Ohio sheriff won't let deputies carry Narcan, citing safety

[Eugene]

Source: Associated Press

Ohio sheriff won’t let deputies carry Narcan, citing safety

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HAMILTON, Ohio (AP) — A sheriff in an Ohio county with record numbers of overdose deaths in recent years is sticking to his long-standing refusal to allow deputies to carry an overdose-reversal drug.

Butler County Sheriff Richard Jones says he remains opposed for safety reasons because people can become hostile and violent after being revived with Narcan. Deputies in neighboring counties in southwest Ohio do carry it.

“I don’t do Narcan,” Jones told The Cincinnati Enquirer. “They never carried it. Nor will they. That’s my stance.”

County emergency crews administer Narcan, and the Butler County Health Department has been offering free naloxone kits to relatives and friends of addicts.

Jones’ latest comments came after a city councilman in Butler County’s Middletown drew national attention with his suggestion that emergency crews should stop responding to people who repeatedly overdose. Councilman Dan Picard also suggested that people who overdose should be forced to perform community service to make up for the cost of an emergency run.

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[Catmusicfan]

1. Sad. Idoits like him don't understand disease. People like them think it is the

addicts' fault.

[Cicada]

2. Repulsive man, pure evil

[Comatose Sphagetti]

3. I live one county over.

This guy is a right-wing nut job.

Sad thing is, many of my FB friends (conservatives all) are applauding him. "It's a choice!" is all I hear from them, "Fuck 'em if they continue to use."

Meanwhile, the vast majority of these critics are obese or even morbidly so but their self destructive choice to shove fat and sugar in their face is somehow different and OK.