A Pennsylvania patient riding in an ambulance claims they “got high and admitted to crimes” while speaking with dispatchers and emergency responders en route to the hospital. According to the patient, they had allegedly taken an overwhelmingly potent edible, which caused hallucinations and led them to make a series of alarming statements. They now worry they may be under police scrutiny, although hundreds of online commenters suggested their concerns were likely an overreaction.
Posting on r/legaladvice under the username Wonderful_River8702, the individual said they called 911 because they believed they were going to die after consuming an unexpectedly “powerful” edible. During the call, they claimed they “admitted to some heinous crimes they never actually committed.”
After allegedly making a scene for the EMTs, OP was discharged from the hospital later on, but the question in their mind lingers: “Why haven’t I been arrested?” They express fear of how police might be watching them now, but several commenters assure them that emergency patients acting a little ‘excessively’ isn’t uncommon.
Commenters Point Out That Dispatchers and EMTs Often Deal with Patients Spouting Nonsense
“Intoxicated and mentally ill people will say all sorts of things. If there’s zero other evidence connecting you to the crimes, they’re not going to arrest you based on that,” said a Redditor. Another claiming to have worked as a dispatcher said that things would be fine. “You were probably caller #5 with the same rant,” they remarked.
Others shared the same sentiment of how people who are high or mentally unwell “confess to crimes” regularly, so it’s unlikely anything would come of it. As one user put it, “[The] dispatcher probably heard worse stuff that night and knew you were just fried out of your mind.”
Commenters on r/bestoflegaladvice reacted to the same post with similar concerns, noting that admitting to crimes might not be the issue itself, but could suggest that something else was wrong. One Redditor wrote, “This is a really common thing schizophrenics do and marijuana has been known to provoke episodes in people with diagnosed or undiagnosed issues.”
Regardless, Wonderful_River8702 appears to be in the clear, at least according to the general consensus in the comments. They also claimed it was their first edible ever: a “500mg thca gummy,” a dosage that may, on its own, help explain what happened.
