As a Nurse who works nation wide I have seen the effects of narcan on heroin,meth,acid and such. But what would happen to a person who is really really high on weed?

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• ghostlychonk@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  There’s no way you’re a nurse considering you should really know that Narcan is not used for meth or LSD, let alone cannabis.

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  • Salamanderwizard@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Brother, you say that, yet we have nurses who are anti Vax. Don’t be surprised at the stupid people in jobs they shouldn’t be in.

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• Nurse_Robot@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  If you’re actually a nurse I’m deeply concerned by your question. I hope you’re lying

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• RedEyeFlightControl@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  You wait.

  Cannabis overdose results in illness but never death. You wait for your body to metabolize it. The LD50 is high enough where medical professionals don’t consider it a risk at all.

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  • cerebralhawks@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Clarification: The lethal dose, not the LD50. LD50 means the lethal dose is 50… I forget what. Mathematically, you would have to smoke so much marijuana in an hour that you would not have enough rooms in your lungs for oxygen. You would die not because of the marijuana (smoke) but due to the lack of oxygen. Therefore, as long as you are getting enough oxygen, you cannot die from smoking too much marijuana. (If you had a different way to oxygenate your blood, maybe you could. But I think the lethal dose is strictly hypothetical and nobody has been able to reach it. Outside of laboratory conditions you wouldn’t be able to get close, anyway.)

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    • AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      LD50 is the point where the dose, based on your body weight, is 50% likely to kill you.

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• just_another_person@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I feel like even a Nurse’s Assistant should know this. Oooof.

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• yoevli@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Someone please correct me if I’m mistaken, but Narcan (naloxone) is not used for overdoses on non-opiod drugs like meth or LSD. As other commenters have pointed out it specifically binds to opioid receptors, so it’s not going to be useful for a drug that operates via a different primary mechanism. The same goes for THC, which binds to cannabinoid receptors instead. Frankly, I would expect a medical professional to just know this.

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  • charles@lemmy.ca ⁨11⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

    You are 100% correct. I find it highly probable that OP is simply lying about being a nurse.

    In my experience, none of the medical professionals I’ve worked with would turn to public forums to find an answer to a question like this. Even if it’s related to a different specialty/area of medicine than they usually practice.

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• lowspeedchase@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Narcan blocks opioid receptors which thc does not interact with… so nothing.

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• AmbiguousProps@lemmy.today ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I’m not sure I’m understanding your question correctly, but generally if someone is “too high” and “greens out”, they will be likely to have a panic attack, show general paranoia, and symptoms like dizziness and nausea. It’s not really a medical emergency, although to the user it probably will seem like one.

  I speak from experience, as someone who has greened out several times in the past.

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• philpo@feddit.org ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Yeah. You are not a nurse.

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• TranquilTurbulence@lemmy.zip ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  You get zooted. Here’s a video that explains everything you need to know.

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