Have you been dosed?

unjonharley · Post by **unjonharley** » Sun Aug 22, 2004 11:13 am

Even as rare as this could happen, One time is to many. Just once could spoil a whole life or in some casses cold kill. I hope this thread will rise the awareness of this "crime".

Last week on tv some writer showed how to inflict this on a person. Now isn't that just special? Do not let your drink out of your sight.

I was dancing with a drink in hand for many years. Maybe not the limbo but these feet could move. I liked my beer to much to spill it.

BLFD1 · Post by **BLFD1** » Sun Aug 22, 2004 1:04 pm

Good advice Smokey !

The Idea of a gift economy is great, most of the people at BM are there to have a great experience and not ruin someone elses....BUT, as in any community there are people that can't just enjoy a good thing they feel the need to mess with perfection. It's too bad. :?

Juju · Post by **Juju** » Mon Aug 23, 2004 1:53 am

I have in the past brought dozens of "special" cookies and brownies to gift on the playa. I also have many friends who are nonsmokers due to careers/random testing, and so I'm very aware of how fucked up it could be to unintentionally give someone chems that they do not want. I usually have untainted goodies to share, as well.

I *always* make sure that the recipient is aware of the special ingredient before they accept the gift. It's not fun to trick people, and it'd be a waste.

personally, I'd love to be squirted with silly water, but I'd want to know what I was getting into first.

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Mon Aug 15, 2005 2:24 pm

a word to the wise...

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Mon Aug 15, 2005 2:24 pm

a word to the wise...

solaritea · Post by **solaritea** » Fri Dec 23, 2005 9:30 pm

A friend of mine was dosed last year with some type of psychedelic. Unfortunately, he doesn't have enough drug experience to have identified it.

philosopher · Post by **philosopher** » Sat Dec 24, 2005 3:09 am

diane o'thirst wrote:Rohipnol, on the other hand, renders you immobile and unconscious. The lights go out, and you "lose" the time you're out, and you can't move while you're under the influence. Often you don't know you've been dosed until you "suddenly" wake up somewhere strange and don't know how you got there.

This sounds like what happened to me in 2003. One moment I was happily working a window at the BRCPO and talking with the postie at the next window, then things got uncomfortable and I said, as I recall, "I'm not feeling too good."

Next thing I knew--which I later discovered was almost a half hour later--I was propped up in a chair, covered in vomit (sorry about the mature content here), and there was a guy from the med tent asking me if I knew where I was or who I was or something like that. I spent the rest of the night at the med tent, transitioning in and out of lucidity with some fine folks from the BRCPO and the Bookmobile staying with me to make sure things didn't get worse.

I remember someone misting me through the window earlier, and think that was what did it. I know I inhaled the vapor and got a faceful of whatever was in the bottle. I've avoided being randomly misted since then, which is a shame. (Thank heaven for the brand-name security of Bob's Rainforest!)

Something like this also happened to two other posties in 2004, one of whom had to be helicoptered to Reno.

Chai Guy · Post by **Chai Guy** » Tue Jan 10, 2006 2:26 am

At Burning Man 2000, we had a camp right on the Esplanade, it was Friday evening and it had begun to drizzle outside. We were hanging out in our dome and a couple walked in with a twenty something female who was crying. The couple asked if anyone recognized her, no one did.

The couple stated that they had found her on the playa crying and that she was unable to answer any of their questions. They were going to take her to the authorities/med tent because they didn't know what else to do. We told the couple that we'd take care of her, the couple agreed and left her with us.

We got her a blanket, some snacks and a fresh water bottle. She sat on our couch and stopped crying immediately. She even began to smile for us.

The night progressed and people came and went. We made sure that someone was with her at all times. The next morning we tried to engage her in a dialogue. At one point we cleared the dome and had a female member of our camp try to speak to her one on one. She was alert, breathing normally, responsive and had good color but refused to communicate verbally.

She was asked "Did you something happen to you?" and she shook her head yes.

This prompted me to contact a Ranger. They arrived on the scene and contacted a crisis counselor who arrived shortly there after. The crisis counselor (after speaking with the woman) advised us that something traumatic occured to this woman and that she would be OK. The crisis counselor gave the woman her card (with her on playa info) and let us know how we could contact her if anything changed.

Then an ambulance arrived, apparently someone from REMSA wanted her brought in, she took one look at the ambulance guys and started freaking out. We told to the ambulance guys to get lost and they did.

She sat on our couch for over 24 hours, finally she got up danced for a while and then left.

The next day I saw her walking towards me in camp. She approached me and asked "Are you the person who took care of me yesterday?" I said that I was one of the people, yes. She thanked me and related this story:

"I was walking on the playa when I met this guy. We started talking and he asked if I wanted to go to his camp and I said sure. Then he started acting weird, and I got a little scared. I told him I had to go back to my camp to get my jacket and that I would meet him at his camp. He then grabbed my arm and started pulling me towards the open playa. I struggled and he threw a vial of liquid LSD on my face, I broke free and ran to the couple who brought me to your tent."

So yes, this shit absolutely does happen and it happens at the event.

PlayaPetal · Post by **PlayaPetal** » Tue Jan 10, 2006 7:57 am

damn that totally sucks...

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Tue Jan 10, 2006 10:11 am

Chai had told my that story before. I recently learned of another dosing--I'm guessing before I was on playa (so before 2002) that my husband worked on. I happens and happens too often. On creep can ruin it for well I hope not 35000, but a lot of people.

tweetybird · Post by **tweetybird** » Tue Jan 10, 2006 1:11 pm

the reason why rangers are not supposed to get misted is because on egot dosed years back.

drmo · Post by **drmo** » Tue Jan 17, 2006 9:32 am

i drank something at a theme camp that must have been mushroom punch or something. i had no idea at the time but think i reconstructed it aftewords. i remember asking the guy who was serving this stuff whats in it and he said just drink it. i asked because it had a weird brown color. it also tasted awfull so i only had a sip. luckily. it still made me feel weird about and hour later.

perhaps most people in that themecamp were aware of what is in that drink but i wasnt. and if i ask they should either tell you or make sure you dont drink the stuff. pretty irresponsible.

Have you been dosed?

Have you ever been 'dosed' without warning?

it's about consent.

dosed