phase_dancer
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OK, I know everyone is fed up with G stories. I was going to add this to the thread started by eddi spgeddi, but since this incident almost cost a life, I thought it was worthwhile starting a new one. I don't usually write of such interventions, but this was literally very close to home.
Last Saturday night, after nearly not going to a party, we rolled up round midnight to wish the host a happy birthday. As durex was the word of the night I stayed on, danced and chatted. Later, a bunch of people arrived from out of town, and word was put around they had G. At this time I was in a bedroom, wrapped up with empathic discussions re all things beautiful, so I didn't hear this.
Around an hour later I walked out to the kitchen where someone said a guy had crashed out on the lawn. The sun was up at this stage. He was quite hot, and completely motionless. I checked his pulse and respiratory rate, and everything seemed OK, but we couldn't rouse him. We then moved him to a cool place and lay him down, where 2 trained girls monitored his heart rate and strength, and his breathing.
I set about finding out what he had taken, which wasn’t easy as the only person who knew him had gone home. Remember at that stage no-one had told me or the other carers of G being around. Someone eventually mentioned it and ultimately I was shown a water bottle containing ~ 150ml of a clear slightly viscous liquid. I tasted a drop. Very salty, with no discernable odour. (erhaps not that salty; but I had been drinking lite beers and expected it to be salty and it was)
Within ten minutes the guy's pulse had almost disappeared. He stopped breathing, and his pupils were totally non-responsive to light. Applying CPR, he was rushed to hospital where he was placed on resuscitation. An hour later he was transferred to another hospital and placed on life support. His condition was described as critical but stable. It wasn't until late yesterday afternoon - some 12 hours later- that he came around. Hospital staff said they have no doubt he would have died had it not been for the CPR he was given.
This is not the first time our crew have seen G related incidents, and have been involved in just as serious situations, but it was the first time at a private party in our town. It was fortunate party goers included several trained carers, who ultimately saved the guy’s life. Even more lucky was that someone found him at all, as he was laying some 20 meters from the house.
I don't know how often this happens in G circles, but anyone offering a swig from a water bottle to someone who knows nothing of the drug is downright irresponsible. Two others I heard of at the party were stopped by friends before they could take a swig. Neither of these people it was discovered, knew anything of the drug but both were initially keen to give it a go after hearing about its sexual qualities. When I asked the dude with the bottle how much is taken, he replied "bout 4mls man, maybe a little more for you cause you're bigger". That being the case, how did he expect someone to gauge that amount when drinking from a bottle!
I think its a good idea if this thread features similar stories. Some of you may be sick of hearing them, but if this guy had’ve been someone you know, maybe you’d think differently.
Please, be careful, don't drink concentrated G from a bottle, and measure any and all G drugs accurately.
I don't know what else to add.
Many thanks to the angels who averted this near tragedy.
[ Edit 23-4-03 by phase_dancer; added paragraph breaks]
Last Saturday night, after nearly not going to a party, we rolled up round midnight to wish the host a happy birthday. As durex was the word of the night I stayed on, danced and chatted. Later, a bunch of people arrived from out of town, and word was put around they had G. At this time I was in a bedroom, wrapped up with empathic discussions re all things beautiful, so I didn't hear this.
Around an hour later I walked out to the kitchen where someone said a guy had crashed out on the lawn. The sun was up at this stage. He was quite hot, and completely motionless. I checked his pulse and respiratory rate, and everything seemed OK, but we couldn't rouse him. We then moved him to a cool place and lay him down, where 2 trained girls monitored his heart rate and strength, and his breathing.
I set about finding out what he had taken, which wasn’t easy as the only person who knew him had gone home. Remember at that stage no-one had told me or the other carers of G being around. Someone eventually mentioned it and ultimately I was shown a water bottle containing ~ 150ml of a clear slightly viscous liquid. I tasted a drop. Very salty, with no discernable odour. (erhaps not that salty; but I had been drinking lite beers and expected it to be salty and it was)
Within ten minutes the guy's pulse had almost disappeared. He stopped breathing, and his pupils were totally non-responsive to light. Applying CPR, he was rushed to hospital where he was placed on resuscitation. An hour later he was transferred to another hospital and placed on life support. His condition was described as critical but stable. It wasn't until late yesterday afternoon - some 12 hours later- that he came around. Hospital staff said they have no doubt he would have died had it not been for the CPR he was given.
This is not the first time our crew have seen G related incidents, and have been involved in just as serious situations, but it was the first time at a private party in our town. It was fortunate party goers included several trained carers, who ultimately saved the guy’s life. Even more lucky was that someone found him at all, as he was laying some 20 meters from the house.
I don't know how often this happens in G circles, but anyone offering a swig from a water bottle to someone who knows nothing of the drug is downright irresponsible. Two others I heard of at the party were stopped by friends before they could take a swig. Neither of these people it was discovered, knew anything of the drug but both were initially keen to give it a go after hearing about its sexual qualities. When I asked the dude with the bottle how much is taken, he replied "bout 4mls man, maybe a little more for you cause you're bigger". That being the case, how did he expect someone to gauge that amount when drinking from a bottle!
I think its a good idea if this thread features similar stories. Some of you may be sick of hearing them, but if this guy had’ve been someone you know, maybe you’d think differently.
Please, be careful, don't drink concentrated G from a bottle, and measure any and all G drugs accurately.
I don't know what else to add.
Many thanks to the angels who averted this near tragedy.
[ Edit 23-4-03 by phase_dancer; added paragraph breaks]
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