Just found a guy shooting up on the clinic's doorstep.

[Aristus]

I told him to take it somewhere else. I was pretty harsh with him, and I regret it. But I didn't know what else to do. People come to the clinic and sleep in underneath the overhead to get out of the rain a little until the clinic opens, and I'm okay with that. But not the shooting up. I don't want the cops coming around cracking heads because they think we're a shooting gallery.

It's going to be a long week, but at least I'm not on call anymore...

[TEB]

1. You have to protect what you have

You provide a service to those in need

[hlthe2b]

2. Are they doing so in case they overdose given all the fentanyl-laced crap out there?

Not suggesting you let them stay. I wouldn't. Just that it does underscore a huge and tragic complication of our criminalized drug policies.

[Aristus]

4. I don't know.

The clinic also offers showers and laundry service. It's possible he was just waiting for us to open so he could use the services. He moved off just now, and I gave him a cup of coffee before he left. Made me feel a little less guilty.

[dewsgirl]

5. That was kind of you.

[samnsara]

3. he must have watched the Hawks game last night :(

[Aristus]

6. Had to go home sick.

It wasn't this incident that made me sick; I was well on my way already.

I made a good-faith effort, though. Visited with a couple of patients, then headed home. We'll see what tomorrow brings...