Long thread, horrifying story. Because this guy took opioids in the past, he was wrongly diagnosed, the cops were called and now he’s paralyzed.

After the 911 call, an ambulance took him to the ER of a local hospital in Galax, Virginia.

Noticing that Smith had previously been on opioid medication, the doctors and nurses assumed he was looking for drugs. They gave him a shot of Benadryl. Then they called the cops on him.

— jesús a. rodríguez (@jesusrodriguezb) May 9, 2022

My brother takes opioids for neck injury and failed surgeries and he was treated like crap at the local ER.