Edhat StaffOn March 1, 2018, at about 10:05 p.m., Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s deputies from the Isla Vista Foot Patrol, officers from the UCSB Police Department, Santa Barbara County Fire personnel, and AMR medics all responded to a residence in the 6500 block of Del Playa Drive for an initial report of an unconscious male.
Deputies and officers arrived within minutes and found the unconscious male lying in the backseat of a vehicle. The subject’s housemates claimed he had ingested an unknown amount of alcohol and a prescription pain reliever known as “Oxycontin.” He was immediately transported by medics to the hospital for treatment.
While deputies and officers were still on-scene, they learned of another male subject who appeared to be suffering from an overdose. This male was carried out from the residence and had stopped breathing. A Sheriff’s deputy administered a single dose of his department issued naloxone nasal spray. After receiving the dose of naloxone, the victim’s condition improved and the subject started breathing again. Santa Barbara County Fire and American Medical Response personnel returned to the scene and took over care of the second victim.
Deputies and officers conducted a welfare check of the residence, which revealed a small social gathering of approximately 20 college-aged subjects. Seven of the students within the group exhibited signs and symptoms consistent with a drug overdose. All of them reportedly ingested a “blue pill.” Additional ambulances were dispatched and a total of nine male subjects were transported to the hospital. All nine subjects are reportedly UCSB students. Eight of the patients have been released from the hospital and the remaining student is expected to be released today.
Naloxone Hydrochloride, more commonly known by the brand name Narcan, blocks the effects of opioids (both medications and narcotics) including extreme drowsiness, slowed breathing, or loss of consciousness.
The core mission of the Sheriff’s Office is to protect life, and the opportunity for our Sheriff’s deputies to deploy naloxone within our local communities is directly saving lives.
The Sheriff’s Office was fortunate to have the opportunity to work closely with the Santa Barbara County Public Health Department and its Emergency Medical Services Agency to develop and implement a naloxone program, which puts life-saving medication as close as possible to where it is needed.
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— CA-SBC Dispatch (@SBCFireDispatch) March 2, 2018
You are forgetting that one third of IV’s population is SBCC students. No classes on Friday at CC lends itself to party Thursday, and their semester system in general offers much more wiggle room for party behavior. Chances are these unfortunate drug instances are SBCC related. Due to SBCC’s growth, UCSB can no longer be solely blamed for the negative and unfortunate behavior spewing out of Isla Vista. Sad for any parent though, for sure.
Oh jeez, I was wondering how long it would take for the anti-SBCC crowd to show up. Yeah, UCSB students would never do something so stupid as try drugs……
If there is an “opiod epidemic”, it goes without saying there is a permissive drug culture in that exact same location.
FACTOTUM – that’s just not true. —— S”ignificant increases in drug overdose death rates from 2015 to 2016 were seen in the Northeast, Midwest and South Census Regions. States with statistically significant increases in drug overdose death rates included Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, and Wisconsin.1″ — https://www.cdc.gov/drugoverdose/data/statedeaths.html ——– You can see that those states which you wouldn’t consider being “permissive” (as most of them have some of the most strict anti-marijuana laws in the US) also have some of the HIGHEST rates of opioid deaths.
I’m amazed people are acting like overdosing on heroin make the user a victim of some injustice.
HOWARD – I don’t think anyone is really calling the users “victims” so much as some are trying to blame pot for their decision to use in the first place.
The fault lies with the idiot who took the drugs in the first place you want to blame everything else go ahead.
This is just so sad.
Imagine, 9 adults in the same room at the same time all with a doctor’s prescription of the same drug pushed on them.
Most recent FDA statement on Kratom – WIKI can give you more details
“Statement from FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, M.D. on FDA advisory about deadly risks associated with kratom”. U.S. Food and Drug Administration. 14 November 2017.
Patients addicted to opioids are using kratom without dependable instructions for use and more importantly, without consultation with a licensed health care provider about the product’s dangers, potential side effects or interactions with other drugs. There’s clear data on the increasing harms associated with kratom.
Calls to U.S. poison control centers regarding kratom have increased 10-fold from 2010 to 2015, with hundreds of calls made each year. The FDA is aware of reports of 36 deaths associated with the use of kratom-containing products. There have been reports of kratom being laced with other opioids like hydrocodone.
The use of kratom is also associated with serious side effects like seizures, liver damage and withdrawal symptoms
This idiots can pass an SAT test, but FAIL in life- They should all be expelled for their actions… OMG- that would mean these ADULT students would have to take PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY for THEIR decisions- (won’t ever happen in this P/C world, they will be considered “poor victims”…)
OMG- this is out of control!
Is it just me or is the current Edhat comment section the perfect metaphor for the opioid situation?
What does one expect from the permissive drug culture in this town, except more of the same.
I fell asleep in my chair woke up heard part of this thought it was a vehicle accident I was checking all the usual sources for info to post but did not hear a location so I cannot post without a location. I heard there were 4 green tag aka moderate injuries never would think it was this not good…
It all starts with alcohol.
It was bad enough when college parties just had beer. But, a heroin party? So sad
It all starts with liberalism.
KEYT is reporting 9 OD’s yesterday in IV. Let the PR spin begin, and hire more Noble Prize winners.
It all starts with stupidity.
does anyone really believe legalizing recreational marijuana isn’t also going to contribute to this problem? One of the biggest mistakes CA voters made recently
You work hard. Send your kid to one of the best UC schools in the state. The kid pays the parents back by deciding to sit around on a Thursday night and, rather than study, takes herion to destroy their brain cells. I am sure their parents are both scared for the health of their child and wondering what went wrong that taking herion was even considered.
It all starts with choosing to blame something or someone else, instead of one’s own choices.
I’ve smoked marijuana for the last 20 years. Don’t drink alcohol, can’t stand other drugs, have no health issues and also hate prescription pills. So no, medical or recreational marijuana is not the problem. Your issue is with Big pharm you just can’t see it. The problem is barbiturates and other habit forming pills that lead people to heroin. Not pot. Oops.
FACTOTUM – There are so many things wrong with your “logic” here, I’m not sure where to start.
FACTOTUM – There are so many things wrong with your “logic” here, I’m not sure where to start. First of all, can you please cite the source for your “state heroin abuse map?”
OOPS – why would legalizing marijuana increase opiate abuse? No one gets stoned and says, “hey, I want to try some heroin!” People get DRUNK and do stupid things like that ALL THE TIME. Also, those who use pain meds from their docs get hooked and want more, thus turning to heroin. Sorry, but you’re blaming the wrong drug and I’m sure you know that.
A lot of our drug woes started with the “conflict” in Vietnam creating drug addicts out of some of our vulnerable young men. As for “blame the liberals”, liberals may have a hand in a lot of stuff, but they didn’t start or condone that debacle.
Kratom is really not as bad as the DEA is making it sound. It’s habit forming, but not nearly as bad as tobacco, alcohol or opiates!
From the CDC:
” In particular, heroin use has more than doubled in the past decade among young adults aged 18 to 25 years.
Heroin-Related Overdose Deaths As heroin use has increased, so have heroin-related overdose deaths:
Heroin-related overdose deaths have more than quadrupled since 2010. From 2014 to 2015, heroin overdose death rates increased by 20.6%, with nearly 13,000 people dying in 2015. In 2015, males aged 25-44 had the highest heroin death rate at 13.2 per 100,000, which was an increase of 22.2% from 2014.”
FACTOTUM – Yes, nice cite showing exactly what we ALL already know – that is, heroin ODs have increased. Now please show us where you get your “conclusion” that pot is linked to heroin due to some map you reference showing a high number of heroin abuse-related deaths in the “green triangle.” Still waiting on that gem……
Read the Sacramento Bee article also cited here that lists California’s most affected opiod overdose counties – in “superior” California as of 2013. State health departments track this data – you can look this up yourself or google the SacBee article.
FACTOTUM – so you have nothing to back your bogus claim with. It’s ok to say you’re wrong you know.
FACTOTUM – there you go, at least you made the effort. However, chemical reactions in the brain due to THC use at an early age, don’t account for the social and behavioral factors that cause most pot heads to not want to try hard drugs. If you really want to blame a substance for another substance’s abuse, start with legal pain meds and alcohol. THOSE are what cause people to “want more.”
Addiction process perfectly described and worth repeating. Thanks Drellim:
…..”Then once taken{ Any opiate) you stop making endorphins immediately and it takes months for your body to make them again. It’s that depression that takes the life and fear You have to fight harder than any fight of your life to get off the stuff, no short cuts no way no how .Health chemistry wise its almost set in stone to fail once hooked. It’s a bad choice and people need to understand no one survives constant usage no one …..”