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Ohio Sheriff Says His Officers Won’t Carry Narcan
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| Contributor | IndyGeorgia |
| Last Edited | IndyGeorgia Jul 08, 2017 03:03pm |
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| Author | Corky Siemaszko |
| News Date | Friday, July 7, 2017 09:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | The sheriff of one opioid-ravaged Ohio county is refusing to equip his deputies with Narcan, the drug that has saved the lives of countless overdosing addicts.
Butler County Sheriff Richard K. Jones insists he is not heartless but says requiring deputies to administer the remedy puts them in danger and the cost of repeatedly treating people with Narcan is “sucking the taxpayers dry.”
"All we're doing is reviving them, we’re not curing them," Jones told NBC News on Friday. "One person we know has been revived 20 separate times."
But, Jones hastened to add, "We don’t go there and let people die."
"Here in Ohio, the live squads (paramedics) get in there about the same time and they’re more equipped to use Narcan," he said. "The people who use drugs don’t usually like the police and they turn violent once they're revived."
"Some police departments that use Narcan won’t even allow police to use it unless there’s two officers on the scene," he added. "The police feel unsafe using this Narcan because they have to get down on their knees, squirt it into their nose, and the people they are saving are not happy to see them. They’re angry as hell."
Jones conceded that he is not in step with the sheriffs of neighboring counties who equip their deputies with Narcan, one dose of which costs $37.50 for first responders. He says he doesn't care.
"There's no law that say police officers have to carry Narcan," he said. "Until there is, we're not going to use it." |
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