Blancazo or "lá pálida"

English translation: Whitey or Pale

19:23 Feb 12, 2020
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Spanish term or phrase: Blancazo or "lá pálida"
"La Pálida" o "blancazo" que se utilizan cuando alguien se encuentra mal después de consumir demasiado cannabis.

“La pálida” es un término que se refiere a la situación donde una persona se siente mal después de fumar marihuana. Las personas pueden ponerse pálidas y sudorosas, sentirse mareados, con náuseas, incluso pueden empezar a vomitar.
Cesar Sanchez
Brazil
Local time: 05:48
English translation:Whitey or Pale
Explanation:
What can I do if someone feels physically bad?
"Pale" is a term that refers to the situation where a person feels bad after smoking marijuana. People can get pale and sweaty, feel dizzy, nauseous, they can even start to vomit. They can usually feel they need to go to bed immediately.
Or
A whitey (or white-out) is a drug slang term for when a recreational drug user, as a direct or indirect result of drug use (usually cannabis), begins to feel faint and vomit.[1]
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Paul Staggs
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5 +3Whitey or Pale
Paul Staggs
4 +1greening out
Lisa McCarthy


  

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greening out


Explanation:
A person who’s consumed too much pot may also feel sweaty or dizzy. Their complexion may appear pale or green, which is why becoming sick after consuming marijuana is sometimes referred to as “greening out.”

https://www.drugrehab.com/addiction/drugs/marijuana/weed-and...

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Note added at 8 minutos (2020-02-12 19:31:22 GMT)
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Greening out is a term that unfortunately is becoming more common these days. It is the body’s reaction to what is basically too much cannabis in your system. While it is physically impossible to fatally overdose on cannabis, it is possible to get sick from it.
https://www.royalqueenseeds.com/blog-how-to-prevent-greening...


cannabissupport.com.au › how-to-help-a-friend-who-has-greened-out
How To Help A Friend Who Has Greened Out - Cannabis ...
... too much weed too quickly, they can become very pale and feel nauseous, dizzy, sweaty and possibly vomit. Greening out is often a really horrible experience ...


Lisa McCarthy
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agree  philgoddard
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Whitey or Pale


Explanation:
What can I do if someone feels physically bad?
"Pale" is a term that refers to the situation where a person feels bad after smoking marijuana. People can get pale and sweaty, feel dizzy, nauseous, they can even start to vomit. They can usually feel they need to go to bed immediately.
Or
A whitey (or white-out) is a drug slang term for when a recreational drug user, as a direct or indirect result of drug use (usually cannabis), begins to feel faint and vomit.[1]


    Reference: http://padeu.saludestudiantil.uc.cl/index.php/saber-mas?task...
    Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitey_(drugs)
Paul Staggs
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Local time: 10:48
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Neil Ashby: "pulling a whitey", definitely used in the NE of England.
57 mins

agree  Apolonia Dermit: I've heard "whitey" in the UK (Wales and London area)
12 hrs

agree  neilmac: Over 9K Google hits for "took a whitey"... ("take" is the preferred verb in Glasgow)
1 day 13 hrs
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