A mother from suburban Hartford, Conn., had a life-saving drug on hand when she truly needed it. One evening last spring, she found her son, who had recently returned from an addiction treatment pro-gram, unconscious in his bedroom. He had relapsed and overdosed on heroin. “He was not breathing, and he was gray,” says the woman, who requests anonymity to protect… return to article
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Reader Comments (6)Page 1 of 1 pagesI think it is great that we do have the opportunity to use a drug to save someone from an overdose. But what does this say about us?
At Novus Medical Detox Center we treat patients who became addicted to OxyContin—legal heroin, through an MD. Then they used heroin and OxyContin interchangeably.
What we need is to provide treatment to these addicted people to allow them to be drug free.
Steve
http://novusdetox.com
Posted by steve hayes on Nov 7, 2009 at 3:41 AM The truth is- no matter how many people decide to go to rehab, some will still relapse. I’m happy that this woman was able to help her son, and I hope more programs like this will assist families of addiction patients receive access to this drug.
Posted by Ashley Crimaldi on Nov 9, 2009 at 1:28 AM Ashley,
You are totally correct about how wonderful it was that she was able to help her son and about how many will relapse. However, I know a number of people who were heavy addicts that have not relapsed.
My point is that we should hope and pray that they go to rehab, not just on another addictive drug or that they can’t do it.
Steve
http://novusdetox.com
Posted by steve hayes on Nov 9, 2009 at 2:24 AM I think it is great that we do have the opportunity to use a drug to save someone from an overdose. What we need is to provide treatment to these addicted people to allow them to be drug free.
Posted by huricane on Nov 15, 2009 at 8:23 AM Hurricane, you are so correct.
Steve
http://novusdetox.com
Posted by steve hayes on Nov 15, 2009 at 9:50 PM Harm reduction, or harm minimization, refers to a range of pragmatic and evidence-based public health policies designed to reduce the harmful consequences associated with drug use and other high risk activities. Many advocates argue that prohibitionist laws criminalize people for suffering from a disease and cause harm, for example by obliging drug addicts to obtain drugs of unknown purity from unreliable criminal sources at high prices, increasing the risk of overdose and death. One can also choose the services of an effective drug treatment center that provide harm reduction services.
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