The names of the people within this article have been changed to protect them.

“I am trying to get this out to local media. My kid has been getting bullied and it’s getting out of control and I don’t know what else to do so I am trying to reach out to any media sources. This is her statement that we are filing with the police at the school tomorrow per the anti-bullying law.” -Concerned parent.

Bully Statement from “Tara Green.”

The first day it all happened was on Monday, April 25th. The bully “Jeremy,” was asking questions about my star necklace and what it meant. It is a pentagram. I told him and his response was “So you believe in Satan?”

I responded with “It just means I believe in witchcraft.” When I left school he said “bye Satan.” The next day he had already told his friend “Pedro” and they both started to trip me every time I walked by. In class he would say “Shut up Satan!” or “No one likes you Satan.” whenever I spoke.

The following Monday (May 2nd) he had told all his friends (Paul, Pedro, and Bill) and they started to poke me and trip me. Tuesday (May 3rd) they handed me cards that said Jesus on it and tried to stuff it in my pockets and were tripping me as I was trying to get away from them. That day I had enough so I broke down in class and cried, then I ran out and sat in a corner in the hall way crying until Mrs. Medeiros found me and walked around for a bit trying to calm me down.

On Wednesday (May 4th) he Jeremey called me Satan again and said “Don’t get mad if I crack a girl.” meaning he was saying he was going to hit me. This took place in front of Ms. F. and when I started to stand up for myself she kicked me out of the room. I then waited outside of the door because I was tired of being pushed around every single day and teachers seeing and hearing it and not helping.

I had told my mom the night before and she called Mr. P. that night and left him a message, I had told Mrs. Medeiros, I had tried to see Mrs. D. twice on Tuesday and Ms. F. had witnesses every time it happened from the moment it started on April 25th.

No one was stopping the bullying.

When Jeremy walked out of the classroom I struck him in the head because I didn’t know how else to get the bullying to stop. I then walked away while he struggled against his friends to try and “beat me up”.

When I got home he had messaged me on Facebook at 4:36 pm saying “Bitch Ass Nigga What tf gave u the right mind to hit me then run away like u scared” Laughing emoji and fist emoji.

I told my mom who then told me to block him and she sent him a message saying “Do not message Tara again. There is an anti-bully law. I have already filed a report with the police if you continue to harass her it’ll just look worse for you.”

He responded to her with “Your daughter hit me what part of that is good luckly she ran away i wouldve beaten the living shit outta her.” My mom immediately stopping messaging screen shot both messages and sent them to Mr. P., Mr. F., and Mrs. D. I shouldn’t have been bullied in front of so many adults for over a week and have not one of them make it stop. Instead I am being punished for trying to figure a way out of being bullied by four boys all by myself. Now I also have to worry about going to school on Friday and being jumped by one of these four boys. Because I don’t believe in the same religion as they do?

One way to turn the tide against the opioid epidemic (and everything else for that matter) is obviously prevention. Prevention at the high, even middle and elementary school level.

Putting in place a safety net (for many reasons) instead of throwing kids to the streets when the overwhelm us, like myself at one point, kicked out of high school because of behavior issues which stemmed from issues at home.

When we push or allow kids to fall through the cracks we open the gateway wide open to drug use, drug dealing, and gangs among other things. If we want to disrupt this pipeline, the school system in New Bedford must allow the people that know, can, and ARE WILLING to work with kids and families having problems instead of monopolizing the system to be only controlled from the inside – it isn’t working.

It has been, as of late, more about numbers and business than the kids, people, and matters of the heart. I, along with many other New Bedford citizens, are wiling to volunteer to make the things that need to happen, for the future of our kids and our community, happen.

This isn’t a money issue as many claim, it’s a heart issue. New Bedford will be greater than ever before, when we stop letting the same people make decisions that haven’t produced anything better.

We need young blood willing to take calculated risks, produce innovative ideas and strategies, implementing them and thinking outside the box to rise up. and those that can’t produce any longer to pass the baton. We are out here and ready. People just don’t want to listen because we are young.

The truth is many of the people who decide for our city and kids have never been there and done that. Reading about struggle in a book at Panera Bread or something. Many of us have been there and done that and know first hand what real struggle is and how to overcome. We have valuable incite and experience that could lead us into the right direction.

Lets stop talking from a business standpoint and thinking about how my organization, agency, and/or business can get the money, or the grants etc and lets start coming together to effectively meet people where they are at, find the void, and fill it.

Edwin Cartagena

#unitednewbedford #change #realtalk

I joke with friends that my blood pressure goes up 20 points after driving just five minutes in New Bedford. Drivers tend to always be on their phone, tailgate, cut you off, run through red lights, distracted with their phone and now the latest … drivers overdosing on heroin behind the wheel.

Three people overdosed behind the wheel while driving this week in New Bedford.

First, a 26-year old New Bedford man overdosed on heroin while driving on Hathaway Street and struck a parked car around 7am Tuesday morning.

About 12 hours later, a 48-year old New Bedford man overdosed while driving near the intersection of Hazard Street and Purchase Street.

According to the Standard Times, the third overdose “occurred shortly before 11 a.m. at the exit from the Kings Plaza shopping center onto Kings Highway in the city’s North End. The driver was behind the wheel and in the middle of the exit when he overdosed.”

Fortunately, Narcan was used to save them, unless the drivers get treatment we can expect them the repeat the dangerous habit of getting behind the wheel high. In my Narcan Butterfly Effect article, I discussed the effect on society when we keep using Narcan to save overdose victims, but don’t require them to seek treatment.

It’s not just overdosing drivers that create headlines. Also, this week a New Bedford fire truck and New Bedford police vehicle were involved in accidents due to other drivers blasting through red lights.

On Thursday night, a female driver hit a parked car on Chancery Street in New Bedford and flipped the vehicle onto another parked car just after 11pm.

While there are bad drivers everywhere, it seems to be more of an adventure driving through the streets of New Bedford. I’m a firm believer that vehicles in America are more dangerous than guns and this trend will only increase as more and more addicts, addicted to drugs and smart phones, get behind the wheel.

This opinion piece was sent to us by a concerned reader who wished to share her opinion on an alternative to Narcan that she and her group have had success with. Because of the sensitive nature of the topic and the all too common backlash for just about any topic, she wished to remain anonymous.

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In the wake of all the recent overdoses and the Narcan being administered to revive so many opioid addicted individuals, I wonder if more people were aware of the Vivitrol shot.

Do they want to get clean but feel scared and know how bad the withdrawals can be? These people would want to learn more information about Vivitrol and maybe this would educate those individuals and help them reach their goal of being sober.

There is such a lack of information about this shot out there and I know if more people knew about it, there would be far less drug addicted individuals. The Vititrol.com website is amazingly informative.

The Vivitrol shot is covered by many insurances. The shot is once per month in the buttocks area. It is NON-ADDICTIVE and, therefore, when the sober individual decides they are confident that they no longer need it, they can stop the shot with no repercussions.

On a side note, if the individual cannot afford the shot (which is the best alternative), there is the pill form of it (Naltrexone) and it is extremely iaffordable. Again, the only drawback is that the person can just stop the pill if they feel like it, but obviously, cannot stop the effects of the month long shot absorbed in their body. Either way, it is a tool in the road to recovery.

It works by blocking the pleasure receptors in the brain and therefore, an addict can shoot up the heroin or take the pills, but they won’t get high. If they try to “overdo it” and take an overload of the drugs, there is a good chance they can overdose just the same because the body absorbs it, but they don’t get the pleasure of the high. This is what causes many to be so successful with the shot.

The cravings almost immediately go away and people can lead a happy, healthy, productive life. Just think: once per month (that is 12x per year!) they get the shot and learn to heal. The side effects are minimal to none – of course each individual is different from the other. The one “drawback” that people have is that they MUST be clean for 7-10 days before they can get the shot and if on Suboxone, they must be clean for 10-14 days before getting the shot.

A wonderful option is in-patient withdrawal with comfort medications and support, and many facilities will now administer it before they even walk out the door. I am part of a group here on Facebook called “Vivitrol Treatment” and I beg that people join and hear from other addicts who stopped the drugs cold turkey because they desperately wanted to get clean, but didn’t know where to turn and TODAY. All of them are sober due to the Vivitrol shot.

The group is an amazing support system and extremely informative. I apologize for the long-winded message, but I feel so confident that if more people knew about the Vivitrol shot, they too would jump on that bandwagon to a sober, long, wonderful life!

Thank you so much for reading this and hopefully people will join the group and/or look up Vivitrol.com and make themselves familiar with the shot and all of its benefits and help the heroin epidemic slow down a bit. One sober person is one less potential death.

According to New Bedford’s mayor Jon Mitchell crime is down 10% in New Bedford. While I’m sure the statistics are accurate, a lot of people find it hard to believe. My guess is that when crime is so high, a 10% drop really isn’t that noticeable, especially for those that still live in high crime areas.

Let’s look at some of the data available to the public. According to city-data.com, in 2013, there were 6 murders, 100 rapes, 256 robberies, 677 assaults, 916 burglaries, 2,186 thefts, 335 auto thefts and 20 arsons in New Bedford. That’s roughly a rape every 3 days, 2 assaults a day and a car stolen every day. Looking even deeper into the numbers, New Bedford has three times the violent crime rate (632 rating vs. 203 rating) than the average U.S. city and those numbers have been consistent for a decade.

Why is does New Bedford have high crime and how can we reduce crime even more than 10%? In order to come up with solutions you need to know the problems.

1. Secret City: No Snitching

One of the biggest issues facing New Bedford is the ‘no snitching’ narrative that rules many New Bedford neighborhoods. Look, I get it. If you are a mobster and your fellow mobster gets pinched by the Feds and then snitches to get a reduced sentence, he’s a snitch or a rat. That’s snitching and the snitch deserves to get whacked. But if you see a person committing a crime and you don’t call the police because you “ain’t no snitch” then you are the #1 problem with New Bedford. You are worse than a snitch; a coward. Reporting crime is not snitching, it’s alerting the good guys about the bad guys and taking care of your neighbor.

Even more disappointing, attacking people as snitches for reporting crime happens very often in New Bedford. Not reporting crime and labeling those that do as a snitch is a great way to ensure all the good people on your street and city move somewhere else. Then you’ll be surrounded by fellow ‘no snitchers’ who could care less about you.

Solution: Stop acting like you are in the mob and report crime. Stop punishing others that report crime. Take back your neighborhood and push out the criminals on your street. Sending them to prison is a great way to do that.

2. Weak Judges

Spend 10 minutes in a New Bedford court room and you just might have a stroke. Criminals with long rap sheets are being released back onto the streets by judges. Most of the crime in New Bedford is committed by repeat offenders. The police do an excellent job catching criminals and the judges do an even better job at freeing them.

For example, a New Bedford man with 7 outstanding warrants was arrested recently with a .357 revolver, a semi-automatic handgun and over 100 rounds of ammunition. He did not possess a license to carry a firearm. The Bristol County District Attorney asked for a $10,000 bail, but the judge lowered it to $3,000. If a man with a history of not showing up to court gets such a low bail, what do you think these judges are setting bail for other offenders committing lesser crimes? Even when these criminals are successfully prosecuted they are seeing low prison sentences and then being released back into the public.

Solution: Hold judges accountable. Push District Attorneys and state legislators to be tougher on crime. Follow local sentencing and call your elected officials when outrageous sentencing occurs. Apathy is almost as bad as not reporting crime.

3. Drugs, drugs and more drugs

In 2013, Joshua Silva, a man living in New Bedford and a known heroin user, brutally murdered 69-year-old Joyce Howland, a retired school teacher living in Fairhaven. Brutal really doesn’t really describe the murder well. Then Bristol County District Attorney Sam Sutter stated that her spine was fractured and her head was nearly severed from her body. She was found lying face down in her bedroom on a blood-soaked area rug. Joshua Silva murdered her for some jewelry that he later pawned for cash. Joyce Howland’s life was cut short so a heroin user could score some drugs. The Standard Times published a thorough article on the case here.

While most heroin addicts are not killing people for drugs, they are breaking into cars and homes, shoplifting and committing other crimes. When one user overdoses, they cost tax payers thousands of dollars as police, fire, EMTs and hospitals provide services. Then they are released back into society to repeat using drugs, cost tax payers millions and commit crimes.

Solution: Lower the heroin abuse in New Bedford and you will lower crime and save lives. How do you do that? Arrest the doctors that over prescribe opioids, pass legislation that forces addicts to get help and lock up the drug dealers.

Stay tuned for part 2 where I tackle importing people with criminal records, absentee landlords and lack of parenting/community.

What do you think New Bedford has high crime? Post a reply!

Panhandling in New Bedford is a hot topic. It used to be the Paul Revere sign that welcomed tourists to New Bedford, but now it’s panhandlers with signs. You can’t drive a main road in New Bedford without seeing at least one person standing at a busy intersection holding a sign asking for money. On most days you’ll even see a couple, one pregnant, working the busy intersection at Union Street and Route 18. On some days you’ll see a guy sitting on a rocking chair barely paying attention, but still making money. It wasn’t always like this.

Why do panhandlers do what they do? It’s because panhandling pays off and it only works because people continue to give them money. Why does it seem that more and more panhandlers are popping up in New Bedford? Because panhandlers go where the money is and word spreads quickly.

Solving the panhandling issue is very simple; stop giving them money and they will go away. It’s 100% scientific. But … but … they will starve! Wrong.

It’s debatable where most of the panhandling money goes, but people in New Bedford are not panhandling for food. There are over a dozen food pantries in New Bedford, not counting the good folks at Mobile Loaves and Fishes who feed people dinner six days a week from a food truck and Mercy Meals and More who feed people breakfast 6 days a week. The $2 million Sister Rose House is nearly complete and will offer shelter and food daily. I think most people that give to a panhandler feel they are helping to feed someone, but in most cases that is simply not true. 

Panhandlers are mostly young men and women physically capable of working. Notice I used the word physically. Most of the panhandlers are not mentally capable of working though. Laziness, an inability to follow rules, or simply an outright unwillingness to live a structured life is what you will mostly find. In some cases the ability to pass a CORI check is lacking. You will also find that a large percentage of pananders in New Bedford are from another city. 

As long as I can remember there have been spammers and scammers on the internet. A day doesn’t go by without spam or some scam in my inbox. Why is that so? Because people fall for spam and scams. People don’t continue to send spam/scams unless thousands of people are responding to them. There are thousands of Nigerian princes scamming people and folks selling tons of discount Viagra thus keeping the spam and scams alive. If people would stop falling for the spam/scams through e-mail the spammers and scammers would go away. If people would stop giving money to panhandlers they would go away. No one will stand (or sit on a rocking chair) for hours at an intersection, make no money and decide that it makes sense to come back the next day. They will migrate where the money is, away from New Bedford.

Do I blame the panhandlers, Nigerian princes or discount Viagra dealers for making easy money? Not at all. The blame falls on the shoulders of the people giving money to them. Stop doing it. A better idea would be to donate to charity or tip service workers 50%. You can feel good about yourself and you’ll actually make a difference.

By Craig DeMelo

In the 1850s Herman Melville wrote endearingly about the beauty and opulence of a quaint port town in Massachusetts. It was in a small chapel where he was inspired to pen the classic novel that would make him a household name. The chapel was the Seaman’s Bethel. The novel was Moby Dick. The place was New Bedford.

The affluence of historical New Bedford is well documented. Twice this fishing village has been a pinnacle of wealth and prosperity, once for its legendary whaling industry and once for textiles. Images of the former pervade the small city in the form of statues, murals, harpoon-decked logos, and mascots. The latter’s colossal factories – many now apartments – loom large over the harbor. The majesty and grandiosity of this 30 square-mile sliver were captured eloquently in the early chapters of Melville’s epic. For centuries New Bedford was much more than an obscure location in the Northeast.

Today, its fame has changed to infamy, its principle commodities of oil and cloth have metamorphosed into the nefarious trifecta of drugs, crime, and violence. The past few decades have seen New Bedford appear on more than a few ignominious lists, with staggering per capita numbers of criminals, addicts, and diseases. The days of resting on 18th and 19th century laurels are over.

Despite this fall from grace, the Whaling City does still possess a certain richness that is unheralded. The art scene here is robust with the prodigious efforts of painters, graffiti artists, singers, songwriters, amateur filmmakers, and photographers. The downtown area is a wellspring of creativity, a place where food for the eyes and ears and mind can be found around seemingly every corner. There are local art galleries and shows featuring the refulgence of the city’s finest budding artisans. The circuit of unique restaurants and bars feature a slate of bands and musicians that can only be referred to collectively as an embarrassment of riches. Hang around New Bedford long enough and you’re likely to hear or see something you will never forget.

The city does its best to shed light on this assemblage of innovation; there are a bevy of festivals and functions throughout the year, featuring this mass of talent. Unfortunately, however, outside of the scant few privy to this local renaissance, the vast majority of New Bedford’s population appears to be oblivious. Most people choose instead to focus on the aforementioned dirt that defames this city. The stories and links that get the most shares, posts, and comments are rarely the tales of the aspiring geniuses. Unlike moths, it appears that many people are drawn to the darkest things this city has to offer.

It is undoubtedly important to know what’s going on in your city, and that includes the bad news. But one way to stop the decay, to clean up the mess, to shift the narrative is to discuss the awful, but to take to the rooftops and holler about the wonderful. Next time you read the paper and think that New Bedford is rough, just remember there are diamonds here, too, if you know where to find them.

Yesterday, former President Bill Clinton campaigned for his wife Hillary Clinton against Bernie Sanders in Massachusetts. Massachusetts was the closest of 12 states up for grabs on Super Tuesday and President Clinton was likely sent to the state to seal the deal. Hillary won Massachusetts by 1.8% (about 20,000 votes) so it worked. The problem? Many people feel he broke voting laws by campaigning in front of a polling stations.

Some suggested that the President’s presence at the Buttonwood Park Ward 5 polling station blocked people from voting. I don’t think that argument holds water because the vast majority of the people in the crowd were Hillary Clinton supporters. Of the 1,000 or so that showed up to Buttonwood Park in New Bedford, 900+ were likely there to support Hillary Clinton or simply to see a former President. And that’s where he crossed the line. He played the Pied Piper by drawing out all the Hillary Clinton supporters to a polling station and then told them to vote in front of it. It’s reported that he did it in Boston and other cities as well likely getting the 1.8% needed to take MA. The voting laws in Massachusetts against these actions are very clear:

Within 150 feet of a polling place no person shall solicit votes for or against, or otherwise promote or oppose, any person or political party or position on a ballot question, to be voted on at the current election. No campaign material intended to influence the vote of a voter in the ongoing election, including campaign literature, buttons, signs, and ballot stickers, may be posted, exhibited, circulated, or distributed in the polling place, in the building where it is located, on the building walls, on the premises where the building stands, or within 150 feet of an entrance door to the building. ( 950 CMR 53.03(18); 54.04.22)

The part that should grab your attention: “Within 150 feet of a polling place no person shall solicit votes for or against, or otherwise promote or oppose, any person or political party.”

A New York Times article even explained that William Galvin, the MA Secretary of State, called ahead to New Bedford to warn poll workers of the 150 foot rule because of reports of violations earlier in the day.

We had to remind everybody what the rules are, that there is no campaigning within 150 feet of the voting booths because people are entitled to their privacy,” Mr. galvin said. “And it’s not just him but his media entourage.”

Because of the situation in Newton, Mr. Galvin said that his office called ahead to Mr. Clinton’s next stop, New Bedford, to remind those poll workers of the rules.

Now watch the video of his speech and it is clear that he 1) promoted the Democrat party 2) solicited votes for Hillary Clinton 3) promoted Hillary Clinton and 4) opposed the Republican party. All within 150 feet.

Then after the speech, an official went over to a group of Bernie Sanders supports holding signs and asked them to move to the corner. They were much further away from the polling station than Bill Clinton.

The idea of Bill Clinton blocking a huge crowd of Hillary Clinton supporters from voting is silly. The real issue is he played the Pied Piper and broke clear Massachusetts voter laws in New Bedford.

There is a poison being sold in many New Bedford convenience stores and across the nation even though many towns and cities have banned it including Boston. The poison goes buy the names synthetic marijuana, spice and K2. There are literally 500 other names. The most common name “synthetic marijuana” is deceiving because it is far more dangerous than real marijuana. Use of it can cause death (though rare) and side effects include high blood pressure, blurred vision, heart attack, vomiting, seizures, hallucinations, and severe anxiety and paranoia. Manufacturers get away with selling the poison by placing a “not for consumption” on the label or simply tweaking the formula.

Use of the synthetic marijuana is increasing significantly and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) reported some alarming statistics. From  January–May 2015, poison centers across America reported 3,572 calls related to synthetic marijuana use, a 229% increase from the 1,085 calls during the same January–May period in 2014. The most commonly reported adverse health effects were agitation, tachycardia (abnormally rapid heart rate), drowsiness, vomiting and confusion.

Around midnight on January 17th, 2016, New Bedford police responded to a man stabbed by a sword on Cherry Tree Lane in New Bedford. Police responded and recovered synthetic marijuana from the scene. As the CDC reported, the top side effect is agitation and could explain the stabbing. The next day police responded to and had to assist a woman having a nervous break down at New Bedford convenience store. Synthetic marijuana was reported as the cause. These are a tiny sample of incidents in New Bedford involving synthetic marijuana. Here is a heart-breaking story from a mother on how synthetic marijuana took her daughter’s life.

Why hasn’t New Bedford banned this from being sold in our stores? Apparently, it is still legal to sell in New Bedford even though three times several city council members have requested a ban on it. This motion was filed in August, 2014, but nothing resulted from it:

In August of 2015, Boston banned the use, sale or purchase of synthetic marijuana and imposed a $300 fine for selling, distributing or possessing it. A few month later New York followed suit. Why hasn’t New Bedford, or even Massachusetts followed suit? We asked the City of New Bedford and here’s a comment from the City’s Health Director:

We are actively looking at different ways to address the issue of synthetic marijuana. Some communities have adopted regulations but the manufacturers have already found ways to avoid them by manipulating their product labeling or its chemical composition. The New Bedford Board of Health will be convening in the next month or so to review model regulations that could work for New Bedford and be both meaningful and effective.” – Dr. Brenda Weis, Director of the New Bedford Health Department

What do you think? Should synthetic marijuana be banned from New Bedford convenience stores? Why hasn’t it yet?

There is a debate that rages on social media every time Narcan comes up; do you save heroin users with Narcan or let them die? Should medical professionals be reviving heroin addicts multiple times? Ten times? There were several car accidents recently in New Bedford involving overdoses, one involving an innocent man who was crushed by an SUV while unloading his van.

Just this month a Weymouth firefighter was suspended for 90 days over a Facebook post against using Narcan to save addicts. Here is what he posted:

Many people believe that Narcan allows addicts to take risks knowing that they will be revived should they overdose. Police in Massachusetts are even finding used Narcan kits in drug dealers’ homes.

Eight used Narcan kits were found in the Davidson Ave. apartment. Marhefka reportedly told police that she had dispensed the Narcan to users who overdosed in her apartment. Two unopened kits and more than 100 dirty syringes were also found at the apartment.

Most people are compassionate and believe in saving drug abusers unlimited times, or until they get help. You will hear frequently, “If it was your son, daughter, brother or sister, you’d change your tune and want to save them.”

While saving addicts is a must, there is a Butterfly Effect on society.

First, there is a high cost associated with saving a person overdosing. Not only does Narcan cost the taxpayers in Massachusetts millions of dollars annually, it costs thousands of dollars every time emergency personnel arrive on the scene and save an overdosing person. When a person overdoses and someone calls 911, you will generally see police, fire and EMS personnel arrive on the scene to save the person. Additionally, if fire, police and EMS are responding to overdosing victims then resources are not only strained, they may not be available for another emergency like a fire, heart attack or care accident.

Second, overdosing victims are not only a danger to themselves, they can be a danger to the public should they overdose while driving a car. This past weekend a man overdosed while driving a Ford F250, hitting and snapping a utility pole. Medics arrived, administered Narcan and saved the mans life.

Last month a man seriously injured another man reportedly on the way to a methadone clinic. He was speeding down Bellville Avenue and likely passed out at the wheel colliding with a parked van, crushing one man between his SUV and the van. A second man near the van was also injured. The first victim was hurt so bad that he needed to be evacuated by helicopter to a Rhode Island hospital. The driver of the vehicle was overheard saying that he was on his way to a methadone clinic downtown.

While Narcan is a great tool to bring overdosing people back to life, there are consequences that the rest of society must deal with, especially when overdose victims are allowed back on the street the same day. Yes, addicts overdosing are brothers, sisters, sons and daughters, but what if you save a man from overdosing and that man then cripples or kills your loved one who was simply trying to unload tools out of his/her work van? In Massachusetts, thousands of people are being saved with Narcan each year; good or bad, this has caused and will cause a Butterfly Effect that we all have to deal with.

What do you think? Is Narcan a good or bad thing for our community? Is there a limit to how many times Narcan should be used on the same patient? Or unlimited use?