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I wonder how an article in a medical journal "Treating overdose without blowing a patient's sweet high" would go.
I am on board with ensuring doses don't cause unnecessary discomfort... but dead from OD vs withdraw is a pretty clear choice
The goal in nasal administered drugs is to make it easy enough a moron with minimal training can be useful (I am a moron with minimal medical training)
it's more complicated than that as it involves fucking with someone's cognitive state without their consent, it's not as simplistic as "blowing someone's high". if you look in Juno's playlist they have a video mentioning that sending someone into withdrawal can sometimes be more dangerous than an overdose.
also, why risk sending them into withdrawal when you can do your due diligence instead?
you're right, it would probably go horribly because most medics are fucking ghouls when it comes to substance users. they treat them like subhumans. and that's exactly the reason why they're lagging behind compared to street medics and harm reduction professionals. that's what leads to doctors administering naloxone to punish patients even when they're not ODing, just because they enjoy seeing them suffer.
that's why you sometimes see people bragging about how they administered 2 doses at once instead of waiting because they're more concerned with making the victim sober than keeping them safe.
it boils down to whether you respect substance users' autonomy or you're just doing it to be seen as a savior. ask around the people that have been woken up with nasal sprays versus IM and they'll tell you why they fucking hate it