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Death from Marijuana

Some people never enjoy smoking pot. I never really enjoyed getting drunk, but reefer was "my God."
 
Yes, some people are allergic to weed. My friends dad is. He tried it once when he was in his 20's, and he said it made him develop huge rashes on his skin and he felt like he was having a heart attack.

He also sneezes alot when it's being smoked near him.

And no I don't have any sources or any shit like that, this man just has no reason to lie.
 
"In strict medical terms marijuana is far safer than many foods we commonly consume. For example, eating 10 raw potatoes can result in a toxic response. By comparison, it is physically impossible to eat enough marijuana to induce death. Marijuana in its natural form is one of the safest therapeutically active substances known to man. By any measure of rational analysis marijuana can be safely used within the supervised routine of medical care."
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- DEA Administrative Law Judge, Francis Young
 
Who the fuck is going to sit down and eat ten uncooked spuds though? That makes absoutely no sense to me.
While I don't think it's possible to die from marijuana in any shape or form, it is certainly possible to screw your life up through abusing this substance.
 
Diacetylus said:
Who the fuck is going to sit down and eat ten uncooked spuds though? That makes absoutely no sense to me.
While I don't think it's possible to die from marijuana in any shape or form, it is certainly possible to screw your life up through abusing this substance.
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It's also possible to screw your life up without the aid of any narcotics. Some people screw their lives up because they are naturally depressed, some people just happen to HAVE screwed up lives.

My situtation is most opposite of what you stated: I was born in raised in a crack infested neighborhood, had a screwed up life, turned to pot and now I have a great life - good job, good girlfriend, money, and mary fuckin' jane :)

It's unfair to blame anyones problems on drugs - you have to remember they probably had problems to begin with and drugs were a way to cope.
 
^Nice man, I'm happy for you. :) I agree, it's not fair to blame the destruction of one's life on any substance, because that's just stupid. But, what I was trying to say is, I have seen very happy, bright, intelligent, not depressed people totally fuck themselves over from abusing pot (me being one of them, when I was younger, all's good now), some of them don't come out of it like I did. But, you're right to a certain extent, that if it wasn't pot that screwed their life up, it might have been something else... however, that wouldn't be the case all the time.
I guess what I'm trying to say is, pot in the wrong hands can be really, really dangerous. Like alot of things, but I just like warning people of possible dangers.
 
As Blowmonkey mentioned earlier, Diabetes and Marijuana do not mix. Although Im not entirely sure of the scientific reasoning behind it, Cannabis really messes with your blood sugar levels. If the woman in the origional article did indeed die from taking Sativex (< name still makes me chuckle), then it is quite possible that is was the cataclyst was her Diabetes. My dad has the disease, and when he found out that I smoke weed, he warned me of this.

Whenever I smoke on an empty stomach, I get what I can only describe as "sugar hunger"; something that results from wacky blood sugar levels.
 
DJAcetone said:
It's also possible to screw your life up without the aid of any narcotics. Some people screw their lives up because they are naturally depressed, some people just happen to HAVE screwed up lives.

My situtation is most opposite of what you stated: I was born in raised in a crack infested neighborhood, had a screwed up life, turned to pot and now I have a great life - good job, good girlfriend, money, and mary fuckin' jane :)

It's unfair to blame anyones problems on drugs - you have to remember they probably had problems to begin with and drugs were a way to cope.
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of course you can't deny personal responsibility, that doesn't mean drugs dont hurt anyone though. the fact that "its also possible to screw yourlife without....narcotics" is irrevelent. the point was that marijuana isn't harmless and there can be consequences if it is abused.
 
snowshovel said:
To answer the original poster's question, i think you meant this story:

http://www.cannabisnews.com/news/thread18175.shtml
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I don't know wether to laugh or cry.. That's just ridiculous. The only thing that was mentioned was:
The inquest heard that Mr Maisey had complained of a headache on Aug 22 last year. Next morning he was found dead at the house he shared with a friend, Jeffrey Saunders, in Summerhill, Pembrokeshire.

Michael Howells, the Pembrokeshire coroner, said Mr Maisey was free from disease and had not drunk alcohol for at least 48 hours. Post-mortem tests showed a high level of cannabinoids in his blood
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Which is just the weakest reasoning I've ever seen..

"He complained of a headache, had high level of cannabinoids in the blood and hadn't been drinking alcohol for at least 48 hours"..

"IT'S CANNABIS POSIONING!" 8(
 
^ Yeah those were pretty much my thoughts too. I looked for more detailed articles which could perhaps give an insight into the coroner's reasoning, but couldn't find any.

I'm shocked he's allowed to get away with it - frankly, with no recorded deaths after centuries of cannabis use by man, it's simply not viable to even consider cannabis poisoning as a cause of death. That coroner is lazy, or ignorant, or both.
 
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Actually, the more I think about this, the angrier I get. Is there any way coroners can be "struck off" in the same way as doctors? If this guy applied the same lax approach to, say, a murder victim, there could be a serious miscarriage of justice.
 
i read about this dude in britain that dropped dead with no explanation but he had a super high thc level so i guess they blamed it on that
 
That article is so sketchy as far as solid facts go.
Also, post-mortem toxicity reports are hard to trust, as the decomposition of the body has a large effect on how the toxins are measured.
 
smotpoker said:
Yes, some people are allergic to weed. My friends dad is. He tried it once when he was in his 20's, and he said it made him develop huge rashes on his skin and he felt like he was having a heart attack.

He also sneezes alot when it's being smoked near him.

And no I don't have any sources or any shit like that, this man just has no reason to lie.
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hed be alergic to some other compounds present in cannabis (maybe pollen?)- thc is too small to trigger an immune response
 
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