Posted by fayeroe on January 6, 2007, at 12:16:14
In reply to Can U tell 'by smell', a meth' user?, posted by corafree on January 3, 2007, at 22:32:24
> I posted a similar ? on Substance Abuse.
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> A person I was w/ recently left to go to the store, said he'd get his head on straight by the time he returned. He'd been a real nut case b4 he left. When he returned he was cool, collected, and went to kiss me. There was a distinct 'medicinal odor' to his breath ... like someone whom has been on antibiotics for awhile OR someone sick ... hard to describe ... but a definitive medicinal smell.
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> Anyone ever had this experience???
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> Maybe I was 'way off base', as I accused and it really flipped him out. He is a recovering addict, manic bipolar, .. so there is some difficulty in determining his state all the time.
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> tksforanycomments, cfi worked in ER for awhile and we could smell the patients who had been concocting the meth. you can smell the ether. i've been around a lot of meth users and i don't have a clue if you can smell it on their breath. but you sure can tell if they are "cooking" it.......
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