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

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 possession of a...

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Published in:	The International journal of drug policy Vol. 48; pp. 115 - 124
Main Authors:	Koester, Stephen, Mueller, Shane R., Raville, Lisa, Langegger, Sig, Binswanger, Ingrid A.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Netherlands Elsevier B.V 01.10.2017 Elsevier Science Ltd
Subjects:	Adult Arrests Bans Calling emergency medical services Camping Colorado Crime Criminal justice Criminal justice system Drug overdose Drug Overdose - drug therapy Drug policy Drug use Drugs Education Emergency medical care Emergency Medical Services - legislation & jurisprudence Emergency services Enforcement Fear Fear & phobias Female Fieldwork Good Samaritan law Health Education - methods Health problems Health services Homeless people Homelessness Housing authorities Humans Immunity from prosecution Imposition Imprisonment Intervention Interviews as Topic Law Law Enforcement Legal status Male Medical schools Medicine Middle Aged Naloxone Naloxone - administration & dosage Narcotic Antagonists - administration & dosage Opioid overdose Opioid-Related Disorders - complications Overdoses Police Policing Prosecutions Public housing Qualitative research Training Victims Violations Witnesses Policing Opioid overdose Homelessness Good Samaritan law Calling emergency medical services
ISSN:	0955-3959, 1873-4758, 1873-4758
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