should school nurses carry narcan?
naloxone (narcan) treats and reverses the effects of opioid overdoses. nurses in my local school district have stated they are not comfortable carrying it. they think it would encourage more kids to do drugs and enforces the idea that there are no consequences for drug use. they have stated, “we don’t want to contribute to the false sense of security that there is a rescue medication for drug experimentation.” i think school nurses should have it.1. we know that there is currently an opioid epidemic in the u. s. and we know that kids are getting their hands on them so why wouldn't schools want to be proactive?2. just because doing drugs is stupid doesn't mean the consequence of that should be death. 3. despite those who think they are attentive, so many parents still have no idea about everything their kid may be doing. you can tell your kids not to do drugs all day long but all it takes is a moment of curiosity, peer pressure, or one time experimenting and they could wind up in an overdose situation. if it was your kid, would you want people saying "oh well, choices have consequences" or would you want someone to save their life?as much as i disagree with doing drugs, i could never turn my back on someone experiencing an overdose if i had the ability to help. we can't pretend that these drugs are not already in our schools so the responsible thing to do is to have naloxone on hand in addition to spreading community awareness and focusing on prevention. what do you think?
nurses? sure. at first i thought you meant teachers. i think nurses having easy access to it makes sense. i don't think they need it in their pockets all day unless maybe kids are frequently dying from this. even if they are, i don't think the nurse having it in their pocket would do much. it would only help if the nurse happened to walk by an incident happening. if using that type of logic, it would be more effective to just have the drug placed on school walls every 20 feet and training kids how to access it like a fire hydrant. i'd think that 99% of cases happen with the kid being sent to the nurse or the nurse called to the kid. in that case the nurse could access the drug when needed. i'm not a fan of forcing rules on people unless they are seriously needed. i err on the side of people being able to think for themselves and use their own creativity.
A. It is not a surprise that you feel good when you are high on drugs; that is what they are designed to do. It is one of the main reasons why people use them. They make you feel good but they can ruin your life. Many lives have been destroyed by drug use.

LSD is particularly dangerous. It is a potent drug that has been linked to psychotic disorders. Make no mistake about it, you’re risking your mental health each time you use a drug.

Your drug use has already negatively impacted your life. You have not been officially charged with a crime but you’ve been close. Your luck could change.

You said that you despise school. So do many teenagers, but they still go to school. You’d be hard-pressed to find many teenagers who, if given the choice, would go to school voluntarily. There are many disadvantages to not finishing your basic education. Like drug use, not finishing school will be detrimental to your life.

I strongly urge you to seek counseling and to stop doing drugs. If your drug use continues, you risk getting into trouble and developing mental health problems. A mental health professional can treat the problems you have written about and facilitate your development of important problem solving skills. Please take care.

Dr. Kristina Randle

Help with LSD Abuse hi lg, <br>it&#39;ll be interesting to see ( after the weekend, when most readers will be back ) what other people think of the situation you describe. it sounds as if your parents probably are a bit too strict, but with all they hear and see of the dangers of the world today, one can understand their fears  and its even worse when parents don&#39;t care at all. sometimes they may seem to be hypocritical, when they&#39;re actually trying to get you to avoid mistakes they made. your sister sounds immature and spiteful. what would they think if you said you wanted to see a shrink or counsellor to work on the problems they have identified in your behaviour ? ( that way, it makes it harder for them to object  and indeed these diferent perceptions of what is a "problem") ought to be part of what you&#39;d discuss with a counsellor. be cautious about your overdose idea  apart from the obvious dangers to yourself, it&#39;d surely also give them much sronger grounds for being even stricter, which is the exact opposite of what you want to achieve. those who have studied school psychology will be able to work with children who may have some issues in life. there are some children who sometimes need someone to talk to. the school psychologist will be the right person for that. a school Your friends are not wrong. Methadone is a very strong opiate and you will have to taper off of it under the supervision of a professional to avoid going through withdrawal symptoms. It is very similar to the dependency that your body develops for heroin. these are some of the safest drugs but not totally devoid of side effects. have you ever consent an allergist about your condition? see more... everyone responds differently so its hard to tell. its really a trial and error thing to find the opioid that works best for you at the moment. see more... hydrocodone has a number of potential side effects to include feeling tired or dizzy, nausea, vomiting, constipation, loose stools, developing tolerance, low blood pressure, loss of balance, increased sweating, fainting, dark urine, muscle weakness, turning yellow, kidney failure, liver failure, loss of consciousness and allergic reaction. I'm so sorry. This is hard to accept. But sometimes people get to the point that they don't want to socialize. My mother - who was once very social - simply arrived at a point where she only wanted those close to her or the nursing home staff around. She was in a lot of pain which I think was much of it.   
  
If your mother was once social, then you could ask the doctor to experiment with her medications. There may be other options.  
  
However, sometimes we have to accept that these diseases take their course and we can only do so much. Forcing what the person obviously doesn't want isn't helpful.  
  
Offering suggestions - yes - so continue to do that. I'm certain that the AL staff does the same. But you can't make it happen if it's not going to happen. Offer all of the support that you can.  
Take care of yourself, too.  
Carol it is wonderful that you have been able to get past the drugs & each day forward will help your system rebuild. some tissues that are irritated or injured by the exposure will repair over weeks, months & years but some effects are lasting. the central nervous system, nerves & heart muscle have little ability to repair if affected. see more... while children with diabetes are at risk for complications, they can do very well, provided they are followed regularly by their physician and have their sugars consistently well controlled. see more...