I don't think this has a significant bearing. Ambulances have had narcan equivalent for years. Addicts dont carry and pedestrians don't carry. Family members maybe, but I've never heard about it except in movies...and I know a lot of addicts.
The article does not appear to agree with that claim.
> We've almost tripled the amount of naloxone out in the community," said Finegood. He noted that one survey in the Seattle area found 85 percent of high-risk drug users now carry the overdose-reversal medication.
Addicts absolutely do carry Narcan, and are responsible for getting it allowed OTC. There was a time where you got MORE charges for having narcan (this would be around the Iraq war era).
I know a lot of addicts as well, and every single one of them was so happy when it became possible to get Narcan easily and to get it without fear of extra charges if caught with it.
However - it doesn't work if you also took xylazine with your fent-oin, so that's a whole new problem.
But you are absolutely wrong in that statement - it may just be that your group of addicts is not particularly high functioning.
If you are even tangentially related to someone who could use it, I would recommend keeping a supply on hand. I keep narcan, plan b, and other inventory in my vehicle's sub trunk. Total cost for this inventory was under $100. It is, in my opinion, a component of a first aid kit.
Maybe, maybe not. I know someone who just got a prescription for opioids and was given narcan as a part of it. If that's the case more frequently it seems like more and more narcan will be out in the wild.
