Walk It Through: The Friend Who Would Not Wake
An overdose at a Nevada apartment, from the call to 911 to what the police find on the table.
At a friend's apartment, someone slumps over and will not wake. There are pills and a pipe on the table.
Two things a person in this spot might do. Picking one shows what the law says about it.
One overdose in one apartment. Possession for sale or in trafficking amounts, cannabis outside the adult use title's rules, and charges under the child abuse and neglect law are not worked through here.
A practice walkthrough, not a prediction of how any real one will go. Legal information, not legal advice.
Words this turns on
Terms with a legal meaning that is narrower than the everyday one. Each links to the definition and the authority behind it.
- Drug paraphernaliaEquipment used, intended or designed for growing, making, testing, packaging, storing, concealing or introducing into the body a controlled substance in violation of the drug chapter, including scales, baggies, pipes, bongs and roach clips.
- Seeking medical assistanceReporting an overdose or other medical emergency to police, 911, poison control, a medical facility or emergency medical services, helping someone else report it, caring for the person while help comes, or taking the person to a medical facility and notifying the authorities.