Things can still go wrong even when you plan your night. While you can reduce the chances of overdose, there are so many factors that can contribute to one occurring. Some of these factors include:
- Reduced or low tolerance
- Polydrug use (mixing drugs)
- Inexperience
- Unknown strength or purity of drug
- Lack of knowledge of drug effect
- How the drug is used
- Using alone
- Physical, mental or emotional health of individual
- Environment in which the drug is used.
A drug overdose is life threatening. Overdose occurs when the level of intoxication from the drug reaches a point where it begins to produce physical and/pr psychological harm. If an overdose occurs, knowing what to look for and how to respond can be the only way to save a life.