Opinion: The missing link between overdose crisis and drug policy

“I just learned that my cousin overdosed at a friend’s party. His friends were afraid of calling 911 and left him alone. He was eventually brought to the hospital but remained in a coma and died the following day.” Biting her lips, my patient told me this painful news while seeing me in the clinic. I thought I wouldn’t be hearing these kinds of tragedies again after the Good Samaritan Drug Overdose Act came into legislation last year. Her story not only broke my heart, bu