I am so sorry. We cannot think in our terms when regarding an addicts behavior. Opiod addiction changes the brain chemistry. The brain then considers the drug as important as air. It's a horrible way to live, tearing down the strongest of people.My cousin died from a heroin overdose not too long ago. She was, without a doubt, the brightest in the family, yet she refused to work, banged whatever bum offered her a place to stay, and chose to get strung out on drugs. How people can make such poor choices is beyond me.
How so?If we could get all the bleeding hearts outta the way for long enough this " problem " will solve itself in short order .
How so?
I am so sorry. We cannot think in our terms when regarding an addicts behavior. Opiod addiction changes the brain chemistry. The brain then considers the drug as important as air. It's a horrible way to live, tearing down the strongest of people.
So a guy in his 20s needs to have a heart valve replaced due to heroin and bacterial endocarditis. He needs dialsysis and is on a ventilator. He did not need narcan.
would some of you be in favor of spending $250,000 on him because he didn't need narcan? Just trying to see what level of care you'll withhold and at what point in the addiction.
For organ transplant my understanding (outside my wheelhouse) is that the precious resource is prioritized to those most likely to benefit. That takes into account age (or life expectancy remaining) how sick you are (can't be too sick or you might die right after getting it), or have active drug abuse problems that put them at risk of rejection. Smoking does the same thing. If we had a glut of excess organs they would reduce the barriers I'm sure. Drug addicts can't be relied on to follow post-transplant medication regimens and lifestyles. So I think it's more of being a good patient than punishing vices.
I bet we spend way more money on futile treatments for grandma and grandpa.
How moral is it to STEAL money (taxes) from folks to keep paying for the sob's that won't do for themselves ?I bet we spend way more money on futile treatments for grandma and grandpa. If this is about saving money, focus on the paper money, not the change if it's moral choices, then by all means, cast the first stone
How moral is it to STEAL money (taxes) from folks to keep paying for the sob's that won't do for themselves ?
When my dad died at home in 2008, he was a DNR, but the paramedics pushed us to allow them to shock his heart, and when I said no, they insisted on doing CPR. I didn't stop them and they worked a good little while before they called it. In hind-sight, I'm sorry I let them do the CPR (it's way more violent than you see on TV). I knew my dad was dead and I was concerned that they'd get a heart beat and take him in to spend the last days of his life brain dead and hooked to a ventilator. I'm glad that when he went, he went.
When my FIL died in the hospital, he was also a DNR, but the hospital hooked him to a ventilator anyway in ICU. We had them take him off the ventilator and stop the drugs and he died in minutes.
I'm not sure why those measures were taken when both men were DNR. I have been told that EMTs would rather transport a patient and have the ER doc pronounce the death, but I don't know if that's true. I think with my FIL it may have just been a mistake. I think if I ever get a tattoo, it's going to be a big DNR on my chest.
How moral is it to STEAL money (taxes) from folks to keep paying for the sob's that won't do for themselves ?
usually it's a legal thing.