And by "coke," is this referring to soda, pop or Coke?

Or alternately, booger sugar?

Anyone got a quarter?

I'm enjoying the mugshot link-o-rama below the article.

I don't know what Ponce DeLeon found down in Florida but I'm damned glad most of it stayed down there.

LarryDan43: Anyone got a quarter?

Shmeat: I'm enjoying the mugshot link-o-rama below the article.

Came here to say something like this.

Well, dude cant handle his coke. Probably thought he was having a heart attack after a good gagger, Ive felt panicky when my heart was beating out of my chest on that garbage. The notion of removing his cocaine and cannabis from his possession for legal reasons was furthest from his mind.

/farkin cokeheads

LarryDan43: Anyone got a quarter?

In that situation I would expect an ambulance to respond. The first question the paramedics will ask is "Have you taken any drugs? Cocaine, perhaps?" And he should be able to answer honestly without expecting that the paramedics will turn him in to the police--although I'm not sure what hospital staff are legally required to do in that circumstance. I think most health care providers would rather their patients not be forced to lie to them in a life-threatening emergency because they're afraid of going to jail. Not over drugs, at any rate. Violent crimes are different of course.

Honestly, who hasn't been there before?

superdude72: I think most health care providers would rather their patients not be forced to lie to them in a life-threatening emergency because they're afraid of going to jail. Not over drugs, at any rate. Violent crimes are different of course.

I've never known anyone in the healthcare field, either doctors, nurses, or paramedics to turn anyone in, though I guess just like anyone else some can be uptight dickheads. The exception I can think of is if paramedics turn up and see a meth lab or something.

superdude72: In that situation I would expect an ambulance to respond. The first question the paramedics will ask is "Have you taken any drugs? Cocaine, perhaps?" And he should be able to answer honestly without expecting that the paramedics will turn him in to the police--although I'm not sure what hospital staff are legally required to do in that circumstance. I think most health care providers would rather their patients not be forced to lie to them in a life-threatening emergency because they're afraid of going to jail. Not over drugs, at any rate. Violent crimes are different of course.

From what I can gather from the brief article, the cops responded to the call since he called multiple times and hung up abruptly. It is quite common to send the police in first when the situation is not clear or seems off, even if the call comes in as a medical condition.

came here expected photos for my entertainment with "helluva drug" captions. left disappointed.

Cops can respond in addition to paramedics, I had an ex girlfriend take too many sleeping pills one time and we ended up calling 911. Cop showed up in addition to ambulance. The cop asked a couple questions about suicide, and stayed and talked to the firefighters after.

Cops certainly have the right to arrest people under the influence, I think it would come down to a cop by cop basis for determining if the panicky tweaker who thinks they had a near death experience should go to jail. I can see a ton of cops taking a manic cracked or methed out person into custody until they dry out. And many of them dont think twice about sticking druggies with that under the influence or felony possession.

Sure there have been quite a few overdoses that may not have ultimately proved fatal if the user wasnt afraid of the legal ramifications for calling in an OD.

My job is to keep you alive to the best of my ability on your $640+ ambulance ride to the hospital. I always ask "have you taken any drugs today?" if I think it's appropriate to diagnose the condition. Honestly, I could give fark-all if you do or do not get arrested. It is rare for a cop to be in the back of an ambulance unless it is for my safety.

D_Evans45: Cops can respond in addition to paramedics, I had an ex girlfriend take too many sleeping pills one time and we ended up calling 911. Cop showed up in addition to ambulance. The cop asked a couple questions about suicide, and stayed and talked to the firefighters after.

911 accidentally got dialed on my cousin's phone once and it was cops who showed up. They were the closest responders to his apartment. Even if it's clear that it's a medical call cops will often show up if they're in the area. I've also noticed that if they see an ambulance at a house they'll sometimes stop to see what's going on. Even if they're not needed sometimes it's just because they're friendly with the paramedics and figure they'll stop and chat for a few minutes.

So yeah...don't call 911 and assume cops will never show up....

there have been a couple times when i've done (probably a little too much) coke and ended up thinking i was having palpitations/arrhythmia. once it freaked me out so much that i called poison control. they told me to calm down and go to the hospital if i really thought i was going to be going into cardiac arrest. my roommate sat there listening and laughing at me the whole time. i didn't die, but i did decide that coke is not worth it. i'll stick to the weed.


/csb
//yeah, i've done it since...but not much, and not in a while, with no current urge to do it again
///especially the low quality crap around these parts

They should have taken him to Dr. Rockzo. I hear he is an expert on Cocaine