I read today that they now are selling Narcan as a nasal spray...a drug that reverses the effects of heroin and other opiate derivatives...to addicts and families of addicts.  Heroin overdoses unfortunately knock out your biological ability to breathe.  I have saved a bunch of lives with the stuff. Hopefully those people went on to live productive and happy lives...yea...well...at least they get the chance to continue. Some 10,000 lives have been saved  since the program started in 1996. This is a wonderful thing.
   The article, written by Denise Lavoie with the Associated Press, included the notion that opponents say the program makes it less likely that addicts will seek treatment. Those opponents are not the sharpest knives in the drawer.