Editorial: Haven’t we learned yet? Harsher penalties won’t save us from fentanyl
Narcan is now available without a prescription to reverse opioid overdoses. People who think they’re buying fake Percocet may ingest xylazine and die from it without ever knowing they were putting horse tranquilizer in their bodies. Street teams to help people in overdose crisis, testing to ensure supplies aren’t tainted, clinics to help former users recover, community support, employment, education, respect and a sense of common purpose and destiny instead of hatred and revulsion for the poor, the sick and people of color. We don’t lock up people with contagious disease as our forebears once did, although AIDS touched the fearful part of our collective psyche, and early in the crisis some leaders called for criminal sanctions and exile of patients. It’s fantasy to think that we can interdict or punish our way out of this crisis, or that a criminal sanction will better dissuade someone from ingesting an illegal drug than the prospect of instant death or rotting flesh.
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