fne8w2ah@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 23 days agoCouple had Uber deliver Narcan instead of calling 911 when baby died from an overdosewww.independent.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square16linkfedilinkarrow-up1114arrow-down13cross-posted to: TheIndependent@metawire.eu
arrow-up1111arrow-down1external-linkCouple had Uber deliver Narcan instead of calling 911 when baby died from an overdosewww.independent.co.ukfne8w2ah@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 23 days agomessage-square16linkfedilinkcross-posted to: TheIndependent@metawire.eu
minus-squareLodespawn@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14arrow-down1·22 days agoI think it’s more likely they weren’t calling an ambulance because they didnt want to either have their drugs confiscated or be go to prison for possession
minus-squareNorah (pup/it/she)@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·22 days agoBoth can be true. This is also why sane places have laws preventing paramedics from reporting drug use to the police.
minus-squareElextralinkfedilinkarrow-up3·22 days agoI think its more this as well. Also, Medicaid, which they likely had, and their children definitely had, would cover ambulance.
I think it’s more likely they weren’t calling an ambulance because they didnt want to either have their drugs confiscated or be go to prison for possession
Both can be true. This is also why sane places have laws preventing paramedics from reporting drug use to the police.
I think its more this as well. Also, Medicaid, which they likely had, and their children definitely had, would cover ambulance.