The Accidental Pothead

[erise]

Ok, so now I know four things.

1. The air vent right above my bed leads pretty much directly into my next door neighbor's living room.

2. Up until yesterday, my next door neighbor had a sizeable stash of grade A weed on his livingroom table. I think he sold it. I'll ask the police, but I'm pretty sure they took him away.

3. Our smoke detector is busted and I'd sleep through a fire, but at least the guys in uniforms know what they're doing.

Yesterday night, the neighbor's whole stash caught fire for reasons unknown and a sickly sweet fume of ganja fog and burned plastic bags filled his room, and trickled into our bedroom via the vent. We had a rather rude awakening when firemen kicked our door in and tried to see what caused the smoke that came out of our windows.

The fourth thing that I found out was:

4. Second-hand weed smoke is enough for me to not be able to stand up, speak, think or pretty much do anything but puke my lungs out for five hours. Isn't that stuff supposed to be mellowing? I can't say that I felt very mellow.

We're getting batteries for the fire alarm tomorrow. And hopefully a better neighbor soon.

 

[TheeGoatPig]

4. Second-hand weed smoke is enough for me to not be able to stand up, speak, think or pretty much do anything but puke my lungs out for five hours. Isn't that stuff supposed to be mellowing? I can't say that I felt very mellow.

Not in those quantities. And don't rule out the plastic. Or anything else in their appartment that may have been burning as well.

 

[Zeb_Carter]

It's the plastic smoke that did that to you...when you roll a joint use paper!

ETA: Where do you live that they don't require a fire wall between apartments? Very dangerous.

 

[TheeGoatPig]

It's the plastic smoke that did that to you...when you roll a joint use paper!

ETA: Where do you live that they don't require a fire wall between apartments? Very dangerous.

Yes, because everyone builds up to code (or is living in a new building that had a code to be built up to).

You would be amazed at what some towns don't notice.

 

[R. Richard]

4. Second-hand weed smoke is enough for me to not be able to stand up, speak, think or pretty much do anything but puke my lungs out for five hours. Isn't that stuff supposed to be mellowing? I can't say that I felt very mellow.

I would politely suggest that you also visit a doctor. The fumes of burning plastic can be VERY toxic. The fact that you had the upchuck reaction would make me suspect that it was more plastic than ganja. [I am NOT a doctor.]

 

[Roxanne Appleby]

Holy cow, Erise, regardless of the source of the condition, you have my sympathy for hours of puking and acute misery.

 

[neonlyte]

Holy cow, Erise, regardless of the source of the condition, you have my sympathy for hours of puking and acute misery.

Echo that, but you really ought see a Doc, as RR said, burning plastic is not a recommended inhalent.

 

[impressive]

It's the plastic smoke that did that to you...

Agreed.

 

[scheherazade_79]

I had that once when I smoked about ten spliffs made of different kinds of weed (it's like mixing your drinks) at a party. It could be plastic, but that sounds like a whitey to me. Sympathy hugs. In Spain, the cure is to eat a fried egg.

I remember standing in the middle of a gale, like a character in Wuthering Heights, while about a dozen people yelled at me to shut the door. It was hard, because the world was spinning round. Then I hit the decks. I puked once, and the world continued to spin. I puked about six times, then felt like my head was being compressed in a vice for the next few hours.

You have my sympathy

 

[erise]

I would politely suggest that you also visit a doctor. The fumes of burning plastic can be VERY toxic. The fact that you had the upchuck reaction would make me suspect that it was more plastic than ganja. [I am NOT a doctor.]

I'm one up on you. Most of the hurling took place in a hospital bed. According to the doc, I probably reacted to the weed (in part the stimulant but mostly the soot) and plastic combined.

Yes, because everyone builds up to code (or is living in a new building that had a code to be built up to).

You would be amazed at what some towns don't notice

When and where this place was built, I'm not sure there even were codes. Eastern Europe in the early 30's. I wouldn't exactly bank on it.

 

[Pure]

yes, i think it was the soot and the 'tar', and fumes from whatever else was burning in the apt, e.g. a rug, wood, etc.

the best part of ganj is that it REDUCES nausea, for most, hence its use in chemotherapy.