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I know that in many states where there are serious problems they have provided narcan to all first responders. I'm wondering if this is a bit of a false positiv

I know that in many states where there are serious problems they have provided narcan to all first responders. I'm wondering if this is a bit of a false positive in the data. The addiction levels could be the same, just fewer people dying of overdose because more access to narcan. HN WDYT?

gwbas1c 8y ago
> Many public health experts point to campaigns in Rhode Island, Vermont, and Massachusetts as models for addressing addiction, and all three states reported decreases in overdose deaths from March 2017 to March 2018 — declines that many of their neighbors did not see. > “The states that have been comprehensive and have gone after evidence-based methods are seeing the declines,” said Brandon Marshall, a Brown University epidemiologist. A good friend of mine is a cop in Massachusetts. He carries Narcan.
- dsfyu404ed 8y ago
  >A good friend of mine is a cop in Massachusetts. He carries Narcan. >cop in Massachusetts. >Massachusetts. C'mon. We both know he's too busy giving other drunk cops rides home and "working" overtime to actually administer narcan. ;) edit: For anyone not familiar with the shenanigans of MA cops this is a joke. They routinely get caught covering for drunk buddies and "working overtime" that wasn't actually "worked" so to speak.