Walgreens Offers Overdose-Reversing Drug, But Some Aren’t Sure It’s A Good Idea
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After 10
0+ yrs after Congress created the “black drug market” by passing the Harrison Narcotic Act 1914 and then pass The Controlled Substance Act 1970 that created the DEA and declared the war on the “black drug market” that they had created some 50+ years earlier. Now all of sudden there is a “bum’s rush” to make a opiate reversal drug.. that has been on the market for DECADES.. to be made available as a OTC drug. I recently made a post about the this rush to sell Naloxone Piling on to the Naloxone “bandwagon” and how pharmacies are charging up to 187.00 for a two dose kit. Since this medication is now considered a OTC medication… insurance isn’t going to pay for it and so there is no billing problems and/or price controls by the insurance company. Oddly enough most of those “piling on” are major for profit publicly held American corporations… think Walgreens, CVS, Rite Aid, Krogers to mention but a few.
What seems to be odd is that there is no “bum’s rush” to sell clean needles to addicts… All too many addicts are infected with HIV and HEP B&C and if they can’t get clean needles.. they end up sharing needles and sharing their HIV, HEP B&C infections.
You 
see, the estimated lifetime therapy costs for a person infected with HIV, HEP B&C is $750,000 EACH.. I am not sure… but I doubt it – if that cost includes the cost of a liver transplant if needed.
Since the vast majority of these addicts are non-productive members of our society.. guess who is going to pick up this huge cost for medical care for this people… I will give you one guess — MEDICAID — which is funded by TAXPAYERS. Not to mention all the costs to people and property insurers paying for repair/replacement from the crimes these addicts do .. in trying to fund their habit.
Since those who keep records of addicts dying mainly the CDC and others.. don’t distinguish between accidental overdoses and suicides using opiates… or at least they don’t divulge those stats.
In the USA we have 40,000 successful non-drug suicides and ONE MILLION attempts every year.. So how can it be explained that we have no reported suicides using opiates ?
Now back to all of these for-profit American corporations… are they seeking out the “yellow brick road” to find the “pot of gold” at the end if the “addict rainbow” ? Personally, I question their “good intentions” toward those suffering from the mental health disease of addictive personality disorder.. that have chosen – or force to chose – to self medicate the demons in their heads and/or monkeys on their back and have chosen opiates as their substance of choice.
Remember, when you hear all those shouting about the “tens of thousands” that die of drug overdose deaths.. nearly HALF of those deaths are from OTC medications…but.. you don’t hear any declaration of limiting or banning OTC meds and Naloxone will not save those who have chosen to OD with OTC meds.
Just remember, when they start requiring anyone having a opiate Rx filled to purchase Naloxone… their concern may be more about their bottom line profits than your health !
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