The mechanism that opioids like Fentanyl kill addicts (and the opioid-naive) is through decreasing central nervous system respiratory drive and respiratory depression by decreasing the respiratory rate.
In general, this process is supposed to occur in a state of decreased level of consciousness.
I wonder how aware the addict is of this process if it were to occur while he's awake with the "I can't breathe!"
I don't have enough personal experience with the process to know one way or another.
But I would assume that the vast majority of overdose deaths occur without any awareness of the hypoxia on behalf of the subject.
Saint Floyd had a history of eating his stash so as to be diverted to hospital rather than jail for processing and charges.
He knew very well that respiratory distress ("I can't breathe") is a giant fucking red flag that causes cops to call an ambulance.
It worked really, really well. Saint Floyd had avoided arrest at least once with this tactic. It caused the rookie cops arresting him to stop putting him into the squad car and taking him to the station where there is a medical officer and Naloxone and instead follow SOP which was to call for an ambulance.
The ambulance was stopped because there was an angry mob waiting at the scene.
The mechanism that opioids like Fentanyl kill addicts (and the opioid-naive) is through decreasing central nervous system respiratory drive and respiratory depression by decreasing the respiratory rate.
In general, this process is supposed to occur in a state of decreased level of consciousness.
I wonder how aware the addict is of this process if it were to occur while he's awake with the "I can't breathe!"
I don't have enough personal experience with the process to know one way or another.
But I would assume that the vast majority of overdose deaths occur without any awareness of the hypoxia on behalf of the subject.
Saint Floyd had a history of eating his stash so as to be diverted to hospital rather than jail for processing and charges.
He knew very well that respiratory distress ("I can't breathe") is a giant fucking red flag that causes cops to call an ambulance.
It worked really, really well. Saint Floyd had avoided arrest at least once with this tactic. It caused the rookie cops arresting him to stop putting him into the squad car and taking him to the station where there is a medical officer and Naloxone and instead follow SOP which was to call for an ambulance.
The ambulance was stopped because there was an angry mob waiting at the scene.