Maybe I’m just being picky, but I have a problem with this Union leader headline. “Direct delivery of Naloxone key to reducing opioid deaths.” It’s key? The key to stopping opioid deaths is trying to prevent death after an overdose.
This is an interesting situation.
We’ve got a news report featuring a governor of a US border state who is excited about tying New Hampshire to another $750,000.00 in federal money (strings and all) to combat the opioid epidemic. A money pit we predicted years ago, for the record, and almost precisely the way it’s panned out.
- The Joint Legislative Fiscal Committee on Friday approved using $250,000 in federal American Rescue Plan Act grants to dispense Naloxone kits.
- The fiscal panel approved spending another $500,000 to support recommendations of the Governor’s Commission on Alcohol and Other Drugs that include recovery services for youths up to age 24 who use stimulants.
It is reactive, not proactive, followed by federally funded (grow government) therapy programs.
And no, these “killer” drugs are not pouring in across New Hampshire’s northern border (southern, yes!), but when Mr. Trump was trying to deal with the open-border-opioid crisis he inherited from Mr. Obama, Gov. Sununu stated that he would not send NH Guardsman to help while carrying the Left’s Narrative water.
Trump somehow managed without the help of Governor Groomer (imagine that), and the flow of illegal drugs waned for a while.
More enforcement, deportations, arrests, prosecutions, The Wall! Illegal crossings plummeted, and kids no longer had to live in Joe and Barry’s cages – the ones that reminded some of the concentration camps.
Chrissy Sununu didn’t want any part of stopping any of that stuff, prolly ‘cuz it might mean less federal money for him to cuddle.
But when they wanted Guard troops for DC after the fake “insurrection” narrative took root, he was johnny on the post. And these priorities matter, especially no. We’ve got hundreds dying annually in our state and exponentially more nationwide from opioid overdoses. Drugs are made in China, shipped to the Cartels, and walked across our open border into the US.
Sure, we get to read about the odd multi-departmental task force raid that seized “x” amount of this or that, but the key to reducing these deaths is not Naloxone (Narcan). Should first responders have it? Yes! Should they use it to save lives? Yes! But the key to reducing deaths is to get the government to do one of the few things it is actually supposed to do and for governors to ensure it does that and not all this other crap.
Securing the border and national security are Federal Responsibilities. They are not doing that. What they are doing is stepping all over people’s basic rights – especially during the so-called pandemic, which ruined lives.
Ruined lives are more likely to seek out diversions like drugs, and this leads, sooner or later, to overdose deaths.
And while I know you love some more of that “Federal money,” complete with all the sides *strings, rules, mandates, etc.), refusing to address the key issue makes it look like you just want more money, and lives are not really the concern.
And no one said a word about the real problem.
It’s a little bit frustrating, but hey, I’ve got a blog to vent, so there you go.
