# 95

A follow-up to # 82

Washington Court House, Ohio has never criminalized the use of drugs.  In post # 82, we read where they enacted, with due process, a crime described as "Inducing Panic" (a misdemeanor) in instances where 911 is called and Narcan is used to revive someone who possessed illegal substances.

In the below article, the ACLU is reported to have requested that the community stop charging the offense.

The original post explained how the law was created as a means of directing substance use disorder persons into treatment while also documenting and tracking the data and providing potential leads useful in eliminating the sale, distribution and possession of illegal substances.

The reported request suggests that the ACLU believes that the law deters 911 reporting and seeks to remove the government's ability to collect data for improving society.  While the taxpayers fund the increasing budgets for Narcan, the ACLU is attempting to undo the effort to track and reduce such overdose events.

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/03/28/aclu-asks-ohio-city-to-stop-charging-drug-overdose-survivors.html