Action | Initial regulations |
Stage | Emergency/NOIRA |
Comment Period | Ended on 5/3/2017 |
The fact that subutex is now only being administered to people who are pregnant and taken away from people with legitimate allergies to naloxone is ludicrous. That is essentially like telling a child with a severe peanut allergy "sorry kid but your only allowed to eat peanut butter and jelly sandwiches hope you pull through." I understand many people view addiction in a negative light because in some cases it was self inflicted but if someone is asking for help because they desperately want to get clean and turn their life around how could you be so cruel as to tell them they can only have it if they are willing to submit to seizures and other awful things because they are allergic. Every person is different as is every path to recovery but that is just inhuman to turn your back on people who are trying so hard and fighting to save their own lives.