Since the congregation took naloxone training in March, there’s been seven outside St. Albans. But that number is quite modest. At the drop-in centre beneath the church, where some of Ottawa’s most afflicted seek daytime refuge once the overnight shelters close, they’re doing at least one [naloxone application] a day.
It’s crazy that without these drugs these folks would all be willing to give up their life for a high.
Sure, but people quit addictions all the time. Smoking is on a massive decline, drinking too. Somehow the drug that can kill you in an instant is so popular that churches are handing out kits to save them. Insanity.
Usually they are getting that high because they don’t deem their life as very valuable anymore
It’s not so crazy when you realize that people are going through tremendous amounts of pain and suffering every day. When you’ve tried everything available to you and nothing improves, what’s the next logical step for getting rid of that pain? A life like that isn’t worth living, so realistically, what are you giving up on by turning to drugs?
