Posted on 05/17/2010 9:14:08 AM PDT by llevrok
The use of the drug LSD, or commonly referred to as “acid,” appears to be increasing especially among young adults in Arcata, according to an Arcata Police Department press release issued yesterday.
On April 18, officers responded to a residence to assist the Arcata Mad River Ambulance with a 31-year-old male subject who had just castrated himself. Medical personnel and officers were unable to locate the subject’s testicles. He later told officers that he flushed them down the toilet as he feared they contained “monsters.”
The victim, who police say had a Tennessee address, was with several friends when he began to experience negative feelings. He was dropped off at the Jay Street residence, to which Arcata Police responded at 4:18 p.m. that day.
“We just thought it was an isolated incident,” said Police Chief Tom Chapman. He said calls to aid people having a bad experience with LSD or psilocybin mushrooms are “not uncommon.” But a flurry of subsequent incidents represent an unusual surge in LSD-related calls for service.
On May 8, a 21-year-old male subject took LSD and wandered away from his residence. He left his shoes, adequate clothing, and cell phone behind and did not tell anyone where he was going. He wandered around the forest for days while concerned friends and family looked for him. He eventually returned a couple days later.
On May 9, officers responded to the Mad River Hospital to assist with a combative 19-year-old male subject who was undergoing “flashbacks.” The subject had ingested LSD two weeks ago. Today, officers found him standing in the field being held by three friends who were attempting to get him into the emergency room. The friends were requesting police assistance and wanted their friend to get help. The officers detained the subject and held him for psychiatric evaluation by Humboldt County Mental Health.
Last night, officers responded to the 900 block of H Street where an 18-year-old male subject, who was under the influence of LSD, was throwing himself on the ground in the middle of the street. He was arrested and taken to jail.
Also last night, May 11,officers from APD assisted officers from UPD arrest a subject who was under the influence of LSD.
Officers from the Arcata Police Department also had two additional contacts with unrelated subjects undergoing “flashbacks.” Both were cared for by friends and family. One subject was taken out of the area and back home by his family.
The Arcata Police Department would like to remind you that the effects of LSD are extremely unpredictable. Many LSD users experience flashbacks long after initially using the drug. It is difficult to determine how long the effects of the LSD will last. The physical effects include dilated pupils, higher body temperature, increased heart rate and blood pressure, sweating, loss of appetite, sleeplessness, dry mouth, and tremors.
Some LSD users experience severe, terrifying thoughts and feelings, fear of losing control, fear of insanity and death, and despair while using LSD. Some fatal accidents have occurred during states of LSD intoxication.
Bad trip ping
Cutting off his nutters was probably the smartest move this guy could ever make.
Absolutely a guaranteed Darwin Award winner!
I think we’re all better off. Thank you Sir!
Haahaha! What a dumb-ass! Funny as hell! Lets send this loser a note of thanks for keeping his DNA out of circulation!
Brings “coming down from an acid trip” to a whole new level.
He is now qualified to be a leading GOP member of congress.
Beat me to it! One of the few Darwin Award winners who will be able to collect his prize in person!
OUCH .... accurate, but still that was harsh man.
Brown Acid?
Darwin Award.
bump
bad batch and now a eunuch... could’ve done us all a favor!
One pill makes you smaller....
What a long strange trip it’s been.
I can’t explain why, but this made me laugh. I know this is tragic and a terrible thing, but...why couldn’t he have sliced off a finger with a monster in it, or something like that.
Bad trip label is an accurate one. The flashbacks are gonna suck for certain, too.
The use of the drug LSD, or commonly referred to as “acid,” appears to be increasing especially among young adults in Arcata, according to an Arcata Police Department press release issued yesterday.
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On May 8, a 21-year-old male subject took LSD and wandered away from his residence. He left his shoes, adequate clothing, and cell phone behind and did not tell anyone where he was going. He wandered around the forest for days while concerned friends and family looked for him. He eventually returned a couple days later.
Ummmm..., is this an old story, from a newspaper back in the 60s and 70s...?
I was just wondering as it seems so "deja vu" ... doncha know ... :-)
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