6 Comments so far

1. Samantha K Said:

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   They steal all of your Brillo pads!

2. peaches6 Said:

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   Physical signs of abuse and addiction

   * Cycles of increased energy, restlessness, and inability to sleep (often seen in stimulants)
   * Abnormally slow movements, speech or reaction time, confusion and disorientation (often seen in opiates, benzodiazepines and barbiturates)
   * Sudden weight loss or weight gain
   * Cycles of excessive sleep
   * Unexpected changes in clothing, such as constantly wearing long sleeved shirts, to hide scarring at injection sites
   * Suspected drug paraphernalia such as unexplained pipes, roach clips or syringes
   * For snorted drugs, chronic troubles with sinusitis or nosebleeds
   * For smoked drugs, a persistent cough or bronchitis, leading to coughing up excessive mucus or blood.
   * Progressive severe dental problems (especially with methamphetamine)

   Mental and emotional signs of abuse and addiction

   * Cycles of being unusually talkative, “up” and cheerful, with seemingly boundless energy.
   * Increased irritability, agitation and anger
   * Unusual calmness, unresponsiveness or looking “spaced out”
   * Apathy and depression
   * Paranoia, delusions
   * Temporary psychosis, hallucinations
   * Lowered threshold for violence

3. dohd0hdoh Said:

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   What do you care what drugs your coworker is doing. If she is underperforming she should be fired for that alone.

4. lotsbull Said:

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   broke after pay day , he has your car radio , frequent trips to the bathroom , lots of sniffing

5. masvx800 Said:

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   Next thing you know, someone’s going to ask for symptoms of being black, or atheist, or capitalist, or whatever. How about holding them to a WORK STANDARD and staying out of their personal lives. If they’re disruptive to the workplace that’s reason enough for disciplinary action, regardless of lifestyle. You may find many tea-totalers display the signs “peaches6″ described. I’ve certainly seen those behaviors in many religious zealots.

6. troublemakr9 Said:

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   Do not listen to peaches. He is wrong, wrong, wrong.

   The clearest sign you will have for a person who is beginning to use cocaine is that their mind will begin to word differently-very differently. But unless you know the person personally beforehand it will be very hard to tell.