HB1063: I appreciate that VA wants to track opioid antagonists more carefully, especially since when misused they simply promote drug use rather than remission. This bill as written is entirely unhelpful because it fails to require any information on the results, such as : did the person die of the OD or have long term disability? did the person, by contrast, revive well? did the person need long term in-resident or out-patient care? etc. What gets measured gets done they say. The measurements of quantity of antagonists delivered simply feeds into ever more costly narratives about how much was "needed" thus more money is needed now. From what I have read all these programs are mostly ineffectual and should be limited to in-hospital ICU only.
HB1063: I appreciate that VA wants to track opioid antagonists more carefully, especially since when misused they simply promote drug use rather than remission. This bill as written is entirely unhelpful because it fails to require any information on the results, such as : did the person die of the OD or have long term disability? did the person, by contrast, revive well? did the person need long term in-resident or out-patient care? etc. What gets measured gets done they say. The measurements of quantity of antagonists delivered simply feeds into ever more costly narratives about how much was "needed" thus more money is needed now. From what I have read all these programs are mostly ineffectual and should be limited to in-hospital ICU only.