you, not your school, not your fire department, not your town, and not your local ER.
If somebody is able to revive you, fine, you got another chance. If not, not.
But that a school, with so many challenges to deal with, should go out of its way to save your sorry ass from a fate you embraced willingly?
That’s a bit much.
Narcan does not prevent drug use, and it does not prevent overdoses.
The drug that can kill you that way is carfentanyl.
So police officers who overdose after patting down a suspect and overdosing after exposure to a tiny amount of carfentanil they couldn’t even see, it’s their fault? Based on the tiny amount of exposure that can cause an overdose, we will see more and more of these.
First responders should have access to Narcan, and I never said otherwise.
Drug addicts who stick the needle in and push the plunger? Yes, it is absolutely, positively their fault and to impose a greater burden on society than they already do would be a great injustice.
Maybe Brandon should send a six-pack of NarCan to every home. Make it like playing Russian Roulette while wearing a bulletproof helmet.
The drill should be: OD on fentanyl, you die. We (the school, police, medics) do not have an antidote so you will die.
Repeat this message each morning post it throughout the school. Tax payers should not be burdened with the salvation of addicts and experimenters.
Is this an urban legend? I can find more.
Maybe call him a hero and have worldwide riots? Again.
“Is this an urban legend?”
Your 1st story: “The officer had apparently encountered the opioid earlier in the day while making a drug bust.”
Apparently? So they don’t actually know it was fentanyl?
Besides, the story also says this:
“Once they got blocked in, they (the suspects) tried to dispose of the evidence in the vehicle,” East Liverpool Captain Patrick Wright told CNN affiliate WKBN. “There was white powder on the seat, on the floor, on the guys’ shoes, and on his clothing.”
Yet none of the suspects overdosed despite being covered in powder and in a vehicle where the powder was aerosolized (which can cause an overdose much more easily than through skin contact)? And neither officer overdosed on the scene while exposed to that level of the drug either? Only hours later through momentary skin contact?
That’s simply not a reasonable story.
Your second link is of course the famous video that contributed the most to the spread of this urban legend. It’s a dramatic video, but it seems to show an officer having a panic attack induced by his partner scaring the crap out of him and not a mythical “OD” from fentanyl through skin contact. It’s simply not possible for the drug to enter your system through the skin that quickly in order to produce such a dramatic reaction.
Really, if these stories were legitimate and fentanyl was able to kill people in this manner, the police would be calling in a biohazard squad before searching any vehicle or building suspected to contain fentanyl. But they don’t, because they know that this is not how things work in the real world.
The chief of police decided that police officers would no longer carry narcan to revive OD cases, and would only keep enough on hand to deal with first responders who had accidental exposure. This decision was announced for all the public to hear.
I don't know if it solved the problem, but it sure as hell got people focused on what exactly the problem was.
Sometimes people get exposed to dangerous narcotics unintentionally.
Regardless, I think it is a good idea to have this relatively CHEAP antidote on hand to save lives.
I had a relative who had classmates put something in her food that made her sick. It could have been drugs but she didn’t go to the emergency room and never knew for sure what it was or who put it in there.
Opposing this is like opposing having bandages, stitches, or EMS. It’s a poorly-thought-out knee jerk reaction.
If anyone here had a loved one who died from something that could have been treated this way, it would be deeply regretted.
I must have missed the part when somebody put a gun to the kids head and forced him to take the drug.
Carfentinil is WAY more potent than fentanyl on a mg per mg basis. Did the kid inject it? Snort it? Vape it?
Did the docs check for other factors or drugs on board?
Sounds like another incomplete information “let’s get folks to read this” story. Sad for the kid...where did kid get the drugs?
Local cop told us that the dopers have their own Narcan, and un-dope themselves before ‘help’ arrives, and are gone.
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