I would think it’s more likely for a person in a gutter to be drunk than stoned but certainly can’t talk from experience. Is a semi-comatose or confusional state common? Wonder if this involved some degree of ataxia?
Once marijuana becomes available here I certainly will be on the lookout for people writhing in gutters, and if it seems safe might ask one what led to their being there.
I’m just relating what my grandfather told me, regarding his first ‘encounter’ with it. She might have been boozed up too. Whatever the case, it certainly left an impression on him, and probably solidified his notion of dope and the dregs of society going hand-in-hand. Which is a contention I pretty much share.