Three kids in my high school English class were at a party and a girl from a nearby school overdosed at a party they were all at. They were scared of getting in trouble doing drugs so they waited until the morning and dropped her dead body off at the ER and ran. One of them went to juvenile jail for providing the drugs to her
Firefighter here. These laws are effective enough the police show up and can have full conversations about the OD with the patient while the patient knows they’re free from any prosecution
In theory Good Samaritan Laws are a great thing, in practice I would never interact with a cop because at best they incriminate you at worst they shoot you
Definitely, but at least in my district in a heavy OD area it gets taken pretty seriously to the point no one hesitates to call us for an OD because they know it won’t end with jail time, which is the goal. We’d rather keep people alive then risk more deaths over fear of criminal prosecution.
Yeah I wasnt trying to downplay what you said or discount it, firefighters, ems, and medical persons are the people I respect the most. I do think its at least partially regional dependent like you said, and its beneficial to not stigmatize drug use as offering safe avenues for support is proven to be more efficient and helpful to addicts recovery
Yeah but when you lack them, you have instance like in China where people would rather leave you die on the street out of fear of prosecution and there's a lot of insurance scams as well.
So it does more good than harm. Will work even better with a good police reform being implemented
It’s called the “Good Samaritan” Law. When I was still in active addiction I was hanging out at my dealers house and a girl overdosed. There was a house full of people and they all scattered like roaches (including the guy who was having sex with her during said o.d.). Only my girlfriend (Now wife of 5 years) and I stayed. We took turns doing chest compressions and called 911. I did go to jail for a previous charge but only for a week. However the detective that gave me the Good Samaritan paperwork definitely was implying it would only work if I snitched (I didn’t) but i am pretty sure it must have worked because I received no further charges.
I went to college in Philly and all the university police departments in the city, as well as all of the university affiliated hospitals with emergency rooms, had Good Samaritan policies.
Well I guess that law may e good for your country,but in mine,the cops will quickly arrest whoever is near the body and for week you maybe in jail while getting blasted in the paper as being the accused before they let you out...with a warning
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u/BlueDragon1089 2d ago
Three kids in my high school English class were at a party and a girl from a nearby school overdosed at a party they were all at. They were scared of getting in trouble doing drugs so they waited until the morning and dropped her dead body off at the ER and ran. One of them went to juvenile jail for providing the drugs to her