Why are some people who have received overdose education and naloxone reticent to call Emergency Medical Services in the event of overdose?

BACKGROUND: Overdose Education and Naloxone Distribution (OEND) training for persons who inject drugs (PWID) underlines the importance of summoning emergency medical services (EMS). To encourage PWID to do so, Colorado enacted a Good Samaritan law providing limited immunity from prosecution for poss...

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Published in:Int J Drug Policy
Main Authors: Koester, Stephen, Mueller, Shane R., Raville, Lisa, Langegger, Sig, Binswanger, Ingrid A.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: 2017
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5825210/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28734745
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2017.06.008
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