Narcan

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Narcan is a drug that designed to rapidly reverse opioid overdose. It is an opioid antagonist—meaning that it binds to opioid receptors and can reverse and block the effects of other opioids, such as heroin, morphine, and oxycodone. Can you believe Narcan is going to be made commonly available for purchase in store and even vending machines?  I can't.

To the extent that Narcan is readily available indicates a opioid crisis is mainstream.  For there to be such an epidemic that warrants making this drug readily available at the neighborhood drug store or vending machine in an entertainment district speaks volumes to the size of the problem.  In the old days you'd have to take someone to the hospital or call EMS to keep someone from overdosing on drugs.

I wonder if Hunter Biden has used Narcan during his historical episodes of drug use and addiction?  I'm guessing he probably has.  Just seeing the photos from his laptop of his teeth destroyed by crack cocaine use and likely use of opioids.  Hunter's new teeth look a lot like Joe's teeth with those shiny, perfectly straight veneers.  

All life has value.  Really?  Does it?  Should the drug addict's life be saved or should Darwin's theory prevail and let stupid people extinguish themselves due to the decisions they make?  I'm guessing if someone needs narcan they have a problem and those problems are only going to escalate until they get help.  Maybe narcan is the help that prevents them from dying.  Do they learn anything or just how to put a bandaid on their problem?  I see drug addicts as a drain on society with no real long term contributions.  I see the addict as pathetic.  Weak.  A loser.  Why do we keep these people alive so they can repeat the same old thing?  Is it my place to judge? Is it the governments?  The medical community or the family unit?  

Should "illegal" drugs be made commonly available? Marijuana, cocaine, opioids, speed, xtc, heroine, and the like.  Fetterman, Biden and the democrats are considering re-scheduling marijuana so it's not a felony and people don't go to jail for possessing it.  Why?  Have you ever lived in a state with legalized marijuana?  I have and it's terrible.  The stench is common place.  People are lazy or stoned.  I loved Colorado and learned I couldn't live there after spending 2 years in Steamboat.  Too much pot.  Too many stoners.  Dispensaries as plentiful as convenience stores.  Not my thing.

If someone is unable to care for themselves and be a productive, functioning member of society, why do we keep them alive?  They're a drain on society.  Why is it society's job to rehabilitate them?  Their life is disposable.  I'm all for giving someone a chance to improve themselves.  At the same time there comes a point where they aren't going to change.  Look at the open drug use on the streets of San Francisco or Portland.  These people are a societal leeches and suck the lifeblood from their lives and lives of those in their orbit.  Wasting the life is a choice.  Why should anyone stand in their way?

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