Since the congregation took naloxone training in March, there’s been seven outside St. Albans. But that number is quite modest. At the drop-in centre beneath the church, where some of Ottawa’s most afflicted seek daytime refuge once the overnight shelters close, they’re doing at least one [naloxone application] a day.

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    8 months ago

    Sure, but people quit addictions all the time. Smoking is on a massive decline, drinking too. Somehow the drug that can kill you in an instant is so popular that churches are handing out kits to save them. Insanity.

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        8 months ago

        Meh, opioid addiction is a waste of our time. We should let them figure it out themselves. They’re all adults.

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            8 months ago

            I think you don’t understand it. These people made a choice to start using drugs and got addicted. It sucks but they made that choice.

            Not sure why the rest of society needs to pay for their shitty decisions.