Pubdate: Sun, 07 Aug 2016
Source: New York Times (NY)
Copyright: 2016 The New York Times Company
Contact: http://www.nytimes.com/ref/membercenter/help/lettertoeditor.html
Website: http://www.nytimes.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/298
Author: Frank Justin
Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v16/n517/a07.html

TREATING HEROIN ADDICTS

Naloxone saves lives after a heroin overdose, but does it also 
encourage addiction?

To the Editor: Your article profiles a 44-year-old woman who has been 
revived seven times using the lifesaving drug Narcan. At what point 
does her own personal responsibility make her accountable for her own 
life? Our society and our health care system need to recognize that 
we can't solve everyone's problems all the time.

FRANK JUSTIN

Providence, R.I.
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