Man nearly chokes on bag of marijuana

[proud2BlibKansan]

BY STAN FINGER
The Wichita Eagle

A routine traffic stop turned into a rescue mission for a pair of Wichita police officers Wednesday night.

The officers pulled over a car at about 8:45 p.m. in the 900 block of North West Street, police spokesman Gordon Bassham said.

As one of the officers approached the car, Bassham said, "he noticed the driver was choking on a large Baggie" of what turned out to be marijuana.

The driver had attempted to swallow it in an effort to prevent its discovery, police said.

The officers performed the Heimlich maneuver on the 20-year-old driver but were unable to dislodge the bag. As the man was losing consciousness, Bassham said, "one of the officers was able to reach into the man's throat and remove the Baggie."

The man was taken to Via Christi Regional Medical Center-St. Joseph Campus for treatment, and later booked into the Sedgwick County Jail. His 18-year-old passenger was also arrested.

http://kansas.com/news/updates/story/96583.html

[Horse with no Name]

1. Ahhh Geez

You are supposed to EAT after you smoke it...

[proud2BlibKansan]

11. Or cook it before you eat it.

At least that's what we always did here in the more sophisticated part of Kansas. :evilgrin:

[dysfunctional press]

2. why didn't the passenger have half a bag lodged in his throat...?

obviously not a team player.

[MuseRider]

3. Oh god

even I know better than to swallow it IN the baggie!

[proud2BlibKansan]

12. Must just be a Wichita thing.

[MuseRider]

15. Sure as

hell isn't a Topeka or Kansas City thing.

This is really sad and funny at the same time.

Those crazy folks down south. :crazy:

[proud2BlibKansan]

16. We have a some good DUers down in Wichita

I sure feel for them. Talk about red state hell.

[uppityperson]

19. But you see then you can rescue it later and all will be fine

[IDemo]

4. god I hate when that happens

[Breeze54]

5. LMFAO!!

[proud2BlibKansan]

13. And we thought WE had problems

:rofl:

[LostInAnomie]

6. Nearly choked to death!? On weed!?

That must have been some harsh shit!

[ellisonz]

8. Dumbass tried to swallow the baggie too.

[wildhorses]

7. ~

:rofl:

poor slob.

[ellisonz]

9. Ahh the drug war...

[silverweb]

10. Darwin award?

:D

[emilyg]

17. Absolutely!

[gravity]

14. Marijuana KILLS

The government was right

:sarcasm:

[Faux pas]

18. LOL, good one. n/t

[WindRavenX]

20. damn, that'd be one weak-sauce way to bite the dust.

NT