RFK Jr. is ending the federal Narcan distribution program credited with the recent steep decline in overdose deaths. This despite his own past heroin addiction and his own brother dying of a drug overdose in 1984.
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RFK Jr. is a recovering heroin user. JD Vance's own mother is a recovering heroin user.
Vance's book came out at the peak of the fentanyl overdose crisis in Appalachia and the Rust Belt. Vance built his persona and political fortune on the backs of the people they now condemn to misery and death.
Obviously this is a disgusting move that will cost untold innocent lives.
On the plus side its going to really upset the pigs who roll around hyperventilating in panic when they get within 100ft of a speck of fent like a premier league player fishing for a red card. I hope those fucks lose sleep
Eugenics is the thread that ties all their actions together. They think ‘they’ are uniquely special and clever & ‘we’ are a waste of their resources… they are preparing for the impacts of climate change & resource scarcity. Killing us off is the plan. It’s so pathetic & weak but could kill us all
Create the problem. Make a fake solution to said problem. Claim you solved the problem. This admin will claim the spike in overdose deaths is coming from fentanyl brought in by “illegals”. 🙄
Definitely another arm of the propaganda system so they can convince some poverty-stricken kid that they should enlist into the army to take down those "bad guys" who manufactured said drugs.....
When people from outside America write fiction and do world building if they want to give you a quick shorthand that a society is utterly dysfunctional, one of the ways they do that is to mention that it has a for-profit prison industry.
ODs happen to patients at all economic levels. Some emergencies do happen with legit prescriptions.
So, if a paramedic is on the scene of unconscious person whose face turned blue, what to do? transport to morgue with no intervention? RFK policy is insane.
If Trump & the rest of the GOP really wanted to decrease fentanyl smuggling, they'd cut the market for it, by increasing Medicaid funding for treatment, not gutting it. The existing demand for the product is just too high (definitely no pun intended).
I'm a bit of a mean bastard, but would want everyone in the Whitehouse right now to take 8mg right now and see who's a dirty hypocrite on top of being mass murderers.
And primarily in red districts. Almost overwhelmingly. In urban blue areas there are other ways to access narcan (pharmacies, for one) but in areas where drug use is easily accessible and pharmacies aren’t, many red states will suffer disproportionately from this. Just idiotic.
Even before I read this post, I thought “well when you view it through the lens of eugenics, it makes sense they’d do this”. Such shitty motherfuckers.
Like, I have a decade of alcohol abuse in my past, and this is breathtaking in its viciousness and temerity. For me, my experiences give me a strong ‘there but for grace, luck, & the kindness of friends & strangers go I’ b/c stuff could have easily turned out differently.
If nothing else, enlightened self-interest also suggests “I may need that (intervention/program/treatment/whatever) one day!” even if exceedingly remote.
Great point. Even a sociopath would have enough sense to realize they might need emergency treatment someday.
I think his problem might be the very unfortunate combination of wealth, power, and smugness: "I'd never get myself into that position. And even if I did, I could get out."
And being chosen by God & Genetics and Wealth! (Overlap and rephrase).
I mean at heart I don’t think he cares much and I think he is an ideologue who will allow anything if he gets to do his eugenics & this carries for that eugenic project.
He will answer to a higher judge one day. Hard to believe his catholicism brought him to this dark place. Maybe the nuns and brothers beat the kindness out of him
I believe the statistic is that for every 6 narcan doses distributed, one life is saved. OTC, it's between $25-30/dose. A life can be saved for LESS THAN $200.
One stat that I just saw, for every $1 spend distributing narcan, an estimated $2,742 was saved in "death avoidance". In terms of public health and addiction, there's not a better investment than narcan.
I like my Sci-Fi to be a bit more on the FICTION side of the equation. Not enjoying watching my life turn into part of a Battletech (or Honor Harrington) scene.
Weber turned out to be correct about stupid evil governments, but he thought the stupid evil government would be run by libs and the solution would be a monarch.
Every day he’s does something so evil that I cannot believe it. Then every other day I see these people making excuses about it or trying to find something good to say about him…people from a variety of political factions. Why? It is INANE. It is sickening.
That is simply heartless and foolish. Narcan is easily used by anyone intent on reversing an overdose. It saves lives and is very effective. This is a punitive measure - and coming from an addict, unforgivable.
Rich addicts will be able to buy their own narcan. In the eyes of this administration, poor people and those in healthcare deserts should "die and reduce the excess population".
“… Kennedy … now frames the crisis as one requiring deeper, spiritual and societal change rather than relying solely on "nuts and bolts" medical solutions.”
There is a weird belief that the existence of narcan encourages addicts to not stop taking drugs because they know overdoses won't kill them. It's a moral willpower belief among creepy purists.
It's like the long standing finance-guy belief that in moral hazard in health insurance-- that people are prone to take less care of their health when they have health insurance because they can get medical treatment.
I admit to getting an unnecessary test for my child once. He was 6 months old, rolled off the bed and took a header onto the Pergo floor. Dr. at the ER & I were both sure baby was ok an hour later, but he offered us a head CT, and I went with it for my peace of mind.
No doubt they'll come up with some bizarro theory to justify it, but it's hard for me to imagine. As you say, prevention is MUCH better. They don't value life, it seems, or anything that makes it worth living.
Article: “Though Kennedy has previously praised interventions like Narcan as critical to saving lives, he now frames the crisis as one requiring deeper, spiritual and societal change rather than relying solely on "nuts and bolts" medical solutions.”
Maybe the "spiritual and societal change" he wants to see is death for people he believes are irreversibly "morally corrupted" by using drugs, illicit use or otherwise - he seems to view psychiatric meds as equally corrupting as fent or coke. I wonder if he drinks anything with ethanol or caffeine.
I'm not surprised for sure, but RFK Jr brings up a particular brand of primal hate in my soul. Perhaps because I have spent a long time around people who devote themselves to science. (And am one myself!)
I don’t know if he’s such a conspiracy addled crackpot that thinks this is good for people or he’s just a guy that wants a position of power for its own sake
#GOPDeathCult in action — this #ThugAdministration is killing as many people as it can, before we stop them. Hope we succeed before they succeed at their published goal: #Project2025Genocide
RFK Jr. is an idiot. Only an idiot would pick an idiot to run department as important as this. It’s pathetic and shameful that this is even remotely being executed when the decades of lost lives, pained existence and trauma to help come up with a solution is trashed.
Okay. This takes the cake. How can a person be this cruel? Trumpsters, I really need you to explain how you justify and accept such cruelty. Will it take someone in your family dying from an overdose for you to condemn this cruelty and those who are perpetrating it?
I cannot imagine having this history, then years later having the power, platform and technology to all but eradicate overdoses and just…refusing. Unimaginably, intentionally evil
Fascism is ultimately the institutional appearance of a eugenics program to prove to a lot of accidentally powerful old rich guys that they are the most robust specimens.
a lot of addicts are like this, tragically -- nepo babies of rich people who stay loaded for decades, then it starts to not get fun, so the family trust pays for the Best rehabs, and they get clean, and then get out and act like they weren't a degenerate last month
The admin needs higher rates of people dying from fentanyl overdoses in order to justify military action in/against Canada and Mexico. Ending the Narcan program will provide that.
“Though Kennedy has previously praised interventions like Narcan as critical to saving lives, he now frames the crisis as one requiring deeper, spiritual and societal change rather than relying solely on "nuts and bolts" medical solutions.” AKA “we just want to cut funding.”
I'm not surprised.
Every Republican in the government is like this.
The fuckers are ultra-wealthy.
They want to be the only people to survive and thrive.
They want everyone else to die of the things they didn't.
The fucks know we poor need these programs and rich elites don't because they're rich.
He should start using again. Really. I just hope he knows nothing will ever feel as good as a relapse. C'mon Robbie, you know you want it, it's the only thing in the world that really matters dude, fuck all this, the politics, the media, all that noise. C'mon bro, I know a guy, lets go get a bag, rn
There aren't many things RFK and the Republicans are doing that I agree with, but this is one. The only way to idiot proof a system is to get the idiots out of the system and Narcan keeps Trump's voters alive, even when they try to kill themselves.
Harm reduction including syringe exchange and Narcan distribution are PROVEN lifesaving measures in response to substance misuse. Speaking as a meth addict in recovery, it takes a LONG time for some to reach that deeper spiritual solution and one needs to be alive when it happens.
🙏 for sharing your story which I’m sure is abridged but I’m glad you’re alive today to give this perspective. I carry Narcan in my backpack. Have never happened upon an OD victim -yet- every American household needs it on hand. Opioid addiction is often quite silent until the person is permanently
Yes, it is beneficial, so they want it gone. Thier goal is to have fewer people alive. Every time you go in to get needles or a safe place, there is an opportunity to open a door. The problem is Kennedy and Trump don't want them to be alive anymore. your fault, just die now
In January I had what seemed like the stark realization that these people did not care about the well-being of Americans. 100 days later it is quite evident that they actively want to hurt and kill Americans. It’s insane. What constituency can this possible appeal to?
Fairly new anti narcotic drug. I keep one with me at all times. Saw a woman collapse. She stopped breathing immediately, grabbed my first aid kit. Gave her a dose of Narcon. Continued CPR. The longest 4 min. A passerby called 911. I got a call from the person. 3 hours later she was o.k.
Well pot, meet kettle.
The problem with putting an unelected drug addled idiot in charge of the US medical system is you're gong to get a lot of homicidal decisions by this nut.
Someone start a Dead Pool for the US.
I want to follow him around with a microphone and every single time he speaks just ask him about his aunt's lobotomy and his family's attempt to erase her over and over and over and if it has anything to do with his stance on the euthanasia of mentally ill, neurodiverse, addicts, and disabled folks.
Sir sir sir sir Sir hi sir sir hi when they lobotomized your aunt and tried to hide her from the world was that out of shame or disgust? do you think that contributed to your beliefs? Sir do you feel this was fucked up sir? Given your Position, the world would like to know. Do you feel sorrow, sir?
This along with the removal of syringe programs and HIV prevention drugs will mean an absolute epidemic of new HIV infections. Incredibly irresponsible and unnecessary. Zero benefits to anyone only massive transmission increases
when I was in high school over my whole 4 years we had to use Narcan to bring back 5 students this shit helps people not die, which I for one think is a good thing.
This is going to kill SO many people. Possibly in the thousands, probably more. At the end of this RFK is likely going to be up there with history's greatest monsters for the number of deaths he is going to have on his hands
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Vance's book came out at the peak of the fentanyl overdose crisis in Appalachia and the Rust Belt. Vance built his persona and political fortune on the backs of the people they now condemn to misery and death.
On the plus side its going to really upset the pigs who roll around hyperventilating in panic when they get within 100ft of a speck of fent like a premier league player fishing for a red card. I hope those fucks lose sleep
This is eugenics that will be felt and noticed immediately and viscerally.
But I would call it mass murder.
Oh hold on, I’m being handed a note-
There's literally hundreds of billions of dollars to be made off a new War On Drugs. Built-in justification for new wars.
Poor people dying is just a side benefit to them
So, if a paramedic is on the scene of unconscious person whose face turned blue, what to do? transport to morgue with no intervention? RFK policy is insane.
Leaving aside compassion & solidarity & humanity.
I think his problem might be the very unfortunate combination of wealth, power, and smugness: "I'd never get myself into that position. And even if I did, I could get out."
I mean at heart I don’t think he cares much and I think he is an ideologue who will allow anything if he gets to do his eugenics & this carries for that eugenic project.
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8107918/
https://www.sarna.net/wiki/Nicholas_Kerensky
So batting 2-1 against.
But killing others is the job of the Secretary of Harm.
https://bsky.app/profile/chadloder.bsky.social/post/3lnyjabvnck2z
This is a religious project for them, isn’t it?
Ignoring the fact that prevention is so much cheaper long term
Folks can’t reach deeper change if they’re dead.
I don't know if I'm surprised at this kind of hypocrisy from rigid moralizers, just disappointed
Fuck these idiots!
Oh, maybe he was just using that as an excuse to oppress Latinos.
FUCK
Life-saving vaccines? 🚫
Fluoride in the water to prevent cavities? 🚫
Narcan to counter drug overdoses and save lives? 🚫
Take away the family name and he's just a psycho on a street corner
Then pretend they are the only ones able to solve.
More drug addicts and more violence from drug addicts.
Do you feel safer ?
Every Republican in the government is like this.
The fuckers are ultra-wealthy.
They want to be the only people to survive and thrive.
They want everyone else to die of the things they didn't.
The fucks know we poor need these programs and rich elites don't because they're rich.
Or maybe he already is back on junk?
That could explain his shocking insensitivity & utter lack of responsibility for the harm he has caused...
My god
He has some very compelling stories about how outside forces drove him to addiction, I'm sure.
Not like everyone else, who just likes to do drugs because they are genetically evil.
https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/drug-overdose-data.htm
In this case it'd definitely be, "let the addicts kill themselves."
The problem with putting an unelected drug addled idiot in charge of the US medical system is you're gong to get a lot of homicidal decisions by this nut.
Someone start a Dead Pool for the US.
Hold the Narcan!
That’s it.
He’s a fucking state-sanctioned murderer.
I hope he gets everything he deserves, and soon
Is RFK jr’s motto