Brian Mann
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first heard Aug 2026
last heard 6 Aug
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While officers were transporting Descamps to another medical facility, hoping to get him help, he overdosed from drugs already in his system.
An investigation later found hospital staff never gave Descamps a toxicology test and ignored officers' warning he might die.
This kind of outcome is rarely caught on camera, but federal data suggests similar devastating medical events for people with addiction are common —
One study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found two-thirds of fatal overdoses in 2024 involved people who had some kind of opportunity for intervention but didn't get help.
Beth Meyerson is an expert on addiction care at the University of Arizona's College of Nursing.
She says the problem isn't just in hospital emergency rooms.
It's still common for most doctors and nurses to actively avoid treating patients with alcohol and drug-related illnesses.
Meyerson says for the most dangerous forms of addiction, alcohol and opioids, those doctors should be offering many of their patients medications available for decades that are low cost and relatively easy to prescribe.
In 2022, the federal government made it far easier for doctors to prescribe buprenorphine, a medication that reduces opioid cravings and withdrawal symptoms.
But studies show most still don't.
It's even more rare for
clinicians to offer medications like naltrexone that reduce alcohol cravings.
The obvious question is why.
If addiction is common and deadly but also treatable, why don't more clinicians help?
Chertok at the University of Pennsylvania says many of her fellow doctors view addiction patients with deep suspicion and even hostility.
A report issued earlier this year by the American Medical Association identified stigma among health workers as a significant hurdle for patients needing treatment.
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