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statementlou · 26 days ago

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I don’t understand why the hotel didn’t call an ambulance, the first time Liam came down acting erratic and passing out/convulsing. that’s clearly a medical issue?? like I know it was drug and alcohol induced but that’s still a medical issue and they should have called whatever the Argentina equivalent of 911 is. I wonder if they would have handled it differently if he had been sober and was still passing out/acting strange. it makes me think it’s some stigma thing surrounding substance abuse. so sad and tragic and could have been prevented in many different ways

I agree; both that they should have handled it SO differently (and treated it as the medical issue it clearly was at that point) and that the stigma of intoxication was absolutely why they didn't. It's so fucking sad.

#this is such a fucking universal problem too calling the cops instead of medical help when someone is intoxicated #you see it here (USA) every fucking time too #and what happens as a result PEOPLE DIE #OVER AND OVER #hey everyone: NEVER CALL THE FUCKING COPS #and (US and UK at least) if someone is having some kind of an episode or ODing #call emergency services and JUST SAY someone is having trouble breathing or similar that will tell them it is urgent #DO NOT MENTION DRUGS #if you mention you think drugs may be involved they will send cops as well as medical responders #and it will make everything much much worse and they might arrest you for trying to help #when the medical peopel are on site that is when you give them the info which they will need about substances #but on the phone only describe symptoms and what is happening #no extra detail #cw death details

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