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My freind just took 1 quarter ounce of coke at once as the police were raiding bar he was in. will this kill him and what will the signs be?
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477746 tn?1254784547
"Mule" is a term for a person that transports drugs. Often, cocaine is put into condoms that are tied close. The 'mule' swallows the cocaine filled condoms to get the cocaine through customs or the airports.

Sometimes a condom will rupture in their stomach or GI tract. They die from an overdose.
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Don't mean to jump this thread but I just gotta know. What's with the mules/condom reference? I don't think I've heard anything about that before, LOL.
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446097 tn?1223694666
Just wondering how your friend is?
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460948 tn?1232302122
ER, ER, ER!!! Please let us know how he's doing as this is very serious business!!
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giz--LOL  dang, i want a citizen card and pay for no medical....:)

in my state they send your butt straight to rehab...Which is where he needs to go..
GOOD LUCK
please let us know!!
r2r
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199177 tn?1490498534
YES plz let us know how he is ,good luck !!!!!
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let us know how he is ok, good luck.
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Thanks guys. now to get  a guy with that much coke/paranoia to a hospital. wish me luck
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im from canada, they would send him to free rehab and probably give him a house to stay in after, lol. i highly doubt he would be arrested.
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473384 tn?1210206242
they won't send him to rehab unless he wants to go -- there's no forced rehab. he will be treated and given the option of detox, but if not, he'll be sent on his way.
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199177 tn?1490498534
In the state I am from he would not be arrested either .
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Also i don't think going to the hospital will get him arrested..At least not where i live...But they will send him to rehab..Which is the best thing...Tell him this could be his wake up call.....
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473384 tn?1210206242
he will not be arrested for using if he goes to the ED -- he will be treated. and he should be. absolutely, esp if he is having chest pains. this can absolutely kill him.

also, with coke in general, fatal reactions have nothing to do with tolerance -- using coke can kill you anytime, just with the next line. there's no predicting it. any next use can cause a fatal arythmia.

but he should absolutely be seen if he took that much. it's like the mules that have condoms-ful explode in their gut -- dead, dead, dead.

I used to work in the medical examiner's office in nyc and I've seen a lot of dead coke users -- some dead for only 5 minutes, and some dead for weeks. not too pretty, either way.
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199177 tn?1490498534
again take him to the ER ......I am going to be blunt ask him is the fear of getting arrested worth dieing for .
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453714 tn?1211999370
go to the er with a chance of getting arrested, or staying out of jail with a chance of dieing? he needs to go to the er
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Listen to gizzy.....My ex husbands friend od'd on less then that...Tell him it is either die, or get arrested?  Let him choose....
So sad
Good luck
r2r
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yes chest pains are bad, he needs to go to the er. the thing with that much coke is he will still keep getting those drips long after so he will keep getting high. im serious, he needs to go to er. they can help him, but heart attacks are possible after just a few lines, let alone that much. ive overdosed on this ****, chest pains are bad, ER ER
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Ok this information is coming from him. As I piece it together he stuck his nose in the bag containing a quarter ounce of coke and tried to sniff it all up. I don't know how much he got up there but for him to call me means it must be a lot cos I don't like him much
but it happened 2 hours ago approximately and he's still alive, although was complaining of chest pains. doesn't want to go to hospital because i'm gathering there was trouble at the pub and he thinks he'll get arrested. Would he still be standing if he'd got that much in him 2 hours ago? I've seen the police cars at the pub so I know its not complete paranoid delusion but i'm thinking if it was gonna kill him it would have done it by now? But then again I dont know. Let me know what you think
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avis is right, just find it hard to believe he got 7 grams of blow up his nose in minutes and is still walking?
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199177 tn?1490498534
Take him to the ER
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453714 tn?1211999370
does he do coke everyday? how much does he usually do at once. 7 grams definately can be a deadly dose if he is not used to consuming that much i recomend the ER just to be safe....
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I also mean he did this in a matter of minutes
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Up his nose and yes im serious.
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453714 tn?1211999370
it depends how much your friend was consuming before he swallowed? i knew people who would sit and blow a 1/4oz in a sitting it deends on his tolerance. more help will come soon
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