# 130

Woman clears security and boards airplane.  While in flight, she stays too long in bathroom, returns to seat and shows signs of death.  Staff summon Doctor and a Doctor is found and CPR is performed until the plane lands.  During CPR, a syringe is found hidden in the woman's bra.

In the below television report, a Doctor is commended and an airline is examined for not anticipating in-flight Opioid ODs and maintaining the OD antidote, Narcan.  Almost as an afterthought, questions regarding how a hidden needle could be brought on board.

This post asks questions not asked by the news reporting: at what cost to all of the law-abiding passengers and airline will the self-centered actions of a single adult passenger continue to be tolerated while classifying the passenger as having a disease/disorder?

http://www.fox25boston.com/news/local-doctor-saves-woman-overdosing-on-flight/590610849

# 129

Today's Common Narrative regarding Natural and Synthetic Opioids: It's the Doctor's Fault!

We need the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth.

You have heard the politicians as they announce how many millions they have authorized for the purchase of Narcan; every opioid addict is blameless.  They previously had a sports injury and a Physician issued a prescription for an opioid pain killer that led to addiction.  Following the predictable addiction, the addict is free from all "blame" and parents, friends, family members and politicians all pile-on the Physicians who originally issued the opioid.

For a society which increasingly seeks to divert blame from all self-administering adults, Physicians become an easy scapegoat, under this narrative.

Yes, we know that opioids are a Central Nervous System (CNS) Depressant, producing "lows," not "highs," the reporters, users, abusers and politicians continue to use a CNS Stimulant descriptor in describing the effects of CNS Depressants.  Why let science get in the way of a narrative which makes family & friends and politicians...happy?  Placated?  Drugged?  Remaining in Denial?

For starters, a baby born to an addicted mother lies outside the popular narrative.  No sports injury for new born babies; clearly, thousands of babies are born each year addicted to the substances their self-administering mothers shared with them.

Let's widen the circle to adult cancer patients bearing with extreme pain who receive legitimate prescriptions of opioid pain killing drugs and patches - who have those substances stolen by grandchildren or their friends (reported in this blog and in obituaries honest parents are posting in recent years).  In all of these reported cases, no mention is made of the thief's earlier sports injuries.

Finally, proof that nearly 100% of opioid addiction does not stem from sports-injury-related-opioid prescriptions can be found in the volume of DEA reported cases of non-pharmaceutical opioids, manufactured in China or Mexico, which are marketed by Drug Dealers - not crossing the counter at a drug store under FDA/DEA supervision.

It's the Doctor's Fault is an old and weak narrative which is in decline while increasingly referenced by politicians.

Thinking adults can read the literature and reach their own, more accurate, narrative.  It is a sad narrative which this blog site hopes to accurately chronicle. 

# 128

St, Mary's County, Maryland commence prosecuting drug dealers whose products contain Fentanyl and result in deaths, for 2nd Degree Homicide.  State's Attorneys fully support the tactic.

In the below article, Sheriffs describe how dealers use packaging which has been found in multiple overdose deaths, over time, to support claim that dealers had knowledge and intent.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/md-politics/selling-opioids-in-this-rural-maryland-county-could-get-you-a-murder-charge/2017/08/09/cd3d3830-7d30-11e7-83c7-5bd5460f0d7e_story.html?hpid=hp_rhp-moreheds_hogan631pm%3Ahomepage%2Fstory&utm_term=.1f7de67981fb

# 127

Ohio Opioid Crisis Described; Sheriff's Wife addicted, loses son and husband due to addiction.

In the below posting, an Ohio Sheriff describes his learning process as a husband and also as a law enforcement officer.  Parallel stories of a young lady with a 4.0 GPA and success in life and the Sheriff's wife are reported.  As reported in earlier posts, Morgues are so overcrowded that refrigeration trucks were purchased to hold bodies and Morgues are redesigned to contain more bodies; staffs are increased. 

[So far, the program has helped men exclusively, but in the fall, Leahy and GCBHS will open a women's version in another wing of the jail. The Clermont jail now houses between 90 and 100 female inmates, nearly double the number a decade ago, Leahy says. Virtually the entire increase in population, he says, can be attributed to the crisis. Opioid overdoses have increased 2000% in Clermont County since 2007.]


http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/06/health/ohio-heroin-opioid-crisis-morgue-full/index.html

# 126

Stafford, Virginia Deputy revived with Narcan at Hospital following search of suspect's van and collection of evidence.

Below article constitutes another example of careless handling of evidence during a known overdose situation.

http://wtop.com/virginia/2017/08/deputy-treated-for-accidental-opiate-overdose-in-drug-bust/