A Friend In Dire Need

At BSU on October 30^th in a residence, Shea & Durgin, on the second floor there was a student that apparently smoked marijuana and got too high because it was his first time, which lead to Bernard Jones being taken to the hospital.

It was reported that the roommate, Charles Baker, told the ISO “My roommate needs help he’s bugging.” The ISO later said, “I wasn’t really sure what to do, but I told the student to notify a RA and that I was going to call medical.” The RA also called the cops and soon after the cops were on the scene. When the cops walked in Baker said that a cop said, “That must have been some good shit.” Officer Banks talked to Bernard and told him “There’s not much we can do for you, but we can call an ambulance if you want?” and Bernard said, “Yes, I want to go to the hospital.”

Other students that were on the floor asked, “Why Charles didn’t ask any of us for help.” Charles said, “I was really scared for Bernard. I saw a bunch of people I knew, but couldn’t really think straight and the only thing on my mind was getting help. I felt that none of my friends were really going to help because whatever they could do I could do. When I was running downstairs all I could remember was Bernard saying, "I need medical attention. I need medical attention." so I just ignored everyone I saw and just got help.” Some of the students said, “Charles was stupid for getting help and that they would have never gotten help. They would have just told Bernard to shut up and calm down.” Bernard is lucky that his roommate Charles got help because clearly some would not have.

Bernard was taken to Signature Healthcare Brockton Hospital. He was brought in, but they couldn’t really diagnose him with anything and the Doctor reported, “It was his first time and he got too high. We just had him sleep it off and we would determine whether if he could go home or not in the morning.”

Bernard was released in the morning and got to BSU around seven and he said, “Even when I got back, I still felt like I was high. I really wasn’t the same till two days later on Saturday.”  Bernard reflected on what Charles did for him and said, “I wanted Charles with me when I smoked for the first time because I felt he would be the best person to be with. I knew if anything went wrong I could trust him and he would help me and that’s exactly what he did.”