Coffee With Scott Adams — Knowledge Archive July 2, 2026
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ccidental organization in which we have a collaborative intelligence that can actually solve some problems. And one of the problems with fentanyl overdoses is bad information. So if you had better information you would know for example that Narcan is something you could get at your drugstore. And if you had it nearby and somebody was going into an overdose situation and you got there quickly — I d…

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school. Now I believe some number of them will get it for their kid to have at college or something.

Now there are also some apps. I think PulsePoint is one app that calls for people who know first aid, I believe. But I think within that umbrella you could call for people who, if you sign up for it, if you had Narcan I believe you would get notified if somebody had that app and saw somebody having an overdose because they'd be calling for anybody who had first aid and you'd have that, I believe.

So here's what I'm going to ask each of you to do. Get educated on how Narcan is obtained where you are and then tell your friends. If you have a place to spread the information, just spread the information. Because I don't see the government doing this. Correct me if I'm wrong, Joe Biden should go on television and say everybody should get Narcan or have it available. It's different in each state, so go figure out what it is in your state and see and just self-organize.

So I don't have mine yet but I'll get mine the way Carrie suggested. I'll go get mine and then when I have it, my neighborhood is organized so we have text messaging lists and stuff. So I'll send out a message to my neighbors and I'll tell them that I have it. So if anybody in my neighborhood has an overdose, there it is. And I'm also going to tell them that if I'm not home that I can open my garage door with my app and I'll just tell them where to get it. So if somebody can get to my house in five minutes — and all of my neighbors can — they can have Narcan in five minutes and maybe 10 minutes they're back to administer it if that's in time. And I think you do have 10 minutes. Does anybody know enough about this to know how often do you have enough warning that you can get to the Narcan? Do you know how much time you normally have there? I mean everything's different, right? But you're talking about just a few minutes, so you need it close.

Now I believe that if we do what some of you will do, because I know you take it seriously, some of you will do this, and I think we can save some lives. I believe that this livestream literally will save lives and you know I'm going to act on it. I hope you do too.

All right. How do you know if someone is overdosing on fentanyl? I don't know. You should research that as well. Usually you know because they've been taking opioids and somebody usually knows they've been taking them. And correct me if I'm wrong, it's for opioid overdose, not just fentanyl, right? Can somebody give me a fact check on that? Is the Narcan for — yeah it's for — so you don't need to know it's fentanyl. You need to know that opioids were involved or failing that you need to know that they're a person who might do opioids and you don't know what else they've done. So I think you might want to administer it in some cases if you're not sure. But again I'm not your doctor so don't believe anything I tell you about that. So that's what you need to look at and it probably says something on the box about when to use it, right? I would imagine it comes with instructions.

And Carrie Chabot is the one you need to thank for spreading that message. Yeah, all right. And then I think there's also something being contemplated about the Good Samaritan problem, that you would have legal liability if you help somebody and things go wrong. No probl

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em giving it to someone who does not need it. We have somebody who seems to know what they're talking about, right? So you don't need to worry about if it's the wrong time to give it. You don't need to know if for sure it was fentanyl. It could have been an opioid and if they're still alive, give it to them, right? I guess that's the bottom line. It's not looking good in Florida. So does anybody…

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