Why don’t more teens carry Narcan?

[Anonymous]

I keep reading about people and sometimes teens who are OD’ing thanks to fentanyl laced coke or Oxy. I equipped my kid with Narcan just in case. It’s cheap and easy and you never know who he’ll be around or what will happen. I’d rather him be prepared. Why don’t more parents/the schools do this? Of course it would be better if no one was doing drugs but that’s not the reality and ultimately I want all of our kids to live.

[Anonymous]

I'd guess the same reason they don't always use condoms.

1) irresponsible
2) think/know they're doing something they shouldn't be doing, so don't want to plan how to do it safely

[Anonymous]

Are children allowed to carry Narcan? At school?

[Anonymous]

If you aren’t doing drugs, then no need to worry about OD.

[Anonymous]

Here's why I didn't have my daughter carry it (I do): if you step into the role of saving someone's life (even temporarily), then you've mentally assumed responsibility for doing it. And a teenager will feel the weight of that. If they fail - the person dies - they will feel that they failed. And that's a heavy burden I'm not prepared for my teenager to take on.

[Anonymous]

OP, how did you get the Narcan?

[Anonymous]

My kids don't hang with druggie losers so there's no need.

[Anonymous]

Why would individual kids carry it? The school office/ heath center, sure. But not individual kids.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you aren’t doing drugs, then no need to worry about OD.

Are you always so myopic and self-centered? It's about other people, not you.

[Anonymous]

My youngest started carrying it at 17. He is an EMT and I guess he has just seen too many sad situations. He is in college now (pre-med) and always has Narcan in his car.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP, how did you get the Narcan?

You can get it from a pharmacy without a prescription. Some libraries pass it out. It is very easy to get. Everyone should have it in their first aid kit. You never know when you might come across someone who has OD'd. It's not just the "bad kids". The judgment in this thread is really sad.

[Anonymous]

Maybe people could also start carrying Epipens for others.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My kids don't hang with druggie losers so there's no need.

Sure they don't Jan

They go to school right?

[Anonymous]

Is this real?

People just carry Narcan around?

[Anonymous]

My kid is not an EMT. I don’t think we’re at a point where we should be asking children to revive overdose victims. And if we are, well god help us.