Bystanders to drug overdoses often avoid or delay calling 9–1-1 and cite fear of police involvement as a main reason. In 2017, the Good Samaritan Drug Overdose Act (GSDOA) was enacted by the Canadian government to provide people present at an overdose w
This study aims to describe knowledge of Canada's Good Samaritan Drug Overdose Act (GSDOA) and take home naloxone (THN) training and kit possession among people being released from provincial correctional facilities in British Columbia.#The authors conducted surveys with clients of the Unlocking the...
The 1996 Good Samaritan law provides uniform limited liability protection for those who make good-faith donations to nonprofits that feed the hungry. Like the IRS Code, the act specifies that donations must be made to a qualified charity. The statute provides liability protection if you comply wit...
What is the Good Samaritan Act, and how does it protect the rescuer? Legal Protection: Laws and other formal procedures protect people's liberties and rights. The legal laws include individuals' social, economic, cultural, civil, and political rights. Activities that have to do with ...
Some might hesitate to call 911 out of fear of incrimination for being high, intoxicated or in possession of illegal substances. FLP provides education about the Georgia Good Samaritan and 911 Amnesty Laws which protect those providing emergency care from being arrested. To learn more visitfeeneyleg...
Can you help Canberra woman Kacey Butterworth find and thank the man who came to the aid of her grandmother Kate in Mogo earlier this month? Kate was shopping in Mogo on Saturday, February 18 with her step-daughter Tracey, Mrs Butterworth’s mother, when the incident occurred. She was tran...
“Repent or else”. I don’t think so, she wouldn’t of been so thrilled to bring everyone to meet him. No, she knew her status, she was a woman, she was looked down upon, on the bottom of the totem pole of society. She also was a Samaritan and was hated by the Jews, was ...
A Delaware County man is on a mission to find a Good Samaritan seen on Ring doorbell camera who went way out of the way in a genuine act of kindness. It’s 8:15 on New Year’s Eve and Greg Basile’s Ring doorbell camera captured a stranger ringing the doorbell of his ...
Jessica Xavier aAlissa Greer bAlexis Crabtree cSarah Ferencz dJane A. Buxton a cInternational Journal of Drug Policy
GOOD-SAMARITAN ACT TURNS INTO A NIGHTMARE OF TAINTED WELLS IN BANGLADESHULI SCHMETZER