Male reported overdosing but only smoked marijuana

Heard on: Galveston and La Marque Public Safety

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This transcript is auto-generated from live dispatch audio and may be incomplete or inaccurate. It is not an official report and may change.

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Medic Seven, Engine Five, need you on route (number withheld) Avenue M 1/2, (number withheld) Ave M and a half on a possible overdose.

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Responding, Fire Company Three.

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Medic Seven, are you taking the call or is Medic Three?

00:20

Medic Three, confirming you are going to take the call for Medic Seven.

00:29

Here we go, click it.

00:31

That's clear.

00:37

Engine five, clear.

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Responding (number withheld) Avenue M 1/2.

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(number withheld) avenue and Mary one half.

00:46

Got a male subject.

00:52

He took a handful of unknown pills.

00:55

He advised he took them because he is an addict, not because he's trying to kill himself.

01:00

PD and EMS will be en route.

01:07

Scene is going to be secure.

01:09

Advising he did not take any pills, he just smoked some weed.

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Engine five, did you receive?

01:20

Engine five, received.

2026-10-23 09:23 UTC

Medical Emergency

Avenue M 1/2, Galveston, TX 77551

Not official report. AI-generated from public dispatch audio. Always verify with official sources.

As discussed during the dispatch call, emergency crews responded to a possible overdose involving a man near Avenue M 1/2 in Galveston. Initial reports said he took a handful of unknown pills, but later updates indicated he did not take pills and had only smoked marijuana. Police and EMS were dispatched and the scene was reported secure.