A recent police video could cause first responders to avoid contact with an overdose victim for fear of touching fentanyl, write Sheila Vakharia and Jeannette Zanipatin. (via latimesopinion)
of their drugs and resulted in a more toxic drug supply. People are overdosing after injecting fentanyl, snorting lines of it, or swallowing it, but not simply from handling it.
More broadly, erroneous police statements can create an atmosphere that forces politicians to propose counterproductive policies in the midst of a panic. We already know how this story goes, because we experienced it in the ’80s and ’90s, with narratives about crack cocaine being used to create policies that shattered lives, families and communities. Law enforcement-driven, media-perpetuated fear-mongering inevitably leads to extreme racially biased enforcement and mandatory minimum sentencing.
It’s been 50 years since Nixon declared the “war on drugs” and tried to convince Americans that criminalization would end drug use and save lives. Yet, overdose deaths are skyrocketing. They increased by 52% in
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