Six (!) Army football players overdose during Spring Break -

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WILTON MANORS — The six college students who overdosed on fentanyl-laced cocaine Thursday in Wilton Manors have been identified as football players at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point.
They were in town for Spring Break, renting a house in Wilton Manors that would become the scene of a desperate attempt to save lives.

After using the drug, at least two cadets went immediately into cardiac arrest. Two students who hadn’t taken the drug tried to give their friend mouth-to-mouth and received enough fentanyl that way to suffer overdoses themselves.

 

[Hungry Jack]

Good grief. We have an opioid epidemic.

 

[Arlcatsfan]

Hope all the young men involved will physically make a 100% recovery.As far as their mental well being,well let’s just say there are consequences from your actions.After an investigation is made the two cadets who tried to help their buddies may or may not be disciplined.The other four cadets who knowingly took the cocaine should be kicked out of West Point.We are talking about officers after they graduate may very well have to lead their colleagues into combat.Standards and self discipline must be maintained and this incident broke that trust.

 

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WILTON MANORS — The six college students who overdosed on fentanyl-laced cocaine Thursday in Wilton Manors have been identified as football players at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point.
They were in town for Spring Break, renting a house in Wilton Manors that would become the scene of a desperate attempt to save lives.

After using the drug, at least two cadets went immediately into cardiac arrest. Two students who hadn’t taken the drug tried to give their friend mouth-to-mouth and received enough fentanyl that way to suffer overdoses themselves.

Headline is misleading. Only one has been confirmed to be on the team and they said one other might be as well. They were among the 6 not that it’s better.

 

[Fanaticat98]

Still, it was 5 West Point cadets.
As a physician of many years I have to say I’ve never seen a bystander performing CPR go into cardiac arrest from exposure from mouth to mouth. This makes a good argument for bystander compressions-only CPR if one knows that the overdose was from inhaled/snorted substances. (Unless you have a bag valve mask like first responders).

 

[stpaulcat]

If there's one thing our military does not like, it is drugs, or at least the awareness of them.

 

[pnt16]

Still, it was 5 West Point cadets.
As a physician of many years I have to say I’ve never seen a bystander performing CPR go into cardiac arrest from exposure from mouth to mouth. This makes a good argument for bystander compressions-only CPR if one knows that the overdose was from inhaled/snorted substances. (Unless you have a bag valve mask like first responders).

I’ve seen reports saying that wasn’t true. Seems like there is bad reporting on this story.

 

[Fanaticat98]

I’ve seen reports saying that wasn’t true. Seems like there is bad reporting on this story.

In ACLS training we’ve discussed not doing mouth to mouth if there is an obvious substance residue around the nose or mouth which I doubt they did here. Hard to explain how someone would go into cardiac arrest unless there was direct ingestion and not just “aerosol” exposure.

 

[HawkCat]

In ACLS training we’ve discussed not doing mouth to mouth if there is an obvious substance residue around the nose or mouth which I doubt they did here. Hard to explain how someone would go into cardiac arrest unless there was direct ingestion and not just “aerosol” exposure.

I don’t think the ones who administered CPR went into cardiac arrest.

 

[Fanaticat98]

I don’t think the ones who administered CPR went into cardiac arrest.

That is exactly what the stories reported, perhaps they have been redacted. As I said it’s hard to believe that would happen.

 

[CSCatFan1]

From today's Sun-Sentinel (unable to link due to paywall):

FORT LAUDERDALE — Police say that a man arrested Friday for selling cocaine to an undercover officer has been connected to the overdose of spring breakers in Wilton Manors, a group that includes four cadets from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, one of whom is a football player.

Axel Giovany Casseus, 21, of Lauderhill, is being charged for drug trafficking, according to the Broward Sheriff’s Office. The Wilton Manors victims were hospitalized Thursday after ingesting fentanyl-laced cocaine.

At least six people were hospitalized for ingesting the tainted cocaine Thursday. Four are cadets at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, and one of those four is an Army football player, according to an Army spokesperson.

Late Friday evening Wilton Manors Police put out a statement announcing the arrest and said the students were on Spring Break from New York. West Point, which is in New York, issued a statement Friday afternoon confirming that cadets were involved and saying the academy was looking into it.

Four of the victims students were taken to Broward Health Medical Center in Fort Lauderdale, while the other two were taken to Holy Cross Health. By Friday, one person had been released, two remained in critical condition and on ventilators, and three were in stable condition, according to police.

 

[NUCat320]

I had never heard of Fentanyl until it killed my sister-in-law at the age of 25.

Fentanyl is cheap and usually cut into other opioids like heroin. Both are depressants.

Cutting fentanyl into cocaine is dumb as hell. That’ll kill lots of people. I’m happy they arrested the guy.

Know your dealer. (I’ve never needed a dealer.) These kids were from out of town and didn’t.

This is funny, and about getting your drugs safely:




My sister-in-law was on the road to recovery, but slipped. Her boyfriend took the same stuff but was fine. Love your addict friends. They don’t want to be addicted.

(These cadets survived, and they are not opioid addicts. They probably just like movies about cocaine.)

 

[docrugby1]

Drug use and addiction are hard to understand by most but it is becoming much more dangerous with the widespread use of Fentanyl to cut other drugs. China is flooding the USA with Fentanyl via Mexican cartels through our overwhelmed southern border. The West Point incident will generate publicity but most deaths will simply be family tragedies that will not affect public policy

 

[loyolacat]

Served recently on a grand jury...a good 25% dealt with Fentanyl laced drug deaths.....

 

[Fanaticat98]

Just scary stuff about Fentanyl, so potent which explains how dangerous it is when drug users have no idea how much might be cut in there. The usual dose I give patients for sedation or pain is 25 MICROgrams at a time, whereas usual doses for other opioids start in the MILLIgrams - fentanyl is about 100x more potent than morphine.

 

[jimmyNU]

Hope all the young men involved will physically make a 100% recovery.As far as their mental well being,well let’s just say there are consequences from your actions.After an investigation is made the two cadets who tried to help their buddies may or may not be disciplined.The other four cadets who knowingly took the cocaine should be kicked out of West Point.We are talking about officers after they graduate may very well have to lead their colleagues into combat.Standards and self discipline must be maintained and this incident broke that trust.

I would expect this will be career ending for all cadets who were present. If any of them e past the two-year mark at the Academy they will get busted down to private and remain in the Army. Although, it is possible (doubtful but possible) that one person there slipped the drugs to the others without them knowing.

I am shocked at the idea that West Point cadets would try any recreational drug. It really makes me wonder if this was the first time and if there isn't more of a drug culture at the Academy than we would like to believe.

 

[Arlcatsfan]

I would expect this will be career ending for all cadets who were present. If any of them e past the two-year mark at the Academy they will get busted down to private and remain in the Army. Although, it is possible (doubtful but possible) that one person there slipped the drugs to the others without them knowing.

I am shocked at the idea that West Point cadets would try any recreational drug. It really makes me wonder if this was the first time and if there isn't more of a drug culture at the Academy than we would like to believe.

The most concerning aspect of this situation would be if there is widespread drug use.Isolated incidents can happen.Not acceptable especially at West Point under any circumstances.Hell it is not acceptable at any institution or organization.I would expect that the leadership at West Point is all over this and imagine are doing an in house review and evaluation.

 

[pawildcat_rivals209725]

Good grief. We have an opioid epidemic.

We've had it for several years now. It's been overshadowed recently by the pandemic.

 

[pawildcat_rivals209725]

I had never heard of Fentanyl until it killed my sister-in-law at the age of 25.

Fentanyl is cheap and usually cut into other opioids like heroin. Both are depressants.

Cutting fentanyl into cocaine is dumb as hell. That’ll kill lots of people. I’m happy they arrested the guy.

Know your dealer. (I’ve never needed a dealer.) These kids were from out of town and didn’t.

This is funny, and about getting your drugs safely:




My sister-in-law was on the road to recovery, but slipped. Her boyfriend took the same stuff but was fine. Love your addict friends. They don’t want to be addicted.

(These cadets survived, and they are not opioid addicts. They probably just like movies about cocaine.)

I went to school in the '60s when drug use was starting to increase and never really understood the fascination, but then again I've never had a particularly addictive type of personality. With the introduction of deadly fentanyl into this arena, drug use makes less sense than ever. Some people apparently will do about anything for kicks. The so-called war on drugs has been a massive failure for years.

 

[Eurocat]

I don't really go out much but I sometimes go to a sports bar near my house when I want to watch a game with some other fans, do some cheering, etc. I was there a few weeks ago waiting a game of some sort to start and an unfamiliar new bartender was mixing a drink for someone right in front of me. Just to be polite and make conversation I mentioned that I had not noticed her before asked if she was new to the area.

She said no but felt she needed to start bartending to hep her mom "Support my little brother and sister because my dad overdosed when he bought some cocaine on the street that was laced with fentanyl".

Then she smiled at me as if to say "so there you have it"...and walked away.

Awkward!

 

[Purple Pile Driver]

I don't really go out much but I sometimes go to a sports bar near my house when I want to watch a game with some other fans, do some cheering, etc. I was there a few weeks ago waiting a game of some sort to start and an unfamiliar new bartender was mixing a drink for someone right in front of me. Just to be polite and make conversation I mentioned that I had not noticed her before asked if she was new to the area.

She said no but felt she needed to start bartending to hep her mom "Support my little brother and sister because my dad overdosed when he bought some cocaine on the street that was laced with fentanyl".

Then she smiled at me as if to say "so there you have it"...and walked away.

Awkward!

I guess she thought you were hitting on her. Sounds like the classic made up story to have this creep think I am a wack job?