"Ironically, liberals want to decriminalize drugs —“the war on drugs has failed!”—but when dope accidentally produces such a providential outcome, suddenly they’re bad-ass antidrug enforcers."
"Why is a single taxpayer dollar being spent on preventing prisoners from overdosing? We could probably end the country’s drug problem by not saving anyone who overdoses, but here we’re talking about deranged psychopaths. Isn’t that a win-win scenario? This is like trying to revive a suicide bomber.
"Apparently, violent predators, who think it’s fun to inflict bodily harm on others, have decided it’s also fun to smoke strips of paper soaked in synthetic drugs. The drug-infused papers are smuggled into penal institutions by girlfriends, on letters from their kids or pages from a book sent in an Amazon box from a third-party seller.
"At first, the overdoses baffled prison officials. They’d see an inmate foaming at the mouth, hallucinating, and flailing his arms, and have no idea how he’d gotten the drugs. Solving the mystery took the combined effort of prison wardens, police officers, SWAT teams, doctors, research scientists, hospitals and emergency rooms—all of which, one way or another, are being paid for by you, the inmates’ victims.
"But for some reason, all the commentary on prison overdose deaths suggests that “we” are facing a “crisis.” Yes, let’s throw more resources at keeping these savages alive and thriving.
"A 2024 article in The Journal of the American Medical Association called prisoner overdoses a “growing public health concern” and helpfully documented the efficacy of various treatments—naloxone, atropine, IV fluids, benzodiazepines, forced-air blankets, warm IV fluids, intubation. The paper added that larger studies would be needed to “better understand and mitigate the risks” to violent criminals who knowingly suck down potentially lethal drugs.
"Liberals want to allow completely innocent people to commit suicide with government assistance, but won’t let these useless carbon producers end their lives all by themselves.
"NPR, naturally, reported on the “overdose crisis behind bars.” Happily noting that California was taking steps to keep state prisoners “safe,” it bemoaned the fact that correctional institutions elsewhere have not similarly rushed to provide their prisoners with “comprehensive treatment programs.” . . . More...
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