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Im OK with forcing overdosing victims and others in dire need of medical care into hospitals.
by nonethewiser 4y ago
Im OK with forcing overdosing victims and others in dire need of medical care into hospitals.
- ThrowawayTestr 4y agoEven if it's at the expense of the safety of other patients?
- HaZeust 4y agoThat's why they're bolstering private police forces.
- faitswulff 4y ago"You can't fool me! It's bandaids all the way down"
- bulldog13 4y agoOf course, there is nothing so invaluable in modern society than the life of a junkie.
- jrockway 4y agoI don't think you can know that until they start causing safety problems, right? If you develop a heuristic like overdose = harms other patients, then you are executing people who did nothing wrong except make one little mistake with some chemicals. You then get second order effects to further discriminate, "this guy is white and he's unconscious in a rich neighborhood" versus "this guy is black and he's unconscious in a poor neighborhood", and eventually it all starts to feel a little evil. As a human race, we're supposed to be helping each other a little bit. It's how we're wired.
- rqtwteye 4y agoThey probably should be taken to a facility that’s better equipped for them.
- ch4s3 4y agoI presume you mean mental health facilities? Many of them are in hospitals, but they aren’t as widely spread as they once were.
- happytoexplain 4y agoIs a hospital not the right place to treat somebody overdosing? Or are you referring to long term care?
- lillecarl 4y agoMaybe a special OD section where this is common
- mbg721 4y agoThe main branch of the public library seems to be a popular choice.