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How to tell if someone is high on drugs — and what you can do to help
New York Post ^ | Marc Lallanilla

Posted on 12/16/2023 11:03:54 PM PST by nickcarraway

Maybe their face is glistening with sweat — on a cold, wintry night. Or they can’t stop licking their lips. Perhaps they’re chattering nonstop, or not speaking much at all.

These and other traits could be simple holiday stress — or they might be signs of drug use, according to experts.

And drugs that are combined with alcohol at holiday gatherings can be particularly risky.

“With alcohol, any of the depressants, any opiates, any barbiturates or benzodiazepines, can be very dangerous,” Emily Skogrand, clinical pharmacist at Oregon Health and Science University, told The Post.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Health/Medicine; Society
KEYWORDS: dontdodrugs; drugs; druguse
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To: nickcarraway

I don’t associate with drugged out idiots and if confronted by one I’d like to think I’d still come out on top. No narcan for them, it’s a waste of time because they’ll just do it again.

Let the herd cull itself.


21 posted on 12/17/2023 5:22:45 AM PST by maddog55 (The only thing systemic in America is the left's hatred of it!)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

at times I go to my country place to be alone, when people ask what I do there, I say “nothing, and its wonderful” sometimes recharging the batteries is necessary, especially during these times of sensory overload. After about a month I am ready to go back to “civilization”, fully charged.

Can you imagine 200 years ago not knowing anything about what is happening in the world or the country or state that you live in unless you travel to town and read a newspaper a few weeks old?


22 posted on 12/17/2023 6:02:43 AM PST by Jolla
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To: nickcarraway

Use Hunter Biden as an example.


23 posted on 12/17/2023 6:11:57 AM PST by dynachrome (War does not determine who is right, but who is left.)
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To: nickcarraway

“Perhaps they’re chattering nonstop”

This is almost everyone I engage with these days. And most of them can’t answer a simple yes or no question
I don’t think they’re high on drugs.
And many of the females have the most obnoxious voices imaginable.

Sample:

Me: Did the police come after the accident?
Him: I don’t know, how would I know? I was injured.
Me: Did an ambulance come?
Him: Blah, blah blah, blah. And when I was in the ambulance the policeman gave me a card..... blah blah blah.

Is anyone else noticing that people can’t answer a simple yes or no question these days, and when asked a simple question, tend to go back to the year of their birth to give you the facts?


24 posted on 12/17/2023 6:18:15 AM PST by Auntie Mame (Fear not tomorrow. God is already there.)
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To: Drew68

I have a nephew who lives on the streets, an addict who was thrown out by his own mother and by homeless shelters as well, because he steals for his habit, is ab anti-Semite AND a racist (he was thrown out of the shelter for using the n-word).

I have sat next to him and the only thing I noticed was that he looked a lot older than his age, and was disheveled. His personality seemed ok, but his appearance was way off. He’s had mental issues all his life, he’s in his 30s now.
I don’t know if he’s going to make it to 40.


25 posted on 12/17/2023 6:39:48 AM PST by telescope115 (I NEED MY SPACE!!! 🔭)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

I wish I could help you . . .


26 posted on 12/17/2023 6:51:35 AM PST by aspasia
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To: Repeal The 17th

They can’t stop eating donuts.


27 posted on 12/17/2023 7:28:37 AM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: jerod

Welcome to California any city will do.


28 posted on 12/17/2023 8:04:05 AM PST by Vaduz (....)
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To: nickcarraway

Help? Like give them more to off themselves??


29 posted on 12/17/2023 8:11:50 AM PST by CodeToad (Rule#1: The elites want you dead.)
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To: nickcarraway

Last week my wife and I were waiting in the hospital emergency waiting room because my wife was having heart issues. We had to wait 5 hours to get checked by a doctor. While waiting two young 20 somethings came in with one looking wild eyed and rapidly scanning the room paranoia like. They check him in tight away (for drug overdose). My wife (diagnosed with congestive heart failure) waited 5 hours and was finally placed in a very small room (closet?) while they had to look for a room. Druggies get the express lane, everyone else who didn’t make poor choices have to wait.


30 posted on 12/17/2023 8:22:38 AM PST by BipolarBob (Yes officer, I saw the speed limit sign. I just didn't see you.)
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To: CodeToad

“Like give them more to off themselves??”

Logical.


31 posted on 12/17/2023 8:24:08 AM PST by MayflowerMadam ("A coward dies a thousand times before his death, but the valiant taste of death but once.")
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To: Vaduz

No need to go to California... I live in a small town in the Maritimes in Canada and we have drug addicts like this all over our streets.


32 posted on 12/17/2023 8:27:26 AM PST by jerod (Nazis were essentially Socialist in Hugo Boss uniforms... Get over it!)
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To: nickcarraway

Dilated pupils.


33 posted on 12/17/2023 8:28:54 AM PST by aculeus (Just Call Him "No Border" Biden)
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To: BipolarBob

Try to get service in a SoCal ER where ALL the illegals are served before the citizens.


34 posted on 12/17/2023 8:31:35 AM PST by MayflowerMadam ("A coward dies a thousand times before his death, but the valiant taste of death but once.")
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To: jerod

Understand but our streets are line with them the state pays the homeless they get $625.00 a month free medical and EMT cards for food.

The $625.00 buys a lot of dope for a month.


35 posted on 12/17/2023 8:38:13 AM PST by Vaduz (....)
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To: frank ballenger

“Saying things that sound totally irrational and moronically dumb. Out of touch with reality.”

Could be drugs, but it could just be they are a Democrat.


36 posted on 12/17/2023 8:39:56 AM PST by Nik Naym (It's not my fault... I have compulsive smart-ass disorder. )
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To: nickcarraway

Wait till the OD then give them Narcan.


37 posted on 12/17/2023 8:42:18 AM PST by Rappini ("No man is entitled to the blessings of freedom unless he be vigilant in it's preservation" MacArthr)
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To: MayflowerMadam

Living in SOCal will kill you. I see the attraction with the weather and ocean but it’s unlivable.


38 posted on 12/17/2023 8:46:11 AM PST by BipolarBob (Yes officer, I saw the speed limit sign. I just didn't see you.)
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To: nickcarraway

They vote Democrat?


39 posted on 12/17/2023 8:51:31 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: BipolarBob

“Living in SOCal will kill you.”

Yes. We left CA in 2010 and headed for TN.

The weather is gorgeous, but that’s about it. The mindset is just weird. The traffic ... Oy!


40 posted on 12/17/2023 9:43:04 AM PST by MayflowerMadam ("A coward dies a thousand times before his death, but the valiant taste of death but once.")
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