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.