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The push is on in Raleigh to overhaul the state s Good Samaritan law, which protects from prosecution people who report a drug overdose to medical authorities. The state passed a limited Good Samaritan bill in 2013, but the North Carolina Harm Reduction Coalition calls it currently one of the weakest in the country. The current Good Samaritan law is unclear on whether its protective provisions apply to the person actually suffering the overdose, and as a result, people like Jordan Dean end up being arrested for suffering a heroin overdose. Dean, 27, and a buddy were both passed out in a car in a grocery store parking lot, an employee called it in, and although both EMS and police came to the scene, Dean ended up in the back of a squad car on the way to jail. ....
From alcohol to cigarettes, most adults have tried some form of recreational drug. Fewer people have experimented with prescription medication for recreational reasons, but certain areas of the country are experiencing a serious problem with opioid addiction. Other drugs like cocaine and LSD, are used sporadically among adults in the U.S. A bill in the North Carolina Senate that says it aims to make syringe service programs more accountable is so restrictive that it would effectively shut down such programs in the state, advocates say. That would eliminate an important tool in the fight against opioid use disorder. Sponsored by Republican senators Chuck Edwards and Joyce Krawiec, Senate Bill 607 has been languishing in a senate committee since early April, a positive sign for many people in the substance abuse community including Colin Miller, who co-founded the Twin City Harm Reduction Collective in in 2016. ....