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Originally Posted by Keegan2015
How does it sound like it was "laced"? It sounds like she got hit with an unexpected dose of really potent edibles.
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Agreed. Edibles are potent. That is not a bad thing. It's not
knowing that they are that can cause problems. If I had to guess, I'd say the reaction was due to having too much of something in a concentrated form being introduced into the system of someone who is not
at all acclimated to it. (Which is why many meds are titrated. Sudden large influxes tend to have bad results, right?) Also, panic is a factor. Panic alters our perception of things, often intensely so. Besides ingestion itself, there's the sudden shocking betrayal of trust, all the "what ifs" etc. to deal with. In a mind that is already, for lack of a better term, freaking out, those feed fuel to the fire, increasing the intensity of negative experience.
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Originally Posted by jupiter3
... I don't think there's any way you could successfully press charges, all she would have to do is say you took them willingly. And then the police would know you drove with your kids in the car under the influence, which would hurt you, and, you would have hospital records showing you with drugs in your system.
I would drink lots of water, eat lots of food, get lots of rest, and chalk it up to experience.
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Agreed here too. The genesis of the incident would come down to he said/she said. Legal proceedings are stressful enough. You have to ask yourself if it's worth it, especially in light of it being on a shaky foundation. (Sure, you could have all the evidence you want to prove it was in your system. It's quite another to
prove she did it. And without that...)
The other concerns jupiter brings up are
so how my mind works! I get told I'm being paranoid. Which sometimes is true, and sometimes is not. Point is, I see it as being protective. Even if someone could show me something was unlikely, I would still weigh what I hope to accomplish (or avoid) against possible negative outcomes (and their gravity) to decide if it is worth it.
To me personally, I wouldn't persue legal action. It's
far from a slam-dunk case, it would entail a lot of stress (which could be prolonged due to court overload or whatever).
You've already got a LOT of stress on your plate. This isn't unavoidable stress. You'd be choosing to add it.
I actually don't think she'd do it again. She said she felt awful about it, apologized and she didn't realize you would react that way. Your experience had eye-opening impact.
Yes, it still sucks and you've every right to be mad at her. As for the rest, you've already severed contact. I think your best bet is to simply see it as the awful experience that it was, and move on.