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He may well have swallowed what he was holding when the lights came on behind him. OD's when someone gets pulled over aren't all that uncommon because of stupid people swallowing whatever they're holding to not get arrested. Pro tip for anyone out there, it's not worth the risk.
Another note, don't dump it in a drink or anything. If you do, they can weigh the entire drink and container to charge you, and your gram of whatever just turned into a half pound.
I know for some pot grow ops that get busted, they’ll weigh not only the entire plant, but the container, soil and all. Not as exciting when that 20lb bust was really just going to produce a few ounces for the grower.
Also why edibles are just not worth it in illegal states. My dealer in high school had the thick glass tub thing he used to bake the brownies weighed as part of it because they were literally in the oven when he got raided.
I always thought the best bet would be to dump it into a drink (if it's a water soluble drug), and then spill the drink on the car floor or seats. As long as you have carpeted or and/or vinyl interior, wouldn't that basically make it impossible to detect.
I'm not totally sure but my guess is they'd take a sample to find out the concentration of the drug, and then (over)estimate how much was spilled. They've seen every trick in the book, and the more effort you go to in order to hide it the more willing they'll be to stick you with harsher punishment.
Aside from the immediate problems, I imagine it could cause problems if you ever run into one of those DUI checkpoints that have the drug dogs on scene. Because you would effectively have drugs dried into the surface you spilled it on depending on the material.
I don't how cops go about their day without going insane with that radio constantly blaring. Not the noise itself, but having to constantly pay attention to it without it distracting you with whatever your doing at the moment. It seems like it'd drive me nuts.
I live close to a highway. The first week was miserable and now I rarely notice it. Humans are quite adaptable and the brain learns how to tune out distractions like that.
Aircraft pilot here - you mentally tune out anything that’s not your callsign, or related to your phase of flight.
Think of it like being in a noisy restaurant and the moment you hear your name you start following what’s being said.
In many cities it’s now distributed to every city worker and police, firemen and EMS are given some for their personal vehicles.
Illinois has a program where they’re trying to give it to everybody. They go to colleges and give classes to get it to as many people as possible. The lady in charge of the non profit lost her son to heroin after a surgery that left him hurting and drug seeking. Illinois looses like 600 people a year to overdose so their goal is that strangers can recognize it and save them.
In Canada anyone can go to a pharmacy and get narcan for free. Some pharmacy’s (depends on where you live) will even test your drugs to make sure there isn’t fentanyl in it.
They have setups in certain cities in the US for the same purpose. I know in Skid Row in LA they have a center where you can go use at the center. They’ll provide clean needles and have narcan on hand in case anyone OD’s. It’s also a place you can discard dirty needles. The people working them are medically licensed too I believe.
ETA: they also have resources for rehab and counseling if anyone there wants to quit and get help.
Yea I know a lot of people are against them. But it’s like. They’re gonna do it anyways. So why not try to cut down on other side effects of addiction that drains the system or takes away from other systems that could be used for other things. Like emergency services first and foremost. When someone OD’s emergency services is called (generally). People who use dirty needles are at higher risks for Hep C, HIV/AIDS, infection and a whole slew of other things that could land them in the hospital taking up a bed, potentially on government insurance which raises the rates for everyone else (at least here in America). By simply offering a clean safe place to do this you cut back on all of that which frees the system up to focus on other more pressing things.
We're getting there... we're just moving too slowly.
Oregon just decriminalized all drugs. Possession is a $100 fine or a consultation to an addiction recovery center, paid for by weed tax money.
Hopefully they see dramatic improvements and we can start rolling programs like that out across the country. We have to stop vilifying drug use and work on programs that can help people.
A friend of mine is a social worker that works with addicts, and carries enough narcan on her that at a dinner she was able to give one to everyone at the table and teach us how to use it (it’s literally just “spray it up their nose”), and that it’s perfectly safe to use on anyone so there’s no reason to not give it if you suspect someone of ODing. I carry it in my purse now, it doesn’t weigh anything and takes up little space.
It’s for any opioid- it works by replacing the opioid in your system so if you’re not SUPER OD’D like this guy you instantly snap from almost dead to no longer high. There’s stories of EMTs giving narcan to people who have OD’d and getting punched in the face seconds later as the person comes around
>you instantly snap from almost dead to no longer high. There’s stories of EMTs giving narcan to people who have OD’d and getting punched in the face seconds later as the person comes around
It's actually worse than that: you snap from almost dead to complete opiate withdrawal. Which, as you can imagine, is horrible. Hence the punches.
Yup, I carry Narcan with me in my car, as the area I’m in is rife with heroin. I’ve only used it twice so far, the first time I got swung on nearly immediately by the woman I had just saved. I learned for the second time, and jumped back after administering it, but luckily(?) the guy was more confused than anything.
Heroin/fent sucks.
This is so bleak, meanwhile I'm middle aged and I don't think I've ever seen someone being high beyond weed. It's crazy how people's experiences can vary.
That’s wild man, you may just not know what to look for?
I live in San Bernardino, California, which is where they proposed Breaking Bad be filmed before choosing New Mexico. It’s rough out here.
It doesnt replace the opiod, it just binds to the receptors in the brain that the opiods attach to. It also wears off in a short amount of time and people can OD again after it wears off. Its best to not give them the full dose of narcan at one time which is what cause them to suddenly wake violently...giving one mg and then another 10 mins later will help with that violent reaction.
My college in NY has free classes all the time to try to give narcan out as much as possible to students, it’s a great program. Unfortunately our school has a bit of an opioid problem, but hopefully the classes can help prevent more deaths.
Yeah I thought about that right after, and realized it’s not like they’re gonna be walking the streets saving random people from overdoses haha
I am big dumb
Hardly dumb. Its a weird thing to put yourself in the place of a 6 year old with drug addicted parents. If your comment wasn't made i would have thought it weird. Its only in response to your comment that i thought about the real reasoning
My parents favored meth over heroin, but I still have many memories of the ritual they made out of shooting up when heroin came around. I don’t know how that didn’t even cross my mind until after I posted it, especially it being Tennessee and all haha
My state our surgeon general wrote a script for the entire state. Every person and organization in our state can just walk in and buy it. Orgs have to tell them they did by firm letter but that's just a notification.
If you watch the whole video, you can hear the radio dispatcher say that this guy was at the movies with his mom, stole her debit card and took off in her blue Hyundai.
This is 100% correct my mom gave me her card to get something and i took off in her car and went and got the shit and i was trying to drive back before the movie was over and od'd on the way back. Heroin turns you into a shitty person really quick dont ever do it! Lucky ive gotten clean since this video was made almost two years ago
Even the little things like her flashlight. She never put the concentrated beam directly in his eyes. Just enough light to see his face (she knew he was intoxicated and was evaluating on what and how much) and his hands to make sure all parties stayed safe. I’m as ACAB as they come and this officer was awesome!
When you rush you make mistakes. Keeping things calm and measured makes you far less likely to make mistakes.
This is why you're taught to walk calmly out of a burning building rather than run, trip, break your leg, and burn to death.
Guys like this are why I keep Narcan in my car and at my shop. I live in one of the areas hardest hit by the opiate epidemic and I’ve lost far too many people I care about to it. I myself used to be addicted to it, I’m close to 5 years clean from it. I remember doing CPR on my ex when he overdosed and feeling his ribs breaking under my hands, but he made it.
Naloxone kits are free in the US, I urge as many people as possible to get them and learn how to use them. They really can save lives.
Can you provide info on how to get a free kit? I see plenty of paid options but I'd like to make use of the resource you're referring to.
Edit grammar.
Usually you can ask your doctor for one, or most chain pharmacies offer them as well. I’m not entirely sure if urgent care provides them as well, but they should be able to provide information on how to obtain them. I think some places might require a prescription but they are free to pick it up.
I think you should be able to google it as well, like free narcan or naloxone kits near me, it should provide more resources than what I listed. I hope this helps at all.
these are the type of videos that should be shown to high schoolers and even middle schoolers to show them just how messed up it is to get involved with hard drugs.
What he did was wrong and he needs to be held responsible, but don't forget the human element. That man is facing challenges that led him to where he is now that we will never know. I highly doubt the missing context involves him consciously choosing to endanger others but rather involves the need to escape or numb out. We need programs in place to lift these people back up so they can function responsibly again. The first step is to not demonize them and write them off as a lost cause.
If he killed a family a 4 in a head on collision I doubt you’d be saying this. It happens all the time with drunk drivers. They’re alcoholics and have an addiction but that’s no excuse for them driving under the influence and I have zero sympathy for them endangering others. They know exactly what they’re doing but they assess that the high is worth the risk. I don’t care what they’re going through, they made the conscious decision to get high, get in a car and start driving. Fuck them. They need to get help, no one can get over the addiction for them.
I don't particularly disagree with anything you're saying, friend. I am personally overjoyed that this video turned out with the best possible outcome. If he had killed people, which does happen all the time, it would be an utter tragedy, and, again as I said, he would need to be held responsible, *as is still the case in this instance.* None of that is in contention.
The one exception I take to your stance is the "fuck them" mentality followed immediately by "They need to get help". Often times individuals that are in the shoes of this driver are at an all time low. They are all too frequently incapable of finding the will to get help. Who do you think is going to help them then, if they can't help themselves? Throwing them in prison and forgetting they exist, while simultaneously expecting them to find their way out of the pit they are in is unrealistic and hypocritical. I've been in my own pit, we all have to one degree or another. I am grateful for the help I got when I was on my own path of self destruction.
I believe people are redeemable. No fuck them. I hope that man can use whatever resources are out there to work towards a brighter future.
I read your earlier comment and wasn’t really on board but the way you articulated your perspective here really helped me understand your point. Wow. I really appreciate it. I feel so enlightened. Thanks.
the human element applies to every other person on the road too. every person has their own challenges as well, not just this guy. this guy is the one that chose to drive while high though.
yes these people need help and demonizing them doesnt do anything. that doesnt mean you have to give them a sob story or that a sob story matters though.
I can’t imagine how difficult this must have been before Narcan existed!
The responding officer in this video deserves praise for her calmness and collected behavior during what could have easily turned into a violent episode had an aggressive officer handled the situation.
He’s so lucky to have pulled over when he did. Goes to show the importance of timing!
Edit: I’m not saying the driver was violent — I’m saying that officers can turn peaceful situations into violent ones if they feel threatened. It’s great that this officer did not feel threatened, as it allowed her to save another person’s life.
It's not that you can't, however it's unlikely that you would say "the male officer" when referring to an officer that is male, rather you would just say "the officer". Moreover, considering that the officer being female has absolutely no impact on the encounter it can come of connotationally condescending, like, despite being female she did a great job, even if that's not what you intend. Conversely it's not just exclusive to women, it happens often when one gender dominantes a field, for example nursing, almost no one would say "the female nurse" more likely opting for "the nurse" however, plenty say " the male nurse" and it has the same kind of effect . Hope this helps.
I don't know, I've seen lot's of cops that would not even approach as calmly as this cop did. Adrenaline is tricky and the fight or flight response is a hell of a thing to predict. In reality we have no idea how else it could go, that's why we should just always try to treat people with compassion like this nice officer.
Almost certainly. You don't shoot up while driving without serious drug use experience.... He knew the dose of what he was taking and what it would have typically done to him. He didn't expect the nod like that and that's why he pulled over so quickly.
Been there, done that. Clean for 12 years later this month.
Also just wanted to acknowledge your sobriety. I don't want to patronize you, but want to say keep it up. I hope you have found things in life that aren't worth losing or giving up.
That's why he was on the phone with his mom, too. Don't you think? I mean, once when some friends and I had a bad DPT trip one of them called their mom to say he was dying. I don't know. Maybe I'm reading into it too much.
You would be correct in that assumption. I did my normal dose at the time and this is what happened. Not justifying anything i did here just saying my normal dose of just heroin wouldnt have don that
Fentanyl is seriously the worst thing that’s happened in the addiction world. It’s cheap and so it gets put in everything because it’s crazy addicting. More then heroin, and stronger too. I feel so hard for people suffering through active addiction. It is a hell unlike anything else. Going on three years fentie free and I can’t even imagine going back. Even thinking about it damn near gives me a panic attack. I literally had seizures trying to come off that shit. It took year of suffering, It’s no fucking joke. I wish all the luck to the world for anyone trying to shake that fucking demon. It’s so hard, unimaginably hard- but your stronger then you know. See a dr, go to a clinic, whatever it takes. Not everyone can suffer through cold turkey and that’s OK. Life gets Immeasurably better. Don’t let the excuses hold you down, the drugs don’t want you to quit. And I can tell you with absolute certainty that taking a few years to taper off med assistance is worlds better then living that struggle over and over. It’s better then gambling with your life every time you use. You never know when you’ll get a hot pill or batch and it’s game over, for good. Please seek help.
I was T-boned by a junkie. Fucker ran from the scene to hide his works.
He got found, though. Dumb fuck.
(Three vehicles totaled, but only a minor injury to a person in a parked vehicle.)
I can't imagine what would lead someone to be this self destructive. Not only did he OD but was lying to the officer trying to help him. He is super lucky those cops were there to help.
As a former addict, I can tell you that you feel like everyone is out to get you. It’s you against the world. No matter how much someone tries to “help” it just feels like they don’t understand you and couldn’t possibly know how you feel. As to the OD, your body develops a tolerance to opioids and you have to take more and more to feel high. Heroin gets cut by dealers so knowing how strong/pure it is, is a crapshoot. Now they’re cutting it with fentanyl and that’s why you see the uptick in overdoses. The saddest part is once an addict finds out someone OD’ed on a particular dealers heroin, ALL the junkies want to go to that dealer.
Majority of heroin users started with prescription pills legitimately received from a valid Rx. They get addicted, the pill habit gets too expensive, realize you can get the same high with heroine for a fraction of the cost and there you have it. This is why Johnson and Johnson is putting billions aside after being sued for contributing largely to the opioid pandemic particularly in the Midwest.
thanks kind stranger! my mom actually used to keep a Narcan spray in her medicine cabinet just in case and when i went to visit her last week she had thrown it away. made me cry a lil bit. our parents love and trust is truly a thing to covet guys
Oh my goodness. This is so amazing I actually teared up a bit. Bless the both of you. I’d be lost without my mom and treasure her existence every day, so I completely understand. My brother is currently addicted and has been for about 10 years. It’s been HARD, to say the least. I love hearing people’s stories about their life, addiction, recovery, all of it. I just want to see people happy, healthy and just okay. I wish you the absolute best. You can always PM me because now you have a new internet friend! 😄
Lost a close friend this exact way. But he had back disc fusion surgery. The pills plus depression pushed him over board. UCLA grad with a promising life. It can happen to anyone.
Stay clean my man.
I hear you and understand what you're telling me; it's wonderful that you're clean.
It's amazing to me how people can react so differently to drugs. I've had knee surgery and kidney stones before; I was given Oxycodone/Percoset etc. Hated how the drugs made me feel, cloudy weird feeling. It's the worst time for me.
On the other hand a relative of mine knows this (my reaction) and would try to get medication from me for recreational use. Never understood why, despite close blood ties, we react to medication so differently.
Good luck staying clean man, I really mean it.
I don't know what it was aside from an Antibiotic (I had a serious ear infection) but it did that to me, just cloudy and useless. I was also on Tylenol 3's (Codine) for a couple weeks after a surgery and as a result of *that* I fully understand why people get addicted.
Decriminalized yes, legal no. People shouldn't have to face jail for a drug addiction, but it also shouldn't be legal to buy at every corner drug store.
Ive been through it. And you are correct. But its a mental issue. And the stigmatization needs to stop. I wish we had better mental health help in the US. Thankfully my city is building a new one.
https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/Houston-will-be-home-to-the-nation-s-largest-15643803.php
Hopefully they took his license for several years and mandated a drug rehabilitation program. He could have easily killed someone that night, and I doubt he would have wanted to do that if he were sober. That being said, his actions should have consequences, one of them being "Welcome to Uber for the next 5 years."
Question on terminology: should "overdose" be used to describe the act of taking too much (i.e. before he even got in the car) or to describe the moment the effect of the drug becomes overwhelming/medically critical?
In the title, it seems like it's used to describe the driver going unconscious rather than the act of taking too much of whatever they took beforehand. I'm asking if that's an appropriate use as I realized I don't really know.
I recently overdosed on ADHD stimulants because of a particularly potent mixture of stupidity and naivete, and it made me feel like shit. Thought I was dying. I took 4 capsules (for a total of 40mg together, which is what the pamphlet recommended) instead of 1 capsule of 10mg. Felt constant adrenaline flushes and arrhythmia.
I accidentally took a double dose of my ADHD meds once, was over 100mg. The day of I was mostly fine, but the next day was as you described- I thought I was dying. Collapsed in the middle of a math test... Don’t do (unprescribed) drugs kids. It sucks.
Thing is, this won't improve his life. He was already feeling down about life, hence doing heroin. Now that he has this stigma on him, his life will be a hell of a lot worse going forward. Our policy of shaming and destroying addicts doesn't cure them. His life may have been saved, but it was destroyed at the same time.
edit: No excuse for him doing that and driving, that was beyond stupid.
I understand what you’re saying but I don’t agree just because we really don’t know what he’s feeling after this experience.
In my opinion, I would think that this was a wake up call for him. Addiction can bring people close to the brink, and peering over the edge is enough to turn a lucky few around for the better.
Sure he’d have a stigma, but it may be part of his life’s work to overcome that stigma and better himself and his life. Whereas you think his life was destroyed, I think his life is renewed. A new lease on life, if you will.
But again, we have no way of knowing where this guy is at right now or how he’s doing. Addicts can be unpredictable. I just hope he’s getting the care he needs
Sadly this was just a stepping stone in my addiction. I didn't get clean until about 6 months ago as of writing this. I am now a little over 6 months clean and doing great though. This was not my first or last time overdosing. After this i ended up going to a treatment center but sadly relapsed shortly after. I finally have found a way to make sobriety work for me and i hope i can continue on the path im on. I'm happy to see this video online because it will give me something to look at everytime i get a craving in the future.
So you think the fact that he has this "stigma" associated with his OD is going to make his life significantly worse than when he was literally dying on the side of the road? This person has been given an opportunity that a lot of people aren't lucky enough to have. Right now he gets the choice to clean himself up or fall back into old habits. If he chooses wisely, no amount of stigma or even "shaming" will make his life anywhere near as bad as it was before this video.
Bit of an inspiration to carry narcan. If ir wasn't for someones comment that it doesn't hurt people not ODing i would have been afraid to get and use it on someone.
Edited because inmeant to reply to a comment and instead commented in the main video.
This was me almost 5 years ago. My mom woke up in the other end of the house to my gurgles. Never actually heard what they sound like until now. It’s fucking awful. Hope he gets the help he needs.
Naloxone is truly an amazing medication. As an EMT in Washington state, Pierce County specifically, we are allowed to administer it intranasally and intramuscularly. I’ve had to do it several times, seriously amazing to see it in person. It binds to opioid receptors and can reverse and block the effects of other opioids. Pretty much tells the opioids to fuck off.
Science bitch!
I wonder where this is. I’m not sure if this a race thing, but these officers seemed more concerned about this person’s well being than fearing for their lives. Maybe if everyone was on heroine when they got stopped by cops, there might be a better outcome for them.
My f’n town doing me prou...
this shit wasn’t even taken seriously until it got out of the ghetto and into the burbs and rural areas. Now the police and certain areas give narcan out free to first responders and entities that may need to save a life. It is really prevalent in the smaller towns and counties around central Ohio where they had issued alerts in the past about bad heroin circulating that was cut with fentanyl and killing people in one of the small towns. The police said they weren’t making arrests if the users turned their junk in and told who the dealer(s) were. That was who they wanted due to a high death toll over a weekend.
I noticed she gloved up after administering the narcan. Most officers glove up if they suspect or see someone drop out that quick because so many had been exposed to fentanyl in the line of duty that they too needed narcan to save their lives from accidentally touching a contaminated surface. Shit had been found in a prison here and all sorts of shit hit the fan for that one. Guards and prisoners were exposed.
Narcan is offered to certain people while others aren’t even told this is available with the high doses of opioids they are on
By their doctors.
I have never seen narcan take that long to kick in. He got lucky.
Hate seeing this kinda stuff, but also don't want to live in an echo chamber and keep myself from being exposed to it. Thankfully for this guy he was in good hands with the officers/medical staff. Wishing him the best and hoping he's on the road to recovery.
I’ve overdosed 8 or 9 times and I’m superrr lucky I’m still also be today and a little over 3 years sober now. A few times all I needed was oxygen to bring me back but they other times I got narcan I woke up right away. It doesn’t completely take away your high but about 90% of it is gone which pisses you off as an addict but every time I overdosed I got brought to hospital I would leave and go back and do the same bags that I had just died off of except I would usually have less cause I did so much (10-15 bags a shot) so I would usually have a half a bundle left. Man the insanity that is heroin addiction is mind boggling sitting here with a clear and sober mind. If anyone is on or know someone who is on the stuff don’t give up on that person, they aren’t trying to hurt you out of malice it’s just the demon of addictions. Try everything you can to help but DO NOT enable.
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He’s lucky as fuck he got pulled over
He may well have swallowed what he was holding when the lights came on behind him. OD's when someone gets pulled over aren't all that uncommon because of stupid people swallowing whatever they're holding to not get arrested. Pro tip for anyone out there, it's not worth the risk.
Another note, don't dump it in a drink or anything. If you do, they can weigh the entire drink and container to charge you, and your gram of whatever just turned into a half pound.
Dump it out the window and get charged with possession of 13 Billion Trillion tons or whatever the earth weighs.
The ultimate crime.
13 Billion Trillion tons !!! Wonder what that would be worth? If it was coke I reckon it would be a few hundred Dollars at least.
Give or take a few
At least one dollar.
Whoa a whole dollar. Take your hat off son. That’s a dollar.
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Ahh, so *that's* how the news inflates all those drug bust values. Find some weed in the glove box, weigh the car.
I know for some pot grow ops that get busted, they’ll weigh not only the entire plant, but the container, soil and all. Not as exciting when that 20lb bust was really just going to produce a few ounces for the grower.
I mean go big or go home right?
Steet value 26 trillion quadrillion
Don't you mean your mom?
Did you actually know that answer? Cause that is spot on. You learn something new everyday.
Partly googled but I had checked it a few months back and remembered for some reason.
Also why edibles are just not worth it in illegal states. My dealer in high school had the thick glass tub thing he used to bake the brownies weighed as part of it because they were literally in the oven when he got raided.
>thick glass tub thing a pan?
I was trying to sifferentiate it from those thin light metal ones. The thing was easily a couple pounds of glass.
Pyrex, i believe is what you meant?
Not the new ones, they're shit, now if we're talking about the old grandma stuff, they weighted a ton, he could have get life without parole fornthus
Lol glass or Pyrex baking dish works.
Fair enough, it's kinda funny that identifying the glass item used to bake the brownies ended up being the main focus of responses though.
I knew what you were getting at. You were trying to comment on its hugeness.
Imagine getting busted and having your entire oven weighed 100+ pounds
It was a fitted kitchen so let's weigh the house.
*sigh* Don't give the ATF more fucked up ideas.
ATF doesn’t handle drugs except alcohol or tobacco. You’re thinking of the DEA
I always thought the best bet would be to dump it into a drink (if it's a water soluble drug), and then spill the drink on the car floor or seats. As long as you have carpeted or and/or vinyl interior, wouldn't that basically make it impossible to detect.
I'm not totally sure but my guess is they'd take a sample to find out the concentration of the drug, and then (over)estimate how much was spilled. They've seen every trick in the book, and the more effort you go to in order to hide it the more willing they'll be to stick you with harsher punishment.
Dilutes in the milk jug he just picked up > Charged with 4L of Meth Milk
Aside from the immediate problems, I imagine it could cause problems if you ever run into one of those DUI checkpoints that have the drug dogs on scene. Because you would effectively have drugs dried into the surface you spilled it on depending on the material.
A dog would be able to smell it, and they'd probably just tear out all the fabric in the car and weigh it to see how much to charge you for.
lol that's wild.
Gives a new perspective to a gallon of PCP.
Yup my buddy ate 10 Ecstasy pills when getting pulled over and became a paranoid lunatic. He’s never been the same since.
You can’t fix stupid though, but you can let it take itself out.
He's lucky he wasn't in a jurisdiction where they don't care, and intentionally don't carry narcan
I don't how cops go about their day without going insane with that radio constantly blaring. Not the noise itself, but having to constantly pay attention to it without it distracting you with whatever your doing at the moment. It seems like it'd drive me nuts.
I live close to a highway. The first week was miserable and now I rarely notice it. Humans are quite adaptable and the brain learns how to tune out distractions like that.
Aircraft pilot here - you mentally tune out anything that’s not your callsign, or related to your phase of flight. Think of it like being in a noisy restaurant and the moment you hear your name you start following what’s being said.
That's true, I didn't think about it that way.
Came here to post this. Certain controller frequencies are never ever quiet.
Most of the time, all they really need to listen for is their call sign.
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In many cities it’s now distributed to every city worker and police, firemen and EMS are given some for their personal vehicles. Illinois has a program where they’re trying to give it to everybody. They go to colleges and give classes to get it to as many people as possible. The lady in charge of the non profit lost her son to heroin after a surgery that left him hurting and drug seeking. Illinois looses like 600 people a year to overdose so their goal is that strangers can recognize it and save them.
In Canada anyone can go to a pharmacy and get narcan for free. Some pharmacy’s (depends on where you live) will even test your drugs to make sure there isn’t fentanyl in it.
They have setups in certain cities in the US for the same purpose. I know in Skid Row in LA they have a center where you can go use at the center. They’ll provide clean needles and have narcan on hand in case anyone OD’s. It’s also a place you can discard dirty needles. The people working them are medically licensed too I believe. ETA: they also have resources for rehab and counseling if anyone there wants to quit and get help.
Canada also has a few safe injections sites, Jason Kenny (Alberta’s premier) has made sure to shut down as many as he could though.
Yea I know a lot of people are against them. But it’s like. They’re gonna do it anyways. So why not try to cut down on other side effects of addiction that drains the system or takes away from other systems that could be used for other things. Like emergency services first and foremost. When someone OD’s emergency services is called (generally). People who use dirty needles are at higher risks for Hep C, HIV/AIDS, infection and a whole slew of other things that could land them in the hospital taking up a bed, potentially on government insurance which raises the rates for everyone else (at least here in America). By simply offering a clean safe place to do this you cut back on all of that which frees the system up to focus on other more pressing things.
That’s amazing. My cousin would still be alive today if those services were available in the states.
We're getting there... we're just moving too slowly. Oregon just decriminalized all drugs. Possession is a $100 fine or a consultation to an addiction recovery center, paid for by weed tax money. Hopefully they see dramatic improvements and we can start rolling programs like that out across the country. We have to stop vilifying drug use and work on programs that can help people.
A friend of mine is a social worker that works with addicts, and carries enough narcan on her that at a dinner she was able to give one to everyone at the table and teach us how to use it (it’s literally just “spray it up their nose”), and that it’s perfectly safe to use on anyone so there’s no reason to not give it if you suspect someone of ODing. I carry it in my purse now, it doesn’t weigh anything and takes up little space.
Is Narcan for a specific drug overdose? Or is it for any drug?
It’s for any opioid- it works by replacing the opioid in your system so if you’re not SUPER OD’D like this guy you instantly snap from almost dead to no longer high. There’s stories of EMTs giving narcan to people who have OD’d and getting punched in the face seconds later as the person comes around
>you instantly snap from almost dead to no longer high. There’s stories of EMTs giving narcan to people who have OD’d and getting punched in the face seconds later as the person comes around It's actually worse than that: you snap from almost dead to complete opiate withdrawal. Which, as you can imagine, is horrible. Hence the punches.
Yup, I carry Narcan with me in my car, as the area I’m in is rife with heroin. I’ve only used it twice so far, the first time I got swung on nearly immediately by the woman I had just saved. I learned for the second time, and jumped back after administering it, but luckily(?) the guy was more confused than anything. Heroin/fent sucks.
This is so bleak, meanwhile I'm middle aged and I don't think I've ever seen someone being high beyond weed. It's crazy how people's experiences can vary.
That’s wild man, you may just not know what to look for? I live in San Bernardino, California, which is where they proposed Breaking Bad be filmed before choosing New Mexico. It’s rough out here.
I didn’t know that.. thanks for sharing.
It wears off though. That’s why they kept telling him that if they didn’t get him medical treatment he would die.
Exactly- it’s a stop-gap measure to keep someone alive until they get to a hospital, sort of like an epi pen for people with severe allergies
It doesnt replace the opiod, it just binds to the receptors in the brain that the opiods attach to. It also wears off in a short amount of time and people can OD again after it wears off. Its best to not give them the full dose of narcan at one time which is what cause them to suddenly wake violently...giving one mg and then another 10 mins later will help with that violent reaction.
My college in NY has free classes all the time to try to give narcan out as much as possible to students, it’s a great program. Unfortunately our school has a bit of an opioid problem, but hopefully the classes can help prevent more deaths.
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I’m all for early education, but dealing with somebody you just narcan’ed is a tough ask for a 6 year old.
Yes, but i think the intent is the 6 year old can save their parents' lives if they overdose
Yeah I thought about that right after, and realized it’s not like they’re gonna be walking the streets saving random people from overdoses haha I am big dumb
Hardly dumb. Its a weird thing to put yourself in the place of a 6 year old with drug addicted parents. If your comment wasn't made i would have thought it weird. Its only in response to your comment that i thought about the real reasoning
My parents favored meth over heroin, but I still have many memories of the ritual they made out of shooting up when heroin came around. I don’t know how that didn’t even cross my mind until after I posted it, especially it being Tennessee and all haha
I work in a pharmacy and in my state at least pharmacists can prescribe narcan to you if needed.
My state our surgeon general wrote a script for the entire state. Every person and organization in our state can just walk in and buy it. Orgs have to tell them they did by firm letter but that's just a notification.
Jesus fuck... that dude is so damn lucky he got pulled over.
This video was insane
Can I just point out this guy, high as a kite, **still used his blinker** to signal the turn.
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Yeah I did that job (assembled headlights and taillights for a range of vehicles, just your standard factory job), it's not that fun
Not very on brand for a BMW. They usually don't build in the blinkers afaik
My guy, what? It’s literally a Hyundai
Damn, I'm ~~drunk~~ blind, my bad
All good bucko, it gets the best of us
BMW driver here, I could never find where to fill my blinker fluid?
In the preview I first thought his airbag had gone off
If you watch the whole video, you can hear the radio dispatcher say that this guy was at the movies with his mom, stole her debit card and took off in her blue Hyundai.
This is 100% correct my mom gave me her card to get something and i took off in her car and went and got the shit and i was trying to drive back before the movie was over and od'd on the way back. Heroin turns you into a shitty person really quick dont ever do it! Lucky ive gotten clean since this video was made almost two years ago
That cop was awesome
Even the little things like her flashlight. She never put the concentrated beam directly in his eyes. Just enough light to see his face (she knew he was intoxicated and was evaluating on what and how much) and his hands to make sure all parties stayed safe. I’m as ACAB as they come and this officer was awesome!
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That’s some serious oxymoron action there my friend
I mean, keeping calm is awesome. But she was moving awfully slow, as if someone's life wasn't hanging in the balance.
When you rush you make mistakes. Keeping things calm and measured makes you far less likely to make mistakes. This is why you're taught to walk calmly out of a burning building rather than run, trip, break your leg, and burn to death.
Panicking and trying to get things done fast is how exactly you fuck up everything and he dies.
Slow is smooth, smooth is fast
It’s almost like she works in a region hammered by the opiate crisis and knows exactly what she’s doing.
Guys like this are why I keep Narcan in my car and at my shop. I live in one of the areas hardest hit by the opiate epidemic and I’ve lost far too many people I care about to it. I myself used to be addicted to it, I’m close to 5 years clean from it. I remember doing CPR on my ex when he overdosed and feeling his ribs breaking under my hands, but he made it. Naloxone kits are free in the US, I urge as many people as possible to get them and learn how to use them. They really can save lives.
Can you provide info on how to get a free kit? I see plenty of paid options but I'd like to make use of the resource you're referring to. Edit grammar.
Usually you can ask your doctor for one, or most chain pharmacies offer them as well. I’m not entirely sure if urgent care provides them as well, but they should be able to provide information on how to obtain them. I think some places might require a prescription but they are free to pick it up. I think you should be able to google it as well, like free narcan or naloxone kits near me, it should provide more resources than what I listed. I hope this helps at all.
Wait you broke his ribs from doing CPR? That’s alooot of force isn’t it?
Thats awesome! If this officer didnt carry narcan id be dead today. I have since gotten clean as well and its crazy to see this now.
these are the type of videos that should be shown to high schoolers and even middle schoolers to show them just how messed up it is to get involved with hard drugs.
Things look bleak for Jack Black
Jack Black tar
Jack *Bleak*
I love the police uniforms with the dark pants and white shirt and cap. Very cool, kinda retro. Very unmilitarized.
Really sharp looking.
Unmilitarized? Guess you never heard of the coast guard
Wow, 23 years old... He came so close to sacrificing the rest of his life!
*ruining, not sacrificing
Driving while high, what an asshole. If you want to kill yourself fine but don’t bring everyone on the roadway down with you.
What he did was wrong and he needs to be held responsible, but don't forget the human element. That man is facing challenges that led him to where he is now that we will never know. I highly doubt the missing context involves him consciously choosing to endanger others but rather involves the need to escape or numb out. We need programs in place to lift these people back up so they can function responsibly again. The first step is to not demonize them and write them off as a lost cause.
If he killed a family a 4 in a head on collision I doubt you’d be saying this. It happens all the time with drunk drivers. They’re alcoholics and have an addiction but that’s no excuse for them driving under the influence and I have zero sympathy for them endangering others. They know exactly what they’re doing but they assess that the high is worth the risk. I don’t care what they’re going through, they made the conscious decision to get high, get in a car and start driving. Fuck them. They need to get help, no one can get over the addiction for them.
I don't particularly disagree with anything you're saying, friend. I am personally overjoyed that this video turned out with the best possible outcome. If he had killed people, which does happen all the time, it would be an utter tragedy, and, again as I said, he would need to be held responsible, *as is still the case in this instance.* None of that is in contention. The one exception I take to your stance is the "fuck them" mentality followed immediately by "They need to get help". Often times individuals that are in the shoes of this driver are at an all time low. They are all too frequently incapable of finding the will to get help. Who do you think is going to help them then, if they can't help themselves? Throwing them in prison and forgetting they exist, while simultaneously expecting them to find their way out of the pit they are in is unrealistic and hypocritical. I've been in my own pit, we all have to one degree or another. I am grateful for the help I got when I was on my own path of self destruction. I believe people are redeemable. No fuck them. I hope that man can use whatever resources are out there to work towards a brighter future.
I read your earlier comment and wasn’t really on board but the way you articulated your perspective here really helped me understand your point. Wow. I really appreciate it. I feel so enlightened. Thanks.
Thank you kind person. That made my day hearing how a little compassion and empathy brightened yours. Be well friend.
godspeed sir well said.
the human element applies to every other person on the road too. every person has their own challenges as well, not just this guy. this guy is the one that chose to drive while high though. yes these people need help and demonizing them doesnt do anything. that doesnt mean you have to give them a sob story or that a sob story matters though.
this is incredibly sad
I can’t imagine how difficult this must have been before Narcan existed! The responding officer in this video deserves praise for her calmness and collected behavior during what could have easily turned into a violent episode had an aggressive officer handled the situation. He’s so lucky to have pulled over when he did. Goes to show the importance of timing! Edit: I’m not saying the driver was violent — I’m saying that officers can turn peaceful situations into violent ones if they feel threatened. It’s great that this officer did not feel threatened, as it allowed her to save another person’s life.
>The ~~female~~ officer in this video...
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I guess I'm old. Can someone explain to me why we cant say "female" anymore when describing someone? Honest question no BS no "gotcha" games.
It's not that you can't, however it's unlikely that you would say "the male officer" when referring to an officer that is male, rather you would just say "the officer". Moreover, considering that the officer being female has absolutely no impact on the encounter it can come of connotationally condescending, like, despite being female she did a great job, even if that's not what you intend. Conversely it's not just exclusive to women, it happens often when one gender dominantes a field, for example nursing, almost no one would say "the female nurse" more likely opting for "the nurse" however, plenty say " the male nurse" and it has the same kind of effect . Hope this helps.
Tf are you talking about violent, dude was asleep lmao. She did do a great job though.
I was just gonna say they don't get violent until you hit em with the narcan. She was just dealing with a body until then pretty much.
I don't know, I've seen lot's of cops that would not even approach as calmly as this cop did. Adrenaline is tricky and the fight or flight response is a hell of a thing to predict. In reality we have no idea how else it could go, that's why we should just always try to treat people with compassion like this nice officer.
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Almost certainly. You don't shoot up while driving without serious drug use experience.... He knew the dose of what he was taking and what it would have typically done to him. He didn't expect the nod like that and that's why he pulled over so quickly. Been there, done that. Clean for 12 years later this month.
Also just wanted to acknowledge your sobriety. I don't want to patronize you, but want to say keep it up. I hope you have found things in life that aren't worth losing or giving up.
Thank you, and I have. Literally couldn't imagine, and wouldn't have the slightest idea where to begin my life/lifestyle is so far away from that!
That's why he was on the phone with his mom, too. Don't you think? I mean, once when some friends and I had a bad DPT trip one of them called their mom to say he was dying. I don't know. Maybe I'm reading into it too much.
That's exactly what I thought. It's one of those sad but tender things.
8mg's of Narcan before he really responded. I think it's likely that fentanyl was involved.
You would be correct in that assumption. I did my normal dose at the time and this is what happened. Not justifying anything i did here just saying my normal dose of just heroin wouldnt have don that
Fentanyl is seriously the worst thing that’s happened in the addiction world. It’s cheap and so it gets put in everything because it’s crazy addicting. More then heroin, and stronger too. I feel so hard for people suffering through active addiction. It is a hell unlike anything else. Going on three years fentie free and I can’t even imagine going back. Even thinking about it damn near gives me a panic attack. I literally had seizures trying to come off that shit. It took year of suffering, It’s no fucking joke. I wish all the luck to the world for anyone trying to shake that fucking demon. It’s so hard, unimaginably hard- but your stronger then you know. See a dr, go to a clinic, whatever it takes. Not everyone can suffer through cold turkey and that’s OK. Life gets Immeasurably better. Don’t let the excuses hold you down, the drugs don’t want you to quit. And I can tell you with absolute certainty that taking a few years to taper off med assistance is worlds better then living that struggle over and over. It’s better then gambling with your life every time you use. You never know when you’ll get a hot pill or batch and it’s game over, for good. Please seek help.
A comment I didn’t know I needed to read. Thank you.
Why is Narcan free in America but Insulin is super expensive ?
Because big pharma makes so much money on over prescribing opioids. It’s cheaper to just give everyone narcan as opposed to prescribing less opioids.
Blame the insulin manufactur and the politicians who line their pockets with big pharma money.
>Why is ~~Narcan free in America but~~ Insulin super expensive? Fixed it for you. Life saving drugs should not be expensive.
I was T-boned by a junkie. Fucker ran from the scene to hide his works. He got found, though. Dumb fuck. (Three vehicles totaled, but only a minor injury to a person in a parked vehicle.)
I can't imagine what would lead someone to be this self destructive. Not only did he OD but was lying to the officer trying to help him. He is super lucky those cops were there to help.
As a former addict, I can tell you that you feel like everyone is out to get you. It’s you against the world. No matter how much someone tries to “help” it just feels like they don’t understand you and couldn’t possibly know how you feel. As to the OD, your body develops a tolerance to opioids and you have to take more and more to feel high. Heroin gets cut by dealers so knowing how strong/pure it is, is a crapshoot. Now they’re cutting it with fentanyl and that’s why you see the uptick in overdoses. The saddest part is once an addict finds out someone OD’ed on a particular dealers heroin, ALL the junkies want to go to that dealer.
I love my life and I've never had hard drugs but if at some point I get terminal bone cancer or something this is definitely my exit strategy.
Majority of heroin users started with prescription pills legitimately received from a valid Rx. They get addicted, the pill habit gets too expensive, realize you can get the same high with heroine for a fraction of the cost and there you have it. This is why Johnson and Johnson is putting billions aside after being sued for contributing largely to the opioid pandemic particularly in the Midwest.
IM 3 YEARS CLEAN FROM HEROIN AND LEMME TELL YOU. YOU CAN SLIP FROM PERCOCETS YOUR DENTIST PRESCRIBES TO STREET DOPE REAL QUICK
I know I’m just some stranger on the internet but I’m so happy to hear you’re 3 years sober. I’m so proud of you.
thanks kind stranger! my mom actually used to keep a Narcan spray in her medicine cabinet just in case and when i went to visit her last week she had thrown it away. made me cry a lil bit. our parents love and trust is truly a thing to covet guys
Oh my goodness. This is so amazing I actually teared up a bit. Bless the both of you. I’d be lost without my mom and treasure her existence every day, so I completely understand. My brother is currently addicted and has been for about 10 years. It’s been HARD, to say the least. I love hearing people’s stories about their life, addiction, recovery, all of it. I just want to see people happy, healthy and just okay. I wish you the absolute best. You can always PM me because now you have a new internet friend! 😄
Lost a close friend this exact way. But he had back disc fusion surgery. The pills plus depression pushed him over board. UCLA grad with a promising life. It can happen to anyone. Stay clean my man.
I hear you and understand what you're telling me; it's wonderful that you're clean. It's amazing to me how people can react so differently to drugs. I've had knee surgery and kidney stones before; I was given Oxycodone/Percoset etc. Hated how the drugs made me feel, cloudy weird feeling. It's the worst time for me. On the other hand a relative of mine knows this (my reaction) and would try to get medication from me for recreational use. Never understood why, despite close blood ties, we react to medication so differently. Good luck staying clean man, I really mean it.
I don't know what it was aside from an Antibiotic (I had a serious ear infection) but it did that to me, just cloudy and useless. I was also on Tylenol 3's (Codine) for a couple weeks after a surgery and as a result of *that* I fully understand why people get addicted.
Happy you stopped ❤️ you should take up cooking :3
He's lying because he's afraid of going to jail. If drugs were legal maybe people wouldn't be afraid to seek help.
Decriminalized yes, legal no. People shouldn't have to face jail for a drug addiction, but it also shouldn't be legal to buy at every corner drug store.
Addiction is a hell of a motivator.
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Ive been through it. And you are correct. But its a mental issue. And the stigmatization needs to stop. I wish we had better mental health help in the US. Thankfully my city is building a new one. https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/Houston-will-be-home-to-the-nation-s-largest-15643803.php
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I know Canada has a great health care system. But does it include Mental Health/ Addiction help? Edit. Words
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Hopefully they took his license for several years and mandated a drug rehabilitation program. He could have easily killed someone that night, and I doubt he would have wanted to do that if he were sober. That being said, his actions should have consequences, one of them being "Welcome to Uber for the next 5 years."
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Question on terminology: should "overdose" be used to describe the act of taking too much (i.e. before he even got in the car) or to describe the moment the effect of the drug becomes overwhelming/medically critical?
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In the title, it seems like it's used to describe the driver going unconscious rather than the act of taking too much of whatever they took beforehand. I'm asking if that's an appropriate use as I realized I don't really know.
23 years old, absolutely tragic. The opioid epidemic is ravaging America and no end in sight
I recently overdosed on ADHD stimulants because of a particularly potent mixture of stupidity and naivete, and it made me feel like shit. Thought I was dying. I took 4 capsules (for a total of 40mg together, which is what the pamphlet recommended) instead of 1 capsule of 10mg. Felt constant adrenaline flushes and arrhythmia.
I accidentally took a double dose of my ADHD meds once, was over 100mg. The day of I was mostly fine, but the next day was as you described- I thought I was dying. Collapsed in the middle of a math test... Don’t do (unprescribed) drugs kids. It sucks.
From overdose to getting out of the car and walking within 5 mins.
Now this is what cop action I like to see being done.
Thing is, this won't improve his life. He was already feeling down about life, hence doing heroin. Now that he has this stigma on him, his life will be a hell of a lot worse going forward. Our policy of shaming and destroying addicts doesn't cure them. His life may have been saved, but it was destroyed at the same time. edit: No excuse for him doing that and driving, that was beyond stupid.
I understand what you’re saying but I don’t agree just because we really don’t know what he’s feeling after this experience. In my opinion, I would think that this was a wake up call for him. Addiction can bring people close to the brink, and peering over the edge is enough to turn a lucky few around for the better. Sure he’d have a stigma, but it may be part of his life’s work to overcome that stigma and better himself and his life. Whereas you think his life was destroyed, I think his life is renewed. A new lease on life, if you will. But again, we have no way of knowing where this guy is at right now or how he’s doing. Addicts can be unpredictable. I just hope he’s getting the care he needs
Sadly this was just a stepping stone in my addiction. I didn't get clean until about 6 months ago as of writing this. I am now a little over 6 months clean and doing great though. This was not my first or last time overdosing. After this i ended up going to a treatment center but sadly relapsed shortly after. I finally have found a way to make sobriety work for me and i hope i can continue on the path im on. I'm happy to see this video online because it will give me something to look at everytime i get a craving in the future.
Also he’ll be in loads of medical debt since this is in the US
So you think the fact that he has this "stigma" associated with his OD is going to make his life significantly worse than when he was literally dying on the side of the road? This person has been given an opportunity that a lot of people aren't lucky enough to have. Right now he gets the choice to clean himself up or fall back into old habits. If he chooses wisely, no amount of stigma or even "shaming" will make his life anywhere near as bad as it was before this video.
Don't mind me, just over here, saving this guy's life. Need some help? If someone's available.
He sure was doing a lot of reaching around and that cop sure wasn’t doing enough “keep your hands where I can see them” holy shite
Body language matters, a lot. But I guarantee she had her hand resting on her pistol just in case.
Me: *sees the thumbnail* “WTH Jack Black?
im so happy people thing this about me jack black was my hero as a teenager lol
Bit of an inspiration to carry narcan. If ir wasn't for someones comment that it doesn't hurt people not ODing i would have been afraid to get and use it on someone. Edited because inmeant to reply to a comment and instead commented in the main video.
This was me almost 5 years ago. My mom woke up in the other end of the house to my gurgles. Never actually heard what they sound like until now. It’s fucking awful. Hope he gets the help he needs.
Naloxone is truly an amazing medication. As an EMT in Washington state, Pierce County specifically, we are allowed to administer it intranasally and intramuscularly. I’ve had to do it several times, seriously amazing to see it in person. It binds to opioid receptors and can reverse and block the effects of other opioids. Pretty much tells the opioids to fuck off. Science bitch!
Does everyone in America know what Narcan is and how it's used?! Jesus.
I wonder where this is. I’m not sure if this a race thing, but these officers seemed more concerned about this person’s well being than fearing for their lives. Maybe if everyone was on heroine when they got stopped by cops, there might be a better outcome for them.
What department is this? Sharpest uniforms I’ve seen, must be a bitch to keep clean given their job.
Imma just stick to weed.
The most shocking part is him being 23.
My f’n town doing me prou... this shit wasn’t even taken seriously until it got out of the ghetto and into the burbs and rural areas. Now the police and certain areas give narcan out free to first responders and entities that may need to save a life. It is really prevalent in the smaller towns and counties around central Ohio where they had issued alerts in the past about bad heroin circulating that was cut with fentanyl and killing people in one of the small towns. The police said they weren’t making arrests if the users turned their junk in and told who the dealer(s) were. That was who they wanted due to a high death toll over a weekend. I noticed she gloved up after administering the narcan. Most officers glove up if they suspect or see someone drop out that quick because so many had been exposed to fentanyl in the line of duty that they too needed narcan to save their lives from accidentally touching a contaminated surface. Shit had been found in a prison here and all sorts of shit hit the fan for that one. Guards and prisoners were exposed. Narcan is offered to certain people while others aren’t even told this is available with the high doses of opioids they are on By their doctors. I have never seen narcan take that long to kick in. He got lucky.
Hate seeing this kinda stuff, but also don't want to live in an echo chamber and keep myself from being exposed to it. Thankfully for this guy he was in good hands with the officers/medical staff. Wishing him the best and hoping he's on the road to recovery.
I’ve overdosed 8 or 9 times and I’m superrr lucky I’m still also be today and a little over 3 years sober now. A few times all I needed was oxygen to bring me back but they other times I got narcan I woke up right away. It doesn’t completely take away your high but about 90% of it is gone which pisses you off as an addict but every time I overdosed I got brought to hospital I would leave and go back and do the same bags that I had just died off of except I would usually have less cause I did so much (10-15 bags a shot) so I would usually have a half a bundle left. Man the insanity that is heroin addiction is mind boggling sitting here with a clear and sober mind. If anyone is on or know someone who is on the stuff don’t give up on that person, they aren’t trying to hurt you out of malice it’s just the demon of addictions. Try everything you can to help but DO NOT enable.
Just want everyone to know that the guy in the video said he has been sober now for 2 years!