Why do drug overdoses usually result in foamy mouths?
In: Biology
They don’t, that’s a movie thing. People can sometimes have drooling/gurgling if they’re too sleepy to manage their saliva. There are a few poisons that can cause increased salivation, but those are not things you’d be likely to get in recreational drugs.
The dramatic foaming and bubbling at the mouth is mostly a visual thing done for TV and movies so the viewer knows right away that someone was poisoned.
Latest Answers