# Funny Question, seriously though **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 30, 2017, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-question-seriously-though/785557 "2017-04-30T03:20:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![spunoutsam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@spunoutsam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spunoutsam)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2017, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-question-seriously-though/785557/1 "2017-04-30T03:20:45Z")
So, what would happen if, say, I were to swallow a 2x2 clear plastic baggie with, say, a possibility of methamphetamines in it :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Iggy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iggy/32/3364_2.png) [@Iggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iggy)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2017, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-question-seriously-though/785557/2 "2017-04-30T03:25:08Z")
It could do almost nothing, make you seriously ill, or even [kill you](http://drugabuse.com/library/meth-overdose/). Depends on the amount of drug. If this is not hypothetical then go to a hospital Emergency Room now. Call 9-1-1 (or your local emergency number) to get an ambulance to take you there. ---
**Author:** ![Richox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@Richox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richox)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2017, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-question-seriously-though/785557/3 "2017-04-30T03:47:43Z")
you can’t assume the bags contents won’t be released. any idea as to quantity? unless you know for absolute certain the quantity inside the alleged bag was an acceptable dose level, hospital is obviously the immediate answer ---
**Author:** ![steatopygia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steatopygia/32/3132_2.png) [@steatopygia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steatopygia)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2017, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-question-seriously-though/785557/4 "2017-04-30T04:32:57Z")
Here’s a pleasant [little story](http://www.krem.com/news/local/kootenai-county/man-going-to-trial-in-22-year-olds-overdose-death/280506539) ---
**Author:** ![mixdenny](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mixdenny/32/2962_2.png) [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2017, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-question-seriously-though/785557/5 "2017-04-30T04:46:26Z")
Interesting to read the OP’s personal information. ---
**Author:** ![anomalous1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e56c9b/32.png) [@anomalous1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anomalous1)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2017, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-question-seriously-though/785557/6 "2017-04-30T04:56:56Z")
By the combination of post, the nature of the question and reading your public profile, I’ll just assume this happened to you or someone else. You will likely either die or be severely injured or screwed up and do something to get yourself killed, by the contents. If a small zip top baggy, if your body doesn’t eat through the baggy and it makes its way through, it’s really likely the sharp(ish) pointed edges of the baggy, especially near the zipper top, will wreak havoc on your GI tract and possibly perforate or cause you to bleed internally. Not a good set of circumstances, if this is not a hypothetical, get to a hospital, preferably via ambulance, NOW! EDIT: Seems extremely likely you just joined on here to ask this question and only this question, so please take the advice above. ER. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2017, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-question-seriously-though/785557/7 "2017-04-30T15:11:41Z")
If the OP doesn’t return, what should we conclude about the rest of the story? ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2017, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-question-seriously-though/785557/8 "2017-04-30T15:23:06Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > If the OP doesn’t return, what should we conclude about the rest of the story? He made a speedy recovery? ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2017, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-question-seriously-though/785557/9 "2017-04-30T15:36:35Z")
Before you take this too seriously, read his profile: > [@](#): > > About spunoutsam > Biography > Im an asshole. > Location > Hell > Interests > girls, bitches by the truck ad, kicking ass, expert gyno master > Occupation > kickin puppies, shakin babies, and smackin bad bitches > Signature > SpUnOuTsAm ---
**Author:** ![anomalous1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e56c9b/32.png) [@anomalous1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anomalous1)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2017, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-question-seriously-though/785557/10 "2017-04-30T16:03:35Z")
> [@Riemann](#): > > He made a speedy recovery? HAHAHAH That. That made my day. Seriously, if that was real, I hope the OP is alright and took the warnings. If a hypothetical, well… whatever. ---
**Author:** ![DSeid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dseid/32/20194_2.png) [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2017, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-question-seriously-though/785557/11 "2017-04-30T16:26:19Z")
FWIW the issue of swallowed baggies/balloons/condoms of drugs - by mules or in attempt to hide evidence - is a real one, whatever our op is. Yes, mules have died when a baggie or balloon has split open ([example](http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/australiaandthepacific/newzealand/8748771/Drugs-mule-dies-in-New-Zealand-after-cocaine-packages-burst-inside-her.html)). The question of how to medically manage them is also [a real one](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3158883/) too. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2017, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-question-seriously-though/785557/12 "2017-05-01T22:21:49Z")
> [@DSeid](#): > > FWIW the issue of swallowed baggies/balloons/condoms of drugs - by mules or in attempt to hide evidence - is a real one, whatever our op is. Yes, mules have died when a baggie or balloon has split open ([example](http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/australiaandthepacific/newzealand/8748771/Drugs-mule-dies-in-New-Zealand-after-cocaine-packages-burst-inside-her.html)). > > The question of how to medically manage them is also [a real one](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3158883/) too. I thought you were suppposed to smuggle them up your butt? I mean, wouldn’t it be easier when you have to poop it out later? (Or barf it up, whatever the preferred method is in this case) ---
**Author:** ![Gunslinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/4491bb/32.png) [@Gunslinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gunslinger)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2017, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-question-seriously-though/785557/13 "2017-05-02T14:27:22Z")
Just FYI, in the US doctors/paramedics/nurses have the same privacy rules as your laywer – they can’t talk to the cops or anybody else about your case without your consent, and nothing they say can be used against you in court, with a few exceptions (e.g., all gunshot wounds must be reported), but if you’re just a dumbass making poor life decisions that affect only you (as in the OP’s apparent case), the police won’t hear about it. CALL 911 IF YOU MIGHT HAVE OD’D IN A DELAYED FASHION, YOU WON’T GET IN TROUBLE, at worst you’ll get a stern talking-to from the doc and the medics will laugh at your stupidity amongst themselves, and maybe tell a highly sanitized version of your story to cops and newspaper guys over drinks --“so this one time, this guy swallowed a baggie of crank …” but with no identifying details. So, basically the same thing you got by asking here, but with lifesaving medical care to boot. (I’m hoping the OP is either a troll or took y’all’s advice and is recovering in hospital, but if he didn’t make it, I reserve the right to call him a dumbass.) ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2017, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-question-seriously-though/785557/14 "2017-05-02T20:46:38Z")
1. Poop out bag. 2. Lick bag clean. 3. Adapt a puppy. ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2017, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-question-seriously-though/785557/15 "2017-05-02T23:09:28Z")
> [@spunoutsam](#): > > So, what would happen if, say, I were to swallow a 2x2 clear plastic baggie with, say, a possibility of methamphetamines in it :smack: You might die. Stomach acids like to eat away at things like that. ---
**Author:** ![steatopygia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steatopygia/32/3132_2.png) [@steatopygia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steatopygia)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2017, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-question-seriously-though/785557/16 "2017-05-02T23:17:29Z")
> [@Drunky\_Smurf](#): > > 1. Poop out bag. > 2. Lick bag clean. > 3. Adapt a puppy. I’m not quite sure about that **adapt** a puppy part. That’s really only for professionals. ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2017, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-question-seriously-though/785557/17 "2017-05-03T20:58:14Z")
> [@steatopygia](#): > > I’m not quite sure about that **adapt** a puppy part. > > That’s really only for professionals. I think he meant “Adopt a poppy”. After all, this is a drug related thread.